Located in Chieng Di, Van Ho, Son La, A Lam Boutique Stay is right at the gateway to Moc Chau. The village has old plum trees interspersed with cool green tea fields, blending with the scenery of the mountains and forests and the cool air all year round, making people's hearts calm down.
A Lam Boutique Stay takes you away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Where you can let your emotions drift and find peace of mind.
A Lam Boutique Stay is a home on the green grasslands of Moc Chau
The house in the old style new style
The highlight of A Lam Boutique Stay is the use of old stilt houses but renovated, rearranged in a new, modern and stylish way. So that when people step into the old stilt house, it still has soul, full of amenities and brings comfort.
Ms. Nguyen Dao Phu Minh, owner of A Lam Boutique Stay, shared with Travellive: “With the desire to have a house in the suburbs and share the space with everyone to feel the wonderfulness of Van Ho land. The climate here is cool all year round and not too far from Hanoi. Once by chance, I went to Moc Chau to play and was attracted by the beauty of this land, so I decided to build A Lam, both to give my family a relaxing weekend home and to help people in the village develop tourism.”
Van Ho in Son La province is known as a land of many majestic natural landscapes and colorful grasslands. The climate here is cool, fresh, and has many unique cultural features imbued with national identity.
Hydrangea-filled entrance at A Lam Boutique Stay
A Lam Boutique Stay has 3 room types: Bohemian room has the largest view, with a panoramic view of the vast mountains and forests outside; Rustic room with wooden ceiling structure and stilt house room.
The architecture is based on the ancient stilt house and then modernized. The style impresses visitors with its Moroccan interior design. When visitors come here, they feel at home with the comfortable atmosphere of a spacious house.
Inside the bedroom
“The most popular style at A Lam Boutique Stay is Moroccan: rustic and sophisticated. The interior uses many items from ethnic groups from many generations ago such as: large wooden trays, a collection of Dao drums, rice mortars, horse troughs... she places them in the position of 'aesthetic' decor to create a warm, intimate and unique atmosphere. Each corner decorated like this will enhance the value of the people, both new but still preserving the culture", Ms. Minh said.
According to Ms. Minh, construction in the mountains is very hard, building a house here is also much more difficult than in the plains in terms of cost, time, effort... On the contrary, people here live emotionally, share and support enthusiastically.
The homeowner collects many antiques for decoration to create a warm, intimate and unique atmosphere.
“Using the old stilt house to renovate the new house makes everything more modern instead of building a brick house. Keeping that model and identity while still enjoying the value in the story. Developing yourself as well as promoting community tourism creates an old but new style”, Ms. Minh said.
In Van Ho, the scenery is very poetic. When visitors come here, they will enjoy the peace, the open space, the beauty starting from the branches of the trees and the grass. Coming to A Lam, visitors can also experience the market just a few steps away on Saturday evenings. There will be cultural activities of the people with bustling music and dance. In addition, visitors can also enjoy regional specialties and indigenous culture.
“The cuisine at A Lam is prepared by the local people. Tourists will enjoy the cultural dishes of the highlands. A meaningful trip, whether short or long, should enjoy local products,” said Ms. Minh.
Outdoor space
Experience picking early season plums and ripe peaches at the gateway to Moc Chau
In the campus of A Lam Boutique Stay, there are many fruit trees, about 200 plum trees and 100 peach trees. This is the time when plums begin to ripen. The mountains and forests are covered in lush green, with ripe red plums and peaches. The red plums are sporadically ripe with crispy green skin, red flesh, and a sweet and sour taste that makes everyone fascinated. Since ancient times, the red plums have become one of the agricultural products representing the rich natural resources of Moc Chau, Son La.
Experience plum harvesting and enjoy the fruit with its sweet and sour taste mixed with spicy salt and chili that everyone craves.
In the dry summer wind among the green mountains and forests, the ripe red peaches seem to add color to the endless forest.
In addition to enjoying plums, visitors to A Lam can also check-in countless beautiful photos next to the poetic plum and peach gardens.
The owner, A Lam, is also a flower and nature lover. Many kinds of flowers are planted throughout the house to stimulate the sense of smell, leading visitors to immerse themselves in the serenity of this grassland.
