Lam Dong
Tây Nguyên
The facade of Da Lat station · Nam Phong Bùi · Pexels License
The Da Lat plateau of a thousand flowers in the mist, romantic with pine forests and cool weather year-round.
Lam Dong is the land of dreamy Da Lat — a city of a thousand flowers and a thousand pines on the Lang Biang plateau. With cool weather year-round, tea hills, strawberry gardens, waterfalls, and clear blue lakes, it has become a meeting point for souls who love romance and peace.
Best time to visit: Year-round; best in October–December, the wild sunflower season
Local specialties
- Grilled rice paper
- Chicken hotpot with é herb
- Strawberries
- Coffee
- Artichokes
Places (22)
Da Lat Railway Station
A 1938 art déco station with three peaked roofs, and the steam engine of a lost rack railway.
Xuan Huong Lake
A crescent-shaped artificial lake in the middle of Da Lat — the axis the whole town turns on.
Lang Biang Mountain
Twin peaks on the Lam Vien plateau, named for the lovers of a Lach legend.
Da Lat
A misty city of a thousand flowers, romantic with pine forests, lakes, and cloud-hunting dawns.
Cau Dat Tea Hill
A century-old tea estate at 1,650m, where cloud rolls in at first light.
Crazy House
A building shaped like a giant tree stump with spiralling walkways — and still a working hotel.
Linh Phuoc Pagoda
The Bottle Pagoda — every surface inlaid with broken pottery, glass and ceramic shards.
Da Lat Market
A three-storey central market, and after dark the whole area around it becomes the Underworld Market.
Bao Dai Summer Palace
The last emperor's art déco summer residence, its interiors almost entirely original.
Tuyen Lam Lake
Da Lat's largest lake among pine forest, its water broken into dozens of inlets.
Cu Lan Village
A built tourist village in the Suoi Vang valley, reached by jeep through pine forest and across a stream.
Me Linh Coffee Garden
A hillside café looking down a valley, drinking weasel coffee in the plantation itself.
Domaine de Marie Church
A steep-roofed Nordic-looking church in earth pink, on a flower hill above the town.
Da Lat Cathedral
A tall pink cathedral with a rooster on its spire — also known as the Rooster Church.
Lam Vien Square
A lakeside square with two glass buildings shaped as an artichoke bud and a wild sunflower.
Truc Lam Zen Monastery
A Zen monastery on a pine hill above Tuyen Lam lake, reached by cable car.
Valley of Love
A pine valley around Da Thien lake, the oldest landscaped garden in Da Lat.
Datanla Waterfall
A multi-tier fall in pine forest beside Prenn pass, reached by alpine coaster or on foot.
Pongour Waterfall
A seven-tier stepped waterfall almost a hundred metres wide — the finest in Lam Dong.
Elephant Waterfall
A thirty-metre fall into a rock gorge, reached by slippery stone steps to the base.
Da Lat Flower Garden
A long-established garden on the north shore of Xuan Huong Lake, in flower year-round rather than seasonally.
Da Lat Clay Tunnel
A kilometre of sculpture in red basalt clay retelling the whole history of Da Lat.