7 BEST PLACES TO STAY IN SAPA

 

As one of the most prominent tourist destinations in Northern Vietnam, Sapa has a wide range of accommodations, varying from budget hostels to luxury resort. Here are the list of hotels and resorts in Sapa that are highly recommended by tourists.

1. Sapa Rooms Boutique Hotel

Being a community focused hotel, Sapa Rooms Boutique Hotel is opened to assist the local ethnic minority residents of Sapa and to make customers’ holiday an authentically unforgettable experience. The whole area inside the hotel is always kept warm as the weather in Sapa is cool or cold all over the year and the rooms are well set out, comfortable with the great view of streets. The hotel management is wonderful with bus, pick-up and late check-out services. In addition, the hotel’s restaurant is considered the best in Sapa, providing delicious both Western and Vietnamese food. The price for one night here is around USD 72.

Address: 018 Phan Si Pang St, Sapa

2. Sapa Eden Hotel

Located in a quiet street leading to Cat Cat Village, Sapa Eden Hotel impresses customers with the spectacular view of valley and Fansipan mount. Although this tiny boutique hotel has only 15 rooms, all of them meet international standards and commit to provide the most convenient and friendly services. Staying here, tourists will only need five minutes to walk to Sapa Market and Sapa Church, and the hotel even offers jeeps car to take tourists to Ham Rong Mountain and nearby villages. One-night price at Sapa Eden Hotel may be up to USD 55.

Address: No 60 Fansipan Street, Sapa

3. Victoria Sapa Resort and Spa

Opened in March 1998, Victoria Sapa Resort and Spa is the only four-star hotel in North-Western region of Vietnam. The luxurious traditional mountain chalet blends harmoniously with the surrounding scenery, allowing guests to enjoy something truly distinctive. Though you will have to pay from USD 150 to USD 250 for every night staying here, you will be much satisfied with the superior quality of Victoria Sapa Resort and Spa. The hotel also provides Hanoi- Sapa express train service. Customers can try having a massage and experience a wonderful relaxing time.

Address: Hoang Dieu Str, Sapa

4. Cha Pa Garden Boutique Hotel and Spa

Cha Pa Garden Boutique Hotel and Spa, which is used to be a French colonial villa, is the first boutique hotel to be built in Sapa that offers the most intimate accommodation option in town. The rooms are all well-equipped and customers are always supported by the friendly staff. Most of employees and guides of the hotel are from local tribes. The hotel also provides the local tours and transportation services at reasonable price.

Address: 23B Cau May Str, Sapa

5. Boutique Sapa Hotel

Boutique Sapa Hotel is among the best hotels in Sapa centrally located, only a few steps to Sapa Market and along the way down to Cat Cat Village. All types of rooms are nicely decorated and have the fantastic views over Muong Hoa Valley, Ham Rong Mountain, Sapa Town and Fansipan Mountain. 25 separated rooms are divided into two areas, and every customer who stays more than 3 nights at any kind of room can receive a surprised discount from the hotel. The restaurant here can serve up to 80 customers once, with an extensive choice of international food as well as local specialties.

Address: 41, Fansipan Street, Sapa

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6. Sapa Luxury Hotel

The 6th Luxury Hotel that we want to recommend is Sapa Luxury Hotel, located at the quite street right on the heart of the town. The hotel is designed to blend perfectly with the surrounding wild nature, and the whole building is covered with hundred kinds of flowers. There are a wide range of services offered: transportation between Lao Cai Station and Sapa, free internet and Wi-Fi access, foreign currency exchange, etc. Customers can also discover Sapa with Sapa Luxury Hotel’s organized tours.

Address: 036, Fansipan Str, Sapa

7. Thai Binh Sapa Hotel:

Similar to all hotels on this list, Thai Binh Sapa Hotel is very convenient as it only takes five minutes to walk to the center market. This is a family-run hotel and the owner- Mr. Nam Hong is extremely friendly and helpful. Customers will be assisted with train tickets booking service and tips for travelling Sapa. All the rooms are nice and clean, some even have fireplaces.

Address: Ham Rong Street, Sapa

7 BEST PLACES TO STAY IN SAPA

Sapa - splendid moutainous town

If you want a place of cultural authenticity and natural tranquility, you have found the right place – Sapa

Sapa is a mountainous town in Northen Vietnam where you write poem, have your cameras on for most of your time, cheer over a community wine pot, learn to appreciate indigenous culture or just to escape Hanoi heat and city noise. Being one of the most attractive tourism destinations of the country, Sapa is a precious gift that Mother Nature dedicates to Vietnam. Location and history 350km far north-west from Hanoi, Sapa, the capital of Sapa District in Lao Cai Province, lies at the altitude of 1600m.

With the temperature ranging

from the lowest of -1oC to the highest of 29oC, Sapa’s climate is moderate and drizzly in summer while chill and foggy in winter. Sapa (or Chapa- the “sandy place”) first appeared inVietnam national map in the late 1880s when theFrench disembarked in highland Tonkin. The first permanent French civilian resident arrived in Sapa in 1909, and by 1920, there were a number of villas being built in this area by prosperous professionals.

Going through many ups and downs, nowadays, Sapa is the prominent holiday destination, favored by both locals and foreign tourists. Sapa – fairy home of ethnic minorities There is nowhere in Vietnam can tourists easily meet the local ethnic minorities like in Sapa. The district is the home of a great diversity of ethnicpeople, including five main groups of Hmong, Yao, Tay, Zay and Xa Pho. They do not live in centerarea but in hamlets scattering on the valleys throughout Sapa District.

Actually, not until the 20th century did a majority of the ethnic people changed to sedentary lifestyle with intensive farming method on sloping terraces, instead of slash-and-burn culture like in the past. Town of Sapa is where ethnic minority people gather, trade or sell their farming products such as rice, corn, fruits, as well as handicrafts and souvenirs to tourists.

There is one interesting fact about ethnic minority people in Sapa that besides their dialects, many of them, especially small children, can speak English pretty well with clear pronunciation. Spending time visiting ethnic minorities’ villages, observing their daily’s activities or even living homestay, in order to understand more about their culture is now the top priority of visitors, especially international ones. A trip to Sapa would definitely more meaningful with participatory activities, such as learning to make handicrafts or helping the local with farm work!

In case time does not allow, you can always hire a local guide for your trekking routes. Chances are these boys and girls will tell you lovely stories about their traditions, their lives or even ask you to join their family activities. Sapa- challenging for mountainous trekking Sapa is voted to be the best trekking spot in Vietnam, by both natives and foreigners. The whole district is dominated by The Hoang Lien Son mountain range, which also includes Mt. Fan Si Pan- the highest peak in Vietnam and the entire Indochina peninsula with the height of 3143m. Thismount is not only a tough challenge to trekking enthusiasts but also an opportunity to witness the splendid mountainous vista. The scenery of the Sapa region represents a harmonious relationship between the minority people and nature, which can be seen perceptibly in the paddy fields carpeting the rolling lower slopes of the Hoang Lien Mountains.

It was the elements wearing away the underlying rock over thousands of years that created this impressive physical landscape. The geographical location of the area makes it a truly unique place for a rich variety of plants, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects, some of them can only be found in northwestern Vietnam. Sapa-thunderstruck local food Sapa’s specialties are another reason attracting more and more tourists travelling to this town. A wide range of sub-tropical vegetables such as white cauliflower, red beet, or chayote are planted here.

There are dishes that will be a must to enjoy for every visitor – boiled chayote consumed with sesame or “lon cap nach”- pig carried under armpit, which are home pigs but are raised in the field or forest. The cool weather of the region makes barbecued meat and fish with mushroom and vegetables the

most preferred street foods in Sapa. People grill corn, sweet potatoes, dumpling, bamboo-tube rice, or even eggs as well.

Nevertheless, tourists can try many other local foods like purple sticky rice or “thang co”- horse meat right in Sapa market. More surprisingly, Western restaurants, from Italian

to French ones, can also be found around the center of Sapa, at a very reasonable price

Sapa - splendid moutainous town