Location
Dalat is located in the south central highlands of Vietnam, sitting at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level. Known unofficially as The City of Eternal Spring, Dalat also lays claim to the title of le Petit Paris.
Set in the Central Vietnam highland city of Dalat, the region was popularised by French occupation at the turn of the 20th century. Alexandre Yersin, a contemporary of the famed Louis Pasteur discovered and pioneered the location that is now known as Dalat in approximately 1897. With the cool European climate (the area sits at an altitude of 1500 metres above sea level) and the rolling mountainous, pine treed terrain, Dalat became the summer hill-station retreat for royalty and high society.
A scaled down version of the Eiffel Tower emerging from the city centre adds a certain Parisian feel, however it is the natural beauty of Xuan Huong Lake and the numerous examples of European inspired architecture and wide city streets that are really the centerpiece of this gorgeously romantic seductive city of 192,441 inhabitants.
Sited on approximately 35 acres of suburban parkland that forms its own unique compound, the area Ana Mandara Villas Dalat occupies was originally known as the 'Bellevue Quarter', a nod to the rich French influence. Striking views of the surrounding town, countryside and flourishing vegetable fields abound from all areas of the gently sloping hillside property.
Getting there
Ho Chi Minh City - 300km Southwest of Dalat
Hanoi - 1,400km North of Dalat
Danang - 650km Northeast of Dalat
Nha Trang - 120km East of Dalat
Lien Khuong, Dalat’s domestic airport terminal is approximately 30 minutes drive from the city centre.
Ho Chi Minh City – to / from
3 daily arrivals & departures with Vietnam Airlines & 1 daily arrival & departure with Air Mekong - approximately 30 minute flight time
Daily bus transfer with Phuong Trang Travel or Sinh Cafe - approximately 6 hour journey
Private vehicles by arrangement - approximately 5 to 6 hour journey
Hanoi – to / from
2 daily arrivals & departures with Vietnam Airlines & 1 daily arrival & departure with Air Mekong - approximately 105 minute flight time
Daily bus transfer - approximately 24 hour journey
Private vehicles by arrangement
Danang – to / from
5 flight per week arrivals & departures with Vietnam Airlines – approximately 110 minute flight time
Three times daily bus transfers - approximately 13 hour journey.
Private vehicles by arrangement
Nha Trang – to / from
No direct flight routes currently exist.
Daily bus transfers with Phuong Trang Travel or Mai Linh bus - approximately 3.5 hour journey
Private vehicles by arrangement - approximately 3 hour journey
Please note that there is no train service to Dalat from any major centre.
