The Vietnamese destination for a beach holiday is increasingly gaining momentum in popularity among compatriot tourists, and now also to celebrate the New Year in Vietnam has become a welcome event for active positive people. The land of the Vietnamese brilliantly offers four ways to do this: beloved Nha Trang, excellent Phu Quoc, Phan Thiet and Mui Ne. What is the price of these resorts in 2017, and which one will be more like for the New Year 2018, is collected in one place - here.
The choice of a resort will be very successful if you combine the characteristics with a mandatory set of your preferences:
- whether it is important to stay in a superior hotel or just a neat place to sleep and change is enough;
- it is desirable to celebrate a holiday among noisy companies with many people or calmly in a family atmosphere;
- it is planned to dive, swim in warm water or ride a board on stormy waves;
- whether excursions and entertainment are obligatory in addition to meeting the coming year.
Having mentally answered these questions, it is easy to choose the place where it is best to go for the New Year to Vietnam next season.
Attractive Nha Trang
The most popular resort among Russian tourists today is preparing for the New Year's festivities at its best. By the 20th of December, all hotel complexes, shopping centers become “winter”, decorated Christmas trees, beloved by Europeans Santa Clauses, appear. The Vietnamese celebrate their change of year a month later, according to a different calendar, the lunar one, and for tourists they specially arrange a festive atmosphere according to European canons on the set days of December.
Classical New Year in Nha Trang - civilized tourists on the embankment, a festive performance in the same place, people friendly exchange gifts, balls, dance, admire the night sea. Beach discos are arranged for young or active vacationers, there are nightclubs. But the best parties with "movement" and fun are held in five-star hotels and hotel restaurants. Reviews of tourists highlight two such bright places:
- Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang (Vinpearl Resort Nha-Trang);
- Diamond Bay Resort and SPA (Diamond-Bay Resort'n'Spa).
Around the holidays, too, do not pass without work, Nha Trang excursions and water activities are popular in their own right. Before and after the main Winter Day are actively available:
- diving dives;
- snorkeling;
- tropical fishing;
- bike rides to local beauties;
- group tours around the city, to waterfalls, thermal springs, to the zoo, aquarium;
- meditation in temples;
- excursions to local jewelry craftsmen, masters of silk paintings;
- sea swims to the nearest islands, including Winperl - a fun island park.
All the islands are full of good diving areas, and a ride to the island park on the overwater funicular is a whole separate entertainment.
It remains to compare only the weather, prices and local features:
- Weather - the end of Nha Trang December marks the last days of the rainy season, so the climate is still unstable, both clear and cloudy days fall equally. However, this does not affect the heat, the air is stable + 28 ° С, water + 26 ° С. Only a couple of times there may still be residual rain, then the temperatures drop briefly by a couple of degrees. The peculiarity is that cold currents pass by the waters of Nha Trang, so the sea is not called calm here.
- Housing and food prices are traditionally low compared to other areas, although they rise just as traditionally as they do everywhere on New Year's holidays in Vietnam. The most expensive accommodation is based on 5 stars - two places go for $ 125-150 / day (holidays). For 3 stars they ask from $25 for the same services. Neat guesthouses without categories will require from 10 to 15 $ / day, discounts are provided for long-term stays.
- The food is delicious, the reviews of tourists about it are very positive. Large selection of fresh seafood. The average bill of a cafe/restaurant outside the tourist zone is $10 for a couple, hotel restaurants offer food on New Year's Eve at a price tag of $20 to $170 per person. In local eateries, you can even have a bite for $ 3. Spa session with massage - from $ 10, organized walks to the sights - $ 20-50 per person.
Undoubted advantages:
- affordable prices;
- choice of excursions;
- rich story;
- celebration atmosphere;
- friendliness.
Sad cons:
- unstable weather;
- remoteness of beaches from hotels;
- traffic jams on the streets;
- thefts in the hustle and bustle during the holiday.
Cons are not fatal, and with the proper attitude, they may not matter.
Elite Phu Quoc
The resort on the island of the same name is noted by tourists as the best place to have a holiday for the New Year in Vietnam with parallel swimming and sunbathing on the cleanest seaside. This is actively supported by:
- soft golden beach sand;
- warm, quiet sea with crystal water;
- isolation from the noise of city streets, nightclubs;
- calm climate around;
- elite infrastructure.
An organized Happy New Year celebration takes place either at restaurant venues or at the invitation of hotels, lobster dishes are served for dinner, music is played. However, the holiday is especially warm, started independently on the evening coast, together with other companies of vacationers, by prior arrangement with the hotel management.
The island New Year in Vietnam is slowly combined with underwater excursions to exotic sea creatures, trips to Buddhist temples, the Kingdom of Pepper, water cascades, a pearl farm where souvenirs for friends and relatives live. And of course, in winter in Phu Quoc it is best to swim and sunbathe.
Local features and prices:
- Here, the most comfortable weather in Vietnam for the New Year is warm, dry, clear, there are no showers. Daytime air temperature is from +30°C, nighttime +26°C, ocean water is always +28°C, there are no disturbing waves.
- Beach hotel service is expensive and luxurious: a 3-star double room will cost $50 or more during the winter holidays, a 5-star room will cost from $160. Budget accommodation can be found a little further from the beach areas, where room rates start at $15. The most elite, sought-after area of the coast is Long Beach.
- Food is affordable for everyone if you eat in local bistros. It is enough to lay out only a dollar or two per person in them. An average tourist zone cafe will offer a full meal for two for $12-20.
- There are not so many excursions, their cost is $10-30/seat.
Bright pluses:
- the cleanest ecology and marine areas in the whole republic;
- not exorbitant prices;
- calm environment;
- an abundance of cheap but fresh seafood.
Key cons:
- the absolute absence of large markets, shopping, mass entertainment;
- a noticeable activation of the development of the island with new objects, which breaks the silence and landscapes of some tourist areas.
When planning a meeting for the next 2018 on the beaches of Vietnam, it is better to take these points into account.
Which is better - Mui Ne or Phan Thiet?
There is no and will not be an unequivocal answer to this question, since in fact one resort smoothly passes into another. The only difference that can determine the choice is that Phan Thiet is conceived as a more luxurious resort, respectively, the prices on it are slightly higher than on Mui Ne. Otherwise, New Year's traditions at both resorts are similar and equally cheerful.
A well-formed New Year's Eve agenda on the coasts of Mui Ne Phan Thiet:
- By the key hour, funny sandy snowmen appear on the beaches, interspersed with large coconut trees.
- Buffet, buffet or classic tables with a menu of sea delicacies and various delicacies are served in the hotel halls.
- Celebrants on the coasts are entertained by exotic local musical groups, funny contests, drawings of various prizes are arranged.
- After the end of the hotel banquet (midnight), the walkers are invited to nightclubs, restaurants, where an enchanting continuation of the parties has already been prepared. Dragon Beach, the nightclub of Mui Ne, is best known for this.
Free time can be successfully used on the sea, where the wave is perfect for surfing and kiting. Fans of excursions are waiting for the famous museums of Phan Thiet, Purple Canyon, White dunes, Lotus Lake, resting Buddha, fields of exotic pitahaya.
Weather and rates:
- Until the middle of winter, dry, warm, comfortable. The daytime thermometer does not fall below +30°С, the night temperature is +21°С, the sea is warmed up to +25°С. In the afternoon, the water areas are filled with big waves, this is the time for surfers. Until lunchtime, the waters are calm, then bathers are in charge here.
- The average prices of Phan Thiet, when the New Year in Vietnam is in full swing, both European and local (after January 20), are higher than in Mui Ne. A double room of a simple hotel for a holiday costs from $11, a three-star one - from $25, a five-star one - from $130. Pre-booking is good with discounts.
- You can eat for $10-20 for two in a cafe, for $25 and more per person in a hotel restaurant. Excursions are varied, from 9 to 50 dollars per tourist. Rest on a kite, including instruction and equipment - from $ 10 per person for the whole day.
100% pluses:
- modern high-level hotel business;
- Russian speaking staff;
- cheap surf and kite surf lessons;
- Lots of fruits and seafood available.
Can be a disadvantage:
- an excessive number of compatriots, the districts are jokingly called the "Russian ghetto";
- the resorts are new, so the pricing policy, when the New Year is celebrated, is somewhat overpriced;
- interestingness is more of a natural character, there are few architectural sights;
- the coasts are considered places for surfers, it is not always possible to swim calmly.
But these tourist areas are ideal for those who have little idea of conversations in English.
How much to prepare for a trip?
The least available for New Year's tour 2018, a couple's package to a 2-3-star hotel off the coast of Nha Trang for 7 days / nights for 100 thousand rubles. rubles. The same tour on the basis of a 4-star hotel - 120 thousand and more, on the basis of a 5-star hotel with breakfast included - from 160 thousand. The same on the basis of a 5-star hotel with an all-inclusive service for two will require at least 225 thousand rubles. This is the same layout for winter holidays in Phan Thiet and Mui Ne.
The most expensive destination is Phu Quoc. Here to spend a Vietnamese vacation on New Year's Eve costs from 180 to 250 thousand rubles, depending on the category of the hotel.
All sounded vouchers imply a departure from Moscow.
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