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Duong Lam ancient village St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hanoi
Ba Vi tourist and national park Perfume Mountain &
surroundings
The park is an attractive resort
complex of spectacular landscape The Perfume Pagoda is in Huong
in Ba Vi mountains (Ba Vi District, Son commune, My Duc district,
Ha Noi) lying in the town Son Tay. about 70km away from Ha Noi’s
Go 16km further to Hai Fountain, center. Its surroundings which
and row on the lake; visitors will encompass thousands of hectares,
never be disappointed with an provide many rich natural wonders
otherworldly experience in the fresh from mountains, streams, villages,
air and fairy landscape. pagodas (18 pagodas and temples)
and caves.
Among the sites are the Ho Chi Minh
temple, Saint of Tan Vien mount Pilgrims to the Perfume Mountain
temple and some remains of the complex usually follows three main
resort built by the French in the 1940s routes: Perfume Mountain, Long
at the height of 2000m above sea Van and Snow pagoda.
level. Ba Vi National Park is truly a
valuable outdoor lab and ecological Main routes to the Perfume pagoda:
site of biodiversity. from Duc wharf, go down Yen
fountain to Tro wharf (Thien Tru
There are currently some resort wharf ) to visit Trinh temple, Thien
areas around Ba Vi National Park Tru and climb to the finest and most
for weekend excursions including: famous grotto – Huong Tich. In the
Khoang Xanh, Ao Vua, Heavenly 17th century, during a trip to the site,
Mountains – Ivory Fountain to Da Lord Trinh Sam sealed five Chinese
Waterfall… characters on the grotto “Nam Thien
De Nhat Dong” (the finest grotto
under the Southern sky).
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