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Boat racing festival on the Dak Bla river

around 24OC during the normal              railway station in Indochina at
day. It also has year long sunshine.       that time. The railway covers a
Da Lat is called the city of spring,       length of 84km including 16km of
flowers and pine forest.                   saw-toothed section (Crémailère)
Da Lat Flower Festival is organized        was designed by the Swedish. In
in December every year.                    1991, the 7km section of railway
Xuan Huong lake: covers 5,000m,            connecting Trai Mat with Da Lat
located in the center of Da Lat.           was restored. Coming to Trai Mat,
The lake has crescent moon                 tourists can visit miraculously
shape, surrounded by shaded                changing natural sceneries and
roads, small flower gardens and            enjoy the fresh air of the Central
romantic cafés.                            Highlands.
Love Valley: beautiful and romantic,       Truc Lam monastery: located by
about 5km north of the center of Da        Tuyen Lam lake on Phuong Hoang
Lat, Love Valley is as beautiful and       mountain, Da Lat City. The pagoda
lively with colorful flower gardens,       was created by the superior Buddhist
green pine forest and bending              monk Thich Thanh Tu in the early
basalt roads.                              1990s. The monastery covers 24.5ha
Da Lat Railway Station: located            and is divided into 3 separate areas.
500m East of Xuan Huong lake.              This is the biggest Zen research
The railway connects Da Lat with           monastery in Vietnam.
Cham Tower (Tourcham). It was              Apart from being a big pagoda and
inaugurated in 1938 and was                a monastery, Truc Lam is also an
regarded as the most beautiful             ideal tourist destination because its
                                           beautiful location - viewing Tuyen
                                           Lam lake and Voi Mountain.

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