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Sapa is a beautiful, mountainous town in northern Vietnam along the border with China. Located at 1650 m above sea level in Vietnam’s remote northwest mountains, Sapa is famous for both its fine, rugged scenery and also its rich cultural diversity. Sapa is an incredibly picturesque town that lies in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range near the Chinese border in northwestern Vietnam, known as “the Tonkinese Alps”. Sapa and its surrounding region is host to many hill tribes, as well as rice terraces, lush vegetation, and Fansipan, the highest peak in Vietnam. However, as a result of a recent surge in popularity Sapa has rapidly become a tourist hotspot where money is the new drug of choice. Don’t be put off by the rush, your explorations of the surrounding countryside will be worth the trouble. You can book sapa tours with Sapa Travel office in the town Ethnic Minorities Many ethnic minorities live in and around Sapa. Excluding the Kinh people or ethnic Vietnamese, eight different ethnic minority groups are found in Sapa; H’mong (pronounced Mong), Dao (pronounced Yao), Tay, Giay (pronounced Zai), Muong, Thai, Hoa (ethnic Chinese) and Xa Pho (a denomination of the Phu La minority group). However, the last four groups comprise less than 500 people in total. The population of the district is estimated at 31,652 (1993) of which 52% are H’mong, 25% are Dao, 15% are Kinh, 5% are Tay and 2% are Giay. Around 3,300 people live in Sapa town, the remainder are peasant farmers distributed unevenly throughout the district. Many older women in particular make items such as ethnic-style clothes and blankets, to sell to tourists. Striking up a conversation with them can be very rewarding and their spoken English is impressive. Sadly, however, doing this in Sapa town itself will sometimes lead to a scrum as a multitude of vendors taste a potential sale. Children from these ethnic minorities often begin to support their families financially through selling trinkets to tourists. Do not encourage this by buying from children – Buy from adults. They peddle small metal or silver trinkets, embroidered pillow cases and friendship bands in the main town, and often walk for several hours from their surrounding villages to reach the town. At the end of the day, some take a motorbike ride back to their village, some walk home and some sleep in the market. Girls and boys get married young (around 15-18) and often have two children by the time they are 20 years old. Poverty has led to a great number of girls leaving their villages each day to go selling in Sapa town, and depending on their luck, may only have one meal per day. Weather In winter (the 4 months November to February), the weather in Sapa is invariably cold, wet and foggy (temperatures can drop to freezing and there was snow in...
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This page is about Sapa View Hotel in Sapa Town, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam. You can find here some Sapa View Hotel introduction, about the owner of Sapa View, hotel types of rooms, the restaurants inside the Sapa View and much more. Settled down in Sapa over 20 years when tourism was new to everyone here, the owner fell in love with the beauty and local culture here as well as knowing how the passion has flowed within the heart of travellers to this destination. With working experience in construction and architecture, the owner brought in his love for the destination to build up Sapa View hotel which opened in 2010. His aim is to bring you the very truly Sapa experience. The owner spent several months, with great deal of efforts, searching in all over remote villages for the best timbers, stones, the best carpenters to build the Sapa View hotel. Details are taken care, with flowers and trees in the entrance, the oriental Fengshui balance, corridors and staircases of Sapa architect style. Especially, the 30 rooms provide the special balance of luxurious amenities and the local architecture: the old styled fireplaces, floor made of perfume timbers, window that catch the sunrise and looking the Violet valley and Fansipan mount, the balcony with Sapa local flowers… All will bring you inner balance and health. The hotel restaurant and bar are also special. The timber architecture and local ethnic cloths are used for décor that is to bring you closer to the local community. They signed up a strategic partnership with Hoa Sua Hospitality School for Orphan children in order to bring you the best chef who could serve you the best meals from our local ingredients. They have live local music at the restaurant. Come for dinner and enjoy our live performance brought to you by local artists with their love songs and Hmong Khèn. Sapa View is a live Sapa museum, where you can feel like you deeply “dissolve” into our rich local culture. If you have time for a trek into the local villages, our local guides – who come from these villages – are more than happy to take you to their homelands. With love and passion, at Sapa View just is here to bring you the best local experience for your stay in Sapa Sapa View Hotel location Only 0.5 km from the city center, Sapa View Hotel’s strategic location ensures that guests can quickly and easily reach many local points of interest. For sightseeing options and local attractions, one need not look far as the hotel enjoys close proximity to Thac Bac Silver Waterfall, Mau Temple, Bus Station. Sapa View hotel types of rooms Deluxe Garden/City View-Double/Twin These rooms are large, spacious with spectacular view over Fansipan mount and Muong Hoa valley. Offering a warm ambience, characteristic of the tranquil Sapa nature. ...
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This webpage will show you information of Royal View Sapa Hotel. All information is provided by the hotel owner to Sapa Travel team. Our customers usually stay in Royal View Hotel and the team really recommend this hotel to the next ones. You can find some travel package that we put Royal View Hotel in the accommodation list At the early start Royal View Sapa Hotel was only a small hotel for individual traveler to visit Sapa and has since rapidly grown with expansion of its activities over . As a result Royal View Sapa have reached new heights, to the point that Royal View Sapa are not just a small hotel, but more a destination management company for other tour operators, travel agents, incentives houses and tour companies worldwide. At Royal View Sapa Hotel we fully realize that our success depends on customer satisfaction so we are developing the business in own way with a sincere commitment to overall quality. This means that we undertake everything within our power to exceed the Clients expectation in terms of quality and value. The Royal View is in the list of accommodation of Sapa Travel for its customers in the next...
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This webpage is about Hmong Sapa Hotel in Sapa Town, Lao Cai, Vietnam. This information is collected and carefully edited by the team of Sapa Travel and if you wish to book the rooms or services, contact our sales team. Welcome to the HMONG SAPA HOTEL! Why is the hotel called this? The owners (Van and Steve) are a couple of ex professional sports people who had spent many holidays in Sapa with their daughter Quinn who has made many friends with Hmong children. To the extent that she visited their homes, stayed overnight and even learned to speak a little Hmong. This gave them the idea of naming the hotel this way and in addition to that, they are committed to helping the Hmong community by employing as many staff as they can from the Hmong. Giving essential employment and training. Many of the staff will come from the Hoa Sua School which is situated only 100 meters from the hotel. Also the hotel will arrange functions which allow for mixing with the Hmong in a real environment to give the guest a true cultural experience. The Hotel The Hmong Hotel is a new construction but built in a style that fits the landscape, with 30 rooms, complete with TV and in room free Wi-Fi (essential for the modern traveler). The TV is cable and includes BBC and CNN for your news and kids channels when you want some moments of peace or time for yourselves. Some local channels as well if you want to watch what the Vietnamese watch. Some great shows! The beds are also soft! After that long train or bus journey. Van is Vietnamese and Steve is English so they have an understanding of what all guests both Vietnamese and foreign expect and want. Believe that it can be very different. The staff are also trained to help guests and give honest and genuine advice. Many travelers fear being “ripped off” by being overcharged in Asia. The hotel will help guests to have a safe and honest and most of all enjoyable holiday. The Rooms The rooms in the hotel are spacious, so you can throw that luggage on the floor and relax on the large soft bed. You will also appreciate a unique Vietnamese experience inside the rooms, silence! At night there is a beautiful silence which is so rarely heard in most places. After a few drinks at the bar and a meal on the terrace restaurant which has a magnificent view you can drift off for a much needed sleep. You may be surprised when you wake up, you could have a magnificent mountain view, or be above the clouds or even more uniquely in the clouds! Open your bedroom window and watch real clouds billow into the room. An amazing experience. But we can’t control that experience you just have to...
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The first choice for your accommodation in Sapa is Chau Long Hotel because of the view to Fansipan Mountain and it propositional services and staff. Our Sapa travel team has come to the hotel to check all information and update the facilities of Chau Long Hotel. Chau Long Hotel located in the quite road in the center of Sapa. This hotel is one of first choices when travelling to Sapa. Chau Long Hotel is the only one which all rooms (65 rooms) have view of Fanxipan Moutain and Muong Hoa Valley You will have unforgettable holiday when staying with Chau Long Hotel Suite Room– Châu Long 2 Tastefully designed room, luxurious furnishing with the most modern & high technology that are well appointed for your comfortable and convenience. All rooms are equipped working desk, bath tub & shower, safety box, hair dryer, IDD call, mini bar, color TV , heater, ceiling fan Deluxe Room- Chau Long 2 Tastefully designed room, luxurious furnishing with the most modern & high technology that are well appointed for your comfortable and convenience. All rooms are equipped working desk, bath tub & shower, safety box, hair dryer, IDD call, mini bar, color TV , heater, ceiling fan Superior Room- Chau Long 2 Tastefully designed room, luxurious furnishing with the most modern & high technology that are well appointed for your comfortable and convenience. All rooms are equipped working desk, bath tub & shower, safety box, hair dryer, IDD call, mini bar, color TV , heater, ceiling fan Muong Hoa Restaurant Experience unforgettable moments at Muong Hoa Restaurant, while dinning delicious Vietnamese and Western cuisines, and enjoying spectacular views of the Hoang Liem Mountains and Muong Hoa Valley. You are also welcome to enjoy your desert or drink on the terrace, to get closer to majestic nature of Sapa. Menu Our restaurant offers large Buffet Breakfast, and special menu for Lunch and Dinner, both Vietnamese and Western cuisines. Breakfast menu full of delicious choices from Western and Vietnamese menu: eggs and omelets that cooked by guest’s special order, baguettes, toasted bread, fresh vegetables, ham, bacon, several kinds of cheese, yoghurt, fresh milk, granola, cornflakes, croissants and other pasties, homemade jams, large variety of fruits, fried rice and noodles, sautéed vegetables, traditional Vietnamese noodle soup with beef (Pho), juices, coffee and tee. Food processing Food prepared at the restaurant is the chef-prepared, self-test demanding stringent food to ensure absolute safety and food...
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This page will show some main information for Victoria Sapa Hotel. All information is edited by our team at Sapa Travel. Now, you can find out what people say about this Victoria Hotel Perfect hotel in Sapa. The room was so nice and comfortable, the grounds beautiful and an oasis in the mountains. The hotel is up on a hill and if you want to walk to town it’s not very easy if you have trouble walking. They also have a shuttle to town. The included breakfast has a huge assortment of items and very good. The spa is beautiful with a nice assortment of treatments. The Victoria Hotel has private luxury train cars with white bedding and comforters from Hanoi, which was very nice for traveling the 8 hours overnight. Do stay here – so lovely Sapa is located in Lao Cai Province, 380 km Northwest of Hanoi, in close proximity to the Chinese border. Famous for its terraced rice paddies & highlands, Sapa is home to more than 30 colorful hill tribes and close to Vietnam’s highest peak, Mount Fansipan. The four star Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa, the only luxury hotel in the region, was built as a traditional chalet with accented wooden décor, the Resort overhangs the village, blending perfectly with its natural surroundings. With its luxury dining and sleeping carriages, Victoria Express Train is the ideal means of transportation to travel from Hanoi to Lao Cai. The 77 rooms at Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa feature private terrace, wood flooring and offer views over Sapa village, the resort’s lush gardens or Mount Fansipan. A warm touch of local decoration provides guests with a sense of calm in the mountain chalet atmosphere. Victoria Superior Room * 21 spacious 25m² (269 sq. feet) * A comfortable area with a sofa and a writing desk Victoria Deluxe Room * 52 spacious 25m² (269 sq. feet) * A comfortable area with a sofa and a writing desk * Balcony with a sofa Victoria Family Studio * 2 spacious 50m² (538 sq. feet) * A comfortable area with a sofa and a writing desk * With a large balcony Victoria Suite * 2 spacious 50m² (538 sq. feet) * A large living room with a comfortable sofa and a writing desk, a large balcony with a sofa VICTORIA EXPRESS TRAIN With its elegant carriages, the Victoria Express Train recalls a more romantic era. Passing through the exotic landscapes of North Vietnam, it offers every visitor a wonderful travelling experience. Indulge yourself in our dining carriage, “Le Tonkin”, where you can savor the delights of traditional Vietnamese and Western cuisine. Our talented Chef has selected the best wines, adding a further exquisite touch to a memorable experience. Discover our 4-course set menus! The train departs six times a week, linking Hanoi to Lao Cai. The Victoria Express Train is a...
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