Sapa Vietnam is 400 km (9 hour drive by car)
north-west of Hanoi. The cloud-covered town of Sapa is located at 1550 m
above the sea level, cool all year round. There are many magnificent
mountains including the peak of Indochina - Fansipan of 3143m
elevation.
The area of Sapa is home to 7 ethnic groups with
unique cultures, lifestyles and languages; all wearing their traditional
attires, working on evergreen terraces. Hill tribes gather for the
weekend market for trade and for meeting with lovers. Sapa is a good
place for relaxing holidays, for cultural touring, and/or for trekking
and should not be missed on your trip to Vietnam.
Sapa Town from above
The area was built into a hill station for the
French colonialists to get away from the heat of Hanoi and the Red River
Delta in the summer. There used to be many French-styled villas in
town. But most of them were destroyed during the border clash with China
in 1979.
Nowadays Sapa attracts thousands of tourists
from all of Vietnam and abroad thanks to the cool and fresh climate, the
sublime nature beauty and the colorful hill tribe cultures.
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