Vietnam

Sapa

11 people want to go here. 38 people have been here.

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27 out of 28 people (96%) think this place is worth visiting.

dumpycactus

angmoh

Hanoian

Renae_S

shuMie

truclinh

Jules

theycallmeuma

pmahnke

timbuk2too

fidaheyder

paul43

Paulino Michelazzo

CuongMC

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dumpycactus
Hong Kong

Worth visiting!

A tip I have about this place

buy a map, rent a moto, and ride with the sun in your eyes and wind whipping around you.

follow a tour, and you most likely get roped along into unworthy false shows of villagers, grown numb to tourists.

go a little bit farther and find trekking, valleys, and less “where you from? buy something from me?”


angmoh
Stockholm

Worth visiting!

Fantastic!!

This is truly asia. So exotic and far from civilization as can be. The prettiest views you can imagine, up in the mountains of north Vietnam. Of all the places we visited in Vietnam, Sa Pa was the prettiest of all. Extremely nice for hikes.


Renae_S
New York City

Not worth visiting!

Ethnic diversity disneyland

I loved the scenery of the Sapa area. But, I just think its cultural-based tourism out of control up there. And I didn’t see very much nature, just endless rice paddies. If you want to learn about the amazing ethnic groups of the uplands, go to Luang Nam Tha and Vieng Phouka in Laos, where tourism is still low key, and the villagers are not parading around for tourists, they are just living their lives and also enjoying improved incomes thanks to (mostly) carefully planned tourism initiatives up there. And there are treks through the national park.
I did, however, fall in love with the Minsk motorbikes.


shuMie
Singapore

Worth visiting!

villages.

Trekking to be done. village children are willing to be photographed.


truclinh
Vietnam

Worth visiting!

It's so different!

The weather, the landscape, the people… So fab!
It’s easy to take a train from Hanoi to Laocai, and then take a bus to Sapa. There’re many trekking tour programs in Sapa for you to choose. And it’s cheap.
At night, you should go to the Church square and try bamboo-tube rice.