The provinces in Vietnam attract foreign tourists

Vietnam owns many beautiful scenics, modern architecture, and long culture that contribute to attracting many foreign tourists to visit. Here is the province in Vietnam favored by international tourists. 

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The banks of the Lo river and foggy mountain ranges surrounding it in Ha Giang are described as a place where "time is stoping". Craggy mountain passes in Ha Giang attract believers who passion a strong feel.  This northern province is the living region of many minorities. Tourists can discover cultural heritages in the Dong Van town or immerse themself into mountainous market sessions full of excitement. Photo: Le Vinh De

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Cao Bang owns the poetic scenics of lush hills, gentle valleys, and grand waterfalls. This region is the living space of many ethnic minorities. Here markets have enough items bearing the bold own nuance of each ethnicity. Cao Bang is the place tourists have a chance to experience the daily life of mountainous people in Vietnam. 

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The Ha Noi capital impress by its beautiful and ancient architectures, and friendly people. It also attracts tourists by its vivid street cuisine culture and diversified delicious dishes offering counters. Tourists can seat in sidestreet shops and sip a glass of ice coffee, and enjoy bread. Photo: Vu Minh Quan

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Tranquil nature landscapes allure tourists to discover the countryside scenic of Ninh Binh province. Located next to limestone mountains, the Trang An scenic is likened to a "Halong Bay in the land". Besides, the gracefulness of the yellow paddy fields of the Tam Coc also impresses to unforgettable for international tourists. 

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Da Nang is the place that tourists experience memorable relax days. You can call at the My Khe beach to emerge into a lively atmosphere and participate in exciting underwater sports activities. If you like a quiet space, you should come to the Lang Co beach, where has shadows of trees and glassy water, along with waves slightly slapping the fine sand beach. 

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Hoi An city (Quang Nam) is surrounded by channels, shops, pagodas, and ancient manors. Not only famous for its attractive architecture and colorful neighborhoods, but Hoi An also attracts tourists with delicious dishes. Tourists can call at riverside restaurants or vendors in the street to try the taste of unique specialties. 

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Located in the north of the highland, along the Dakbla river, Kon Tum is a peaceful land with a cool climate. The traffic system inland is convenient that helps you move easily to destinations. Here is a suitable stopover for foreign tourists who want to explore one of the unique traditional cultural features in Vietnam. Photo: Nguyen Thanh Tinh

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The beach city of Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) has a stretch beach attracting tourists with a diverse marine system, clean water zone, and coral reefs. Besides, Nha Trang also converges architectures and temples of the Cham ethnic, and catholic churches as well. The surrounding of the city is famous for its nice waterfall and natural hot springs. 

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Located in the south of highland, Da Lat city (Lam Dong) attracts tourists by its cool and pure climate. Here is a suitable destination for couples to get romantic unforgettable holidays. Coming to Da Lat, tourists also experience many activities such as mountain biking, walking through mountains, camping...

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HCM City outstands with old alleys, where concentrate foreigners living and working, as well locals and tourists. Coming here, you can visit the Independence Palace, the famous work with a modern design. At the night, the city becomes bustling more as tourists and local people gather on crowded streets for entertainment, enjoying cuisines. Photo: Vovworld

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Vung Tau is the last point favored by many people in the south of the country. Tourists can come here by hydrofoils from HCM city to relax for short days, spending some nights to enjoy holidays and discovering cuisines.  Vung Tau beach is a crowded destination with many lively entertainment activities. 

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Inside the smallest hotel in the world

Eh'Haeusl has a 2,5 m width, a total area of 53 m2, and a maximum capacity of 2 guests. 

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Eh'Haeusl is a red-paint house in the Amberg town, Bavaria region, in the southeast of Germany. Build in 1728, the house has an age of 195 years old. Photo: Alamy

Eh'Haeusl means the house of marriage. It was built to break outdated marriage regulations in early century 18, requiring young couples in the city to prove their ownership of land if they want to get married. An entrepreneur used a narrow gap of 2,5 m between 2 towels, built more 2 walls in front and behind, shingling the roof to turn this place into a separate house. 

In 1728, Eh'Haeusl later was resold to a couple to prove their property. Until they get married, the owner once again resold to another one. Such a repeat, every few weeks, a couple moves here to live. In front of the door is an image iconical for the history of the house. Photo: Lukas Rode/Uniq Hotels

Today, Eh'Haeusl is a luxurious hotel, with a maximum capacity of 2 guests. In 2008, it has been renovated entirely and kept the Guinness record of the smallest hotel in the world up to now. Photo: Lukas Rode/Uniq Hotels

The hotel has no receptionist. Guests need to book rooms in advance to have people greeting and delivering the house's key. Photo: Unid Hotels

The top floor of the hotel is not everything but a wave creating tub bath. This room also called a spa. Photo: Eh'Haeusl

Below is a cozy bedroom. According to a representative of Eh'Haeusl, before the pandemic, this place attracts tourists from across the world. However, most all tourists are couples from Germany, and Austria coming come here to rent a room to celebrate the wedding or honeymoon. Photo: Michaela Rehle/Reuters

While the staff prepares breakfast in the kitchen in the basement where no responsibility is not allowed, guests can enjoy complete privacy. On the photo is a floor where gas a heater and relaxing chair for guests to watch TV. Photo: Eh'Haeusl

A customer who used to rent a room for the 25th anniversary of the wedding said he liked the place very much, because of the romantic atmosphere with fresh flowers, wine as well as the mysterious "fairy" that served breakfast while she was in bed. "This place is a popular place for honeymooners. It's a wonderful experience, I feel like a princess. This place is so beautiful," she said. Photo: Eh'Haeusl

The price per night at the hotel is 293 USD, including breakfast. Photo: Pauli Startup

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The architecture of famous palaces in the world

Luxurious and gorgeous palaces in the world represent the nobility of royals. The common characteristics of these works are unlimited building expenditure. 

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Buckingham Palace, London, Britain: The Buckingham Palace is the abode of the Queen of the UK, built in 1703. This place is the administrative headquarter of the monarchy regime in the UK. Initially, it has the name Buckingham House, long afterward until 1820 just became the palace rebought by King George IV.

The palace has about 775 rooms, with 240 bedrooms (including the sleeping zone of royal, guests, and staff), 78 bathrooms, and 19 staterooms. Interiors inside the palace were decorated luxuriously in classy neo-class architecture. As a result, this place became the backdrop for many royal moments, the symbol of England.

Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria: The Schonbrunn Palace is one of the most famous places in the capital of Vienna. Initially, this place was designed as a royal rest home for the royal during hunting. Until century 17, the emperor Leopold repaired to return here becoming one of the biggest palaces in the world, with 1.441 very impressive rooms. 

The vast palace holds many priceless treasures belonging to the Austrian royal family, especially sculptures mounted on ceilings or corridors. Inside are luxurious architecture, exquisitely painted ceilings, large mirrors, and chandeliers all fitted with sparkling crystals. As a result, Schonbrunn has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Versailles Palace, Versailles, France: Palace of Versailles (or Château de Versailles) located near Paris is a world famous place for its luxury and splendor. Built in the 17th century, Versailles was once home to the French royal family. Until the revolution in 1789, this place was occupied and deprived of many valuable assets.

Today the palace is almost completely restored, leaving only a few lost properties. A few rooms inside the palace are superiorly decorated compared to the rest, with sparkling chandeliers and lots of sculptures on two sides. It is estimated that inside the palace there are about 5,000 antique furniture items and 6,000 priceless paintings.

Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Turkey: This is considered one of the most luxurious places in the world, including 285 rooms and 46 large and small halls. This place used to be the headquarters of the Ottoman Empire. At the end of the 18th century, Emperor Abdulmecid I had to spend 14 tons of gold to plated the ceiling for the palace.

The design of the palace is mixed with Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical styles, but also retains some details of traditional Ottoman architecture. Expensive materials such as Marmara marble and Egyptian plaster were used throughout the palace. Today it is partially open to visitors, and used for state ceremonies.

Forbidden City, Beijing, China: The Forbidden City is one of the most popular tourist attractions in China. This is a large complex with 90 palaces, 900 buildings, and 10,000 rooms, about 73 hectares wide. Built from 1406 - 1420 years, this place is the typical work of Chinese feudal style architecture.

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During the feudal period, ordinary people were forbidden to go near the Forbidden City. Today, this place welcomes thousands of visitors every day. This sprawling palace complex has also been listed as the largest collection of ancient wooden architecture, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia: The Winter Palace is a masterpiece of Baroque architecture in the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The palace has been restored many times, today's version was built from 1730 - 1837 in an area of 6 hectares. Outside the palace is extremely lavishly decorated with gold, ivory, and many precious sculptures. 

The inside of the palace is equally lavishly decorated, mainly in gold and velvet. A total of 1,057 rooms, 1,786 doors, alternating with works of art and statues, like adorn the royal splendor. Today, part of the palace becomes Russia's largest art museum, the State Hermitage.

Mysore Palace, Mysore, India: This is the largest palace in India, remodeled as it is today in 1912. Originally a fortress existed from the 14th century. Outside the palace is decorated in classical style with arches and meticulously designed walkways. Visitors can come here to visit on weekdays, especially at night when the palace is illuminated with 97,000 lights.

The inside of the palace is made mainly of pink marble and granite, which helps to highlight the patterns from within. Interior architecture is a mixture of Islam, Neoclassical and Gothic, though sophisticated but no less elegant. Columns, chandeliers, and ceilings are exquisitely painted as if lifted from a painting.

Doge Palace, Venice, Italy: Doge Palace (or Palazzo Ducale) is a powerful symbol of Venice, which appears in both myths and legends. For five centuries, it was the place to make the most influential decisions on this famous city. The palace itself is also a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.

Today, this stunning building is one of the 11 museums run by the city of Venice and perhaps the most famous. The architecture inside the palace is so intricately decorated that visitors must be overwhelmed. Many invaluable architectural and artistic works are found here. Especially on the throne in the General Assembly room is the largest canvas painting in the world.

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The hotel has team rooms made of ice

The Icehotel of Sweden famous for its experience bringing tourists staying overnight in an ice room. Especially, this year, this place also has steam rooms made of ice and an ice forest.

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Located quietly in the idyllic town of Jukkasjarvi in the north of Sweden, away from the arctic circle 200 km,  the Icehotel started as an art display room in 1989 và has been developing rapidly to become an attraction to tourists. This place has been operated for 31 years.

The hotel is made up of 2 areas. Icehotel 365 is fixed, including "warm" rooms and ice rooms opened year-round. The remaining part is the art room of Icehotel 31 designed by various artists and rebuilt yearly after ice melts.

6 new ice room ranges were built at Icehotel 365 and 12 artic room ranges opened from 12/2020 to April 11, 2021. Due to the pandemic, last year, the hotel just invited local artists to participate in creating ice and snow works for display here.

An outstanding part of the Icehotel this year is the sauna described as "the coolest sauna room in the world". The creative director of the Icehotel and the architect Luca Roncoroni want to create a room bringing a warm feel against the extreme cold weather. This room also has shawls for bathing and towels made of snow, 2 ice "ovens", bathtubs. Besides, the fixed region of the hotel, Icehotel 365, also has hot water dried sauna rooms right at its campus.

Inspired by the custom of Shinrin Yoku (bathing in the forest) of Japan in the 1980s, a temporary bathing room in the hall of the hotel is designed to look like an ice forest. Here, tourists are surrounded by icy trees, branches, and leaves that have complicated shapes. 

Icehotel has many options for luxurious ice rooms. All ice rooms are kept at a temperature of - 5 degrees Celcius. So, tourists are provided explore-styled sleeping bags standing against harsh temperatures. Of course, as experienced here, tourists still need to wear heat-retaining clothing, sweaters, hat, and bring socks even you are curling in your sleeping bags. 

The hotel also has high-class restaurants in the "warm" parts of the Icehotel 365. Here tourists can enjoy many dishes such as Swedish meatballs, saute reindeer meat, and many kinds of fishes. The restaurant of Veranda also serves a meal of 12 dishes prepared in front of guests. 

Staying one night in a warm room of the hotel (in the Icehotel 365) costs from 172 USD.

Besides discovering the hotel, tourists can join many other activities for an extra fee. The course of ice sculpture is described by the hotel as a "must-try" with visitors. Besides, experiences such as riding a dog-driven sled, the sauna ritual of 10 steps Jukkasjarvi... are also appreciated worthy expected.

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The village preserves culture on each wall

The village of Tiebele become the top attraction in Burkina Faso (Africa) thanks to its many generations of architecture, bringing its bold unique culture. 

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Alligators and snakes crawling everywhere or creatures swimming in stars, moon...are familiar images on the walls surrounding the Tiebele village in Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa. Lively art and architecture bring about a unique feature for the village and make it the most worth-visiting tourist spot in Burkina Faso. Photo: Gretel.

The Tiebele located in Nahouri, a province in the south-central of Burkina Faso. The village is the living space of the Kassaena people, the minority ethnic settling scattered in the south of Burkina Faso and the north of Ghana. Due to complicated history, being separated from other neighboring peoples, the Kasssena people have a different culture from the rest. Art and architecture are 2 ways for the Kassena to express their essence. Photo: Funtime

The sheik of the Kassena clan has an own abode, called the Tiebele royal palace. The entire campus is built and decorated in a traditional style on a 1,2 ha area at the foot of a hill. The whole royal area is surrounded by fences and only has a main gate in the southwest. Photo: SIWLL

Inside the wall are houses, roads built with materials such as clay, wood, straw, cow dung. Today, mud and bricks, and stone have begun to be used in building the works. Traditionally, the house of the Kassena people is not built on a foundation but erected from the ground. However, building their houses has been changed. Many new houses have a stone foundation and are built from mud brick. Photo: Medium

The design of these traditional houses is influenced by the importance of defense. Many houses are built in the way of enhancing the capacity of protecting people and life, from both nature dangers and invasion of enemies. For example, houses often without windows, only have several small holes to catch some shine. Besides, the house doors often small, high under 1 meter to prevent scorching sun penetrating into, also enemies have more difficulty attacking. Photo: SIWILL

Besides effective against rain and sun, motif pain also bears symbol meaning. For example. alligator and snake imagines have the meaning of expelling evil spirits, bad things, and disasters. The moon and stars images bear a meaning of good things and hopes. Photo: Rita Willaert

The Tiebele village still preserved by the resident community, so works are in an intact state. However, this unique village is facing many challenges such as disaster, urbanization, or the effect of tourism culture. Despite bringing a big revenue, the increasing number of tourists coming here is putting the preservation of the village in a difficult position. Photo: Rita Willaer 

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