Sapa - Lao Cai in Vietnam

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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