Dalat Railway Station is among the most popular tourist destinations in Dalat . Thanks to the special architecture, as well as the value of tourism, Da Lat Railway Station is increasingly attracting more visitors. Let's find out interesting information about this oldest station in Indochina.
1. Where is Dalat Railway Station - Driving directions
For those who have ever traveled in this dream city, Dalat Railway Station is no longer a strange place. Located in the city center, Dalat Railway Station is currently one of the key tourist destinations, attracting many visitors when coming here. Therefore, Dalat Railway Station is present in most of Dalat tours 3 days 2 nights , 4 days 3 nights, ... of any travel company.
Specifically, the address of Dalat Railway Station is at 1 Quang Trung, District 10, Da Lat City.
When you come here, besides visiting and experiencing moving on the oldest train cars, you can also go to the surrounding restaurants to enjoy chicken leaf hotpot, butter cream, strawberry jam, ...
Dalat railway station was built during the French period
- Directions to Dalat Railway Station:
From the city center, tourists move to Dalat market, then follow Xuan Huong Lake road and then go straight along Yersin Road, go about 2km to a small slope, look on the right hand side is the station Da Lat.
2. Tickets to visit, train ride at Dalat station
In order to facilitate visitors to experience the feeling of riding the train on the oldest cars, the management board operated the train from the station to Trai Mat with more than 1 hour. Each day includes 5 trips to serve tourists.
- One way train ticket price: 72,000 VND / person
- Two-way ticket price: 108,000 VND - 120,000 VND / person
- Ticket price for foreigners: 170,000 VND / person
However, the above price is only applied for groups of more than 10 people or when enough people to depart. Please note, the ticket price may increase if you travel to Da Lat on April 30 , September 2, Tet, ... there. If you travel alone, you can choose tour companies to ask for a delegation, experience the train ride at Dalat Station.
With a fairly affordable price, visitors have set foot on the train bearing a historical impression
3. Dalat Railway Station - A place to save the deep history
As the only station of the misty city, Dalat Railway Station was built in 1932, considered as the focal point of the Phan Rang - Da Lat railway nearly 100km long, bearing the French architectural style resonating with special style. of the mighty Central Highlands.
Shaped like Lang Biang mountain , Dalat railway station has 3 pointed spikes with protruding roofs on the front, while the legs are retracted vertically, the front has a large clock to record the time that Dr. Yersin discovered. to Dalat. Because the road has to pass through hills and mountains, the mountain pass has a complex terrain, so many underground tunnels have been formed and the Song Pha - Da Lat railway section is designed in Swiss style, with serrated rails for the train to climb steeply. safe.
Dalat train station with serrated roof architecture
The architectural aspect of Dalat Railway Station is considered to be similar in style to the stations of the South of France, with a quite special type of railway, which at the time of construction only in Switzerland, made the Da Railway station Lat became the most ancient station not only in Vietnam but also in Indochina.
With nearly 100 years of age, up to now, Da Lat railway station is one of the ancient architectural works of great historical significance during the years of the anti-French and American resistance wars.
Check in beautiful photos with friends as souvenirs
4. Great experience with the oldest cars in Indochina
Today, Dalat Railway Station has only 7km of operating routes with the purpose of servicing Dalat tours for 3 days and 4 days from travel companies. The train runs at a slow speed, going and returning to the station almost 1 hour with the last point of the journey is Linh Phuoc Pagoda. Visitors on this route have the opportunity to experience a special journey by train in the mountain city, although short but very poetic.
Sitting on the train station, visitors can admire the poetic scenery of Dalat city, breathing the extremely fresh atmosphere on both sides of the road. So far, the railway at Dalat station is one of the rare constructions with sawtooth structure, the design of the car that can safely downgrade France but until now Vietnam has not. exploitable.
If you want to find a place to "hide" with your friends, Dalat Station is the ideal destination
Especially, from Dalat Station, you can visit some other famous attractions such as: Linh Phuoc Pagoda , Da Lat Pedagogy College, Xuan Huong Lake, Lam Vien Square, Cau Dat Tea Hill, Hydrangeas garden, Mat camp ...
Although it is a long-standing ship, it is still enough to serve tourists
5. Some things to note when going to Dalat station
As one of the famous tourist destinations, Dalat Railway Station attracts quite a lot of visitors every year. For a safe and perfect travel, you should note a few things:
- Advance reservations can be made or contact the tour via tour company to ensure enough guests depart when the low season.
- When traveling on a train, do not lean over the window to avoid danger to yourself
- Pay close attention to avoid unfortunate accidents
- Bring a camera or a related item if you want to save beautiful photos
- Do not litter indiscriminately, keeping general hygiene in the resort
With the beauty of French style, Dalat Railway Station deserves a place to check in for visitors to visit and explore. To experience the old train, have time to enjoy the fresh air, enjoy the beautiful scenery, do you hesitate without backpacking and go right?
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