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Tips When Visiting Sapa For Foreign Tourists

Wednesday, 26/10/2022, 14:07 GMT+7

 

When is the best time to visit Sapa?

 

Thanks to its high altitude, Sapa is an ideal location for a vacation during the summer heat, and the town is rarely populated with quite fresh air here. Sapa's climate is highly seasonal, with a subtropical climate in the summer and a mild climate in the winter.

The average temperature of Sa Pa town is 15.4ºC, the highest is 29.4ºC and the lowest is 1ºC. Sapa is the most ideal place to avoid the heat for a sweltering summer.

The warmest months are July and August, and the coldest months are December and January. While treks can be enjoyed year-round, winters in Sapa get chilly, with some fog and drizzle, and snowfall in some years on the highest peaks.

 

 

Four seasons are clearly felt in Sa Pa when Nature changes clothes. Spring is brilliant with pear, peach, apricot, plum blossoms. At this time, the time of season change in Sapa will make this place even more brilliant and the climate is extremely cool and fresh.

Summer comes in full bloom with lilies, daisies, sunflowers and a variety of temperate fruits. Autumn is the time for shiitake, myrrh and many precious medicinal plants…

The sky is bright with golden rays and cheerful white clouds that seem to land on the ground, on people's heads or on top of trees. the trees. In winter, fog covers the whole space, making the scene even more mysterious and attractive.

Sapa also experiences a distinct rainy season from May to September, with the heaviest rainfall occurring in July and August. The weather is known to change frequently and rapidly. Visitors to Sapa in the summer can feel the climate of four seasons in one day.

 

 

Mornings and afternoons are as cool as those of spring and autumn. At noon, it was sunny and cloudless like the weather of summer. And it gets cold in the evening. There was no advance warning of a thunderstorm and heavy rain could arrive at noon on any summer day.

Then, a rainbow appeared, turning Sapa into a magical land, where for many years has always been a source of poetic inspiration, lighting up the whole area. Viet Nam Trust Car Rental believes that the experience of Sapa in winter will not disappoint you

 

Reasons that will make you want to come to Sapa

 

For the most pleasant weather, the best time to visit Sapa is March and May or mid-September to early December. 
 
In April and May, the ethnic people grow rice on terraced fields. When being seen from afar, the terraced rice fields look like a picture of nature with heart-catching beauty keeping tourists to stay for admiration for a while.
 
This picture however has its color changed seasonally, shows its most charming beauty when the new crop begins and when the field is lush with ripening rice.
 
 
In September and October when autumn ends, tourists can feel prosperity all over the area as rice in all terraced fields is ripe, giving the gold color. During the time, the terraced rice fields look like golden silk scarves flying over in the wind above green mountain slopes, making the mountainous landscape amazingly beautiful.
 
From late December to February, Sapa has a harsh winter with temperature sometimes drops to below zero degrees, and tree branches and grass are covered with ice. Sa Pa on icy days always attracts many tourists and photographers and strangely all the most beautiful pictures about Sapa are taken in wintertime.
 
Some recent years, snowfalls at the end of December which is a great time for a Christmas holiday and New Year vacation. Traveling to Sapa at this time, visitors may contemplate beauty-spot as breath-taking as in the picture described in the Snow Queen fairy tale of Andersen.
 

Which means of transport should I choose to travel to and from Sapa?

 

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2. Trekking 

 

Sapa is among the best places all over the country for trekking. Depending on their trekking skills and ability, tourists can choose the trekking route which is most suitable, as Sapa offers a wide range of trekking spots from easy to hard level. Treks are easy to arrange once you arrive in Sapa, so don’t bother making bookings in advance. Most of the guides are local and they speak great English, so know that you’re giving back to the local community when you book a trekking guide

 

Where should you go shopping in Sapa?

 

As a tourist attraction in the northwest mountains of Vietnam, Sapa is an ideal destination for those who are looking for unique shopping experiences in an area of picturesque hilly nature and rich ethnic cultures. Strolling around Sapa town’s placid streets, you will soon find some souvenir shops here and there. They all could make good presents for you to bring home.

 

Indigo Cat

 

Indigo Cat is a lovely, authentic H’Mong handicrafts shop at 46 Phan Xi Pang Street in Sapa Town just below the Cat Cat View Hotel. It is owned by an H’Mong woman named Pang.

She said that her shop was the only H’Mong owned boutique in Sapa. All items are made by herself and her family members. Many of these handmade items cannot be found in other places.

Indigo Cat shop offers a wonderful selection of interesting local crafts including bags, clothing, pillows, and belts. She even offers embroidery classes so that you can try your hand at learning the local craft.

You might gain a deeper appreciation for the amount of work that goes into the garments the women are wearing, and next time you buy something from free people, know the difference. Highly recommend that if you visit Sapa, take a visit to Indigo Cat.

 

Ethnic minority fair markets

 

What is more interesting is that you save your time trekking down the hills and discover traditional markets of local ethnic minorities like Sapa market, Bac Ha market, Coc Ly market.

Here you will have a chance to buy souvenirs from the local hill tribes themselves. They trek surprisingly long distances to gather here and sell you their hand – made nice items, the most impressive of which are colorful clothes made of local fabrics.

 

Local street vendors

 

From Sapa Town, about a 5-minute walk to the Main Square, you will find many hill tribe vendors with crafts ranging from bags, wallets, and pillow covers.

Sapa town is also famous for the night market which offers different delicious dishes, most of which are grilled or roasted ones. Visiting Sapa without trying a dish of baked or grilled meat, beef, fish, and vegetables is a great pity. There are many other delicious dishes to be explored in Sapa. If you have a chance, do make a cuisine trip along with the Sapa night market and enjoy the moments. 

 

The specialties of Sapa you should try once?

 

Thang Co

 

 

Thang Co is the traditional food of H'Mong people and it has been cooked for hundreds of years. Thang Co is a type of soup that is made of horsemeat, horse’s viscera, and horse’s bone.

You might feel a little bit panic-stricken when hearing about the ingredients but that feeling will be blown away once you taste it. Cooking this dish not only requires time but also the skill of cooks. The seasonings comprised of 12 spices from cardamom, ginger, citronella, anise to cinnamon twig.

The locals stew horsemeat with these 12 spices in a big pot within a couple of hours. To elevate the flavor of Thang Co soup, they serve it with fresh vegetables and a special red hot pepper name Muong Khuong.

 

Sapa Cap Nach Pork

 

 

Cap Nach pork is a specialty of this mountainous region. The ways to make this dish is diverse. The locals usually roast a whole pig directly on charcoal so that the skin covering the pork is very brittle while the pork inside is very delicious and fleshy. Others stir-fry the pork with little or no water and herbs. No matter how you cook it, make sure the pork is soft with a hint of spicy.

 

Salmon Sour Hotpot

 

Sapa has extremely cool weather all year round and the water here is pretty cold that is suitable for salmon to exist. It's explained why salmon sour hot pot is a familiar food to local people. The food has a timeless quality. No matter when you enjoy this hot pot, your eyes will littery light up talking about the dish.

 

 

The real star of the hot bot is its broth. It's a combination of several vegetable types and freshly caught salmon. Unlike other fish, salmon brings to diners an elegant and delicate flavor. Nestle up to a restaurant on Sapa hill road and make an order of salmon sour hot pot, your heartbeat is just a little bit faster.

 

Grilled skewers (Sapa BBQ)

 

 

This is the most famous delicacy of Sapa since tourists all come to enjoy the hot and tasty barbecue with many different local ingredients in the middle of the typical cool weather of Sapa. There is a countless number of grilled dishes here that you could not have enough room for the stomach to try all.

From the very simple food like potatoes, cassava, eggs, chicken wings, etc. to other more complicated dishes with the typical Northwest flavors like the Rolled beef with Meo spinach, stream fish, or bamboo pipe rice…

With special local marinated spices & ingredients, Sapa BBQ has a unique taste that differs from any other BBQ. Barbecue stalls in Sapa are located everywhere in the street, in front of the old stoned church, in the alleys, markets, or even at the famous Silver waterfall… Set up with some of the grilling equipment and a few tables & chairs for customers, these stalls are considered mini roadside BBQ restaurants.

 

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You are very excited about the trip to Sapa but do not know what to prepare when traveling to Sapa? Hope these tips for visiting Sapa from Vietnam Trust Car Rental will help you have a happy trip.
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