Nha Trang: Half-Day Trip to Most Symbolic Destinations

Pick -up at hotel in town with 3 km radius or from cruise ship at the port .

9.15 - 9.30 am: Pick up tourists at hotel (in town) or from cruise ship at the port. 10.00 am: Visit the National Oceanographic Museum of Vietnam. 10.45 am: Visit Catholic Church. 11.15 am: Visit Hon Chong Promontory. 11.45 am: Visit Po Nagar Cham Towers. 12.30 pm: Stop at a restaurant to enjoy local food. 1.30 pm: Back to the hotel. End trip!

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   Visit the Museum Of Oceanography with more than 20,000 specimens of 4,000 marine creatures and a giant whale skeleton nearly 18m long and 3m high. Museum Of Oceanography Nha Trang is a leading marine research institute in South East Asia. It has currently stored and preserved thousands of specimens of thousands of marine species.

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   Hon Chong Promontory boasts a large area of rocks with various unique shapes lying on the shore. It is surrounded by mountains and highlighted by a serene beach with an incredible shade of gentle blue. Hon Chong Promontory comprises two clusters of rocks. One is called Hon Chong (meaning “Husband” in Vietnamese) and the other is Hon Vo (meaning “Wife” in Vietnamese). Hon Chong cluster is the larger one which features an intriguing giant five-fingered hand embedded in a boulder.

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   Nha Trang Stone Church has an area of 720m2 with a gothic style. The most striking characteristic is the curved arch-shaped zone, wide, pointing at the sky. The main raw materials to build churches are reinforced concrete and split rocks, creating a layout for sure, steady with small cubes slowly, reaching from low to high. The highest score of the church is the bell tower, which crosses 38m high from the pavement.

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   The Po Nagar Towers are a complex of temples erected approximately before 781 A.D. Their unmistakable architecture and art style had spread widely across Vietnam. It’s also a religious architecture of Nha Trang local. The overall architecture of the tower is a masterpiece with stairs, wall steps, and sculptures showing the heyday of the ancient Cham Kingdom.