Ninh Binh Travel Guide
Located some 90km from Hanoi, Ninh Binh is a popular tourist destination due to historic sites and beautiful natural sites. These are Tam Coc, Bich Dong, Hoa Lu, Kenh Ga and the Cuc Phuong National Park. There are popular day trips from Hanoi to these sites, and visitors can also stay overnight in Ninh Binh or in Cuc Phuong National Park and experience the beautiful scenery at a more leisure pace.
Taking a leisure cycling tour of the countryside to traditional handicraft villages is also a popular option.
What To See & Do
Interesting tourist sites in Ninh Binh include:
* Hoa Lu, the first capital of Vietnam is an interesting historical site.
* Tam Coc Bich Dong has breathtaking scenic views of rivers, rice fields, and limestone
mountains.
* Cuc Phuong National Park has some rare plant and animal species, and offers the .jpg)
opportunity for researchers and tourists to visit the park for projects or eco-tours.
* Phat Diem Cathedral is a stone church exhibiting the skilled carving of Vietnamese
artisans.
* Van Long is an beautiful eco-tourism site and is also the most flooded nature preserve
in the northern delta.
When to go?
You can visit Ninh Binh all year round, but the best time to visit is from September to April.
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