In the sights that you can go on during a day near Hanoi, Quan Son Lake is a tourist destination loved by many tourists on Hanoi street food because of the charming landscape as an ink picture.
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Where is Quan Son lake?
Located about 50km from Hanoi, Quan Son Lake is located in My Duc district and a part of Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh a small part. The lake is 850ha wide and contains nearly 100 limestones, so Quan Son is called “Ha Long on land of Ha Tay”. The road to Quan Son lake is quite convenient, so you can take a bus, motorbike or car.
From the center of Hanoi, visitors go towards Ha Dong to Ba La Street, then turn left to Te Tieu. Next, visitors go to Dai Nghia town and go about 4km to Quan Son lake. Or tourists can follow the direction of Van Dinh town and follow the dike road to the intersection of Dai Nghia town. From this crossroads, visitors passing through the field to reach the lake.
With beautiful scenery but still wild, many tours to Hanoi choose Quan Son lake as the destination. Many foreign tourists love Quan Son lake but because the tourism services here are not developed much, most tourists cannot stay long but mainly go back in a day.
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The beauty of Quan Son lake
Quan Son Lake is an immense green lake with majestic mountains and ancient temples, amazing rock caves and magnificent waterfalls. The beauty of Quan Son lake is difficult to describe in words and the photos seem to be unable to fully capture the natural beauty of this place.
Most tourists come to Quan Son Lake to hire a boat to walk around the lake to admire the immense beauty of water. Boat rental is quite affordable, only VND 140,000 for 4 people. Visitors will see Voi Phuc hill, Su Tu island, Trau Da Bac or Ngoc Long cave, Linh Son cave … The mountains are covered with lush vegetation and in the cave, there are many stalagmites in rich and beautiful shapes.
On the water surface of the lake, there are a lot of ornamental plants, lotus … but most of them are lotus. In May, June, visitors to Quan Son Lake will surely admire when they see lotus blooming all over the lake. In the lotus season, Quan Son Lake welcomes more tourists. Beside the lake, there is a green island of Hoa Qua Son, on the island there are many fruit trees such as cloth, oranges, figs … However, visitors who want to enjoy the fruit here need to ask the garden owner.
In addition to lotus and Quan Son lake, there are many other kinds of flowers when the season is also very brilliant like phoenix flowers, bang lang flowers, etc. In the middle of the majestic landscape, the flowers become more beautiul. Among the tourist destinations of Hanoi, Quan Son lake is one of the places with the most natural and green beauty.
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Some notes when visiting Quan Son lake
– Fare to visit Quan Son Lake is VND 15,000 / ticket. Guests can park motorbikes outside the gate for 5,000 VND / car.
– When renting a boat to visit around the lake, if visitors want to stop somewhere to eat and drink, you can arrange a time for the boat owner to come back to pick you up.
– Quan Son’s specialty is fish salad made from fish caught right at the lake.
– Tourists can buy Van Dinh grass duck – Hanoi traditional food – to bring to Quan Son lake to enjoy under the cool trees to make the picnic be really fascinating.
– Catering service at Quan Son lake is quite small so visitors on Hanoi food tours should prepare a little food and drink in advance.
– Motels and hotels in Quan Son lake have not developed much. So if you want to stay overnight here, you can rent a motel at the departure dock or contact the local people here.
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