Sa Pa is a town and a famous resort in Sapa district, Lao Cai province, Vietnam. From Hanoi, can go by train or by car to Lao Cai town (376 km). However, traveling by car can be more difficult during the rainy season. From Lao Cai to Sapa tours by car or motorcycle in the road about 38 km. SaPa is both a National resort is also the name of a district of Lao Cai Province.
Located
in the northwest of Vietnam, Sapa town at an altitude of 1,600 meters
above sea level, the city of Lao Cai 38 km and 376 km from Ha Noi. In addition to the main road from Lao Cai city to Sapa tours is a route to other traffic, connecting Highway 4D Lu Binh, Lai Chau. Although
the majority of Sa Pa District residents are ethnic minorities, but the
town mainly Kinh people living on agriculture and tourism servicesSapa is nuanced climate temperate and subtropical, cool air all year round. Weather
in town one day have the four seasons: a morning spring weather, the
afternoon weather like in summer, usually mild sunny, balmy climate,
afternoon clouds and falling feels cool as the autumn air and the cold night of winter. The average air temperature in the Sa Pa is 15 ° C. In
the summer, the town is not under the scorching sun as the coastal
plain, about 13 ° C - 15 ° C at night and 20 ° C - 25 ° C during the
day. Winters are usually cold cloud cover and, when the temperature below 0 ° C, sometimes snowy. Average annual rainfall here ranges from 1,800 to 2,200 mm, most concentrated in the period from May to August.Sapa is one of the rare places in Vietnam with snow. In the period from 1971 to 2008, 14 times in Sa Pa snow. Activity biggest snowfall on February 13, 1968, from 3 am continuously up to 14 hours on the same day, up to 20 cm thick.
In the 1940s, the French were planning to build Sa Pa resort, nursing quite ideal. Here
is the full hydro system, water stations, full nutrition, court clerk,
coal base, treasury, ranger, asphalt system and especially more than 200
Western-style villa in the heart town, located in between the forests and groves samu training. This makes this town an appearance with many European cities.
The services of Sapa trekking tours and foreign tourists are rated pretty good. Some hotels in Sa Pa as Violet, Royal View Hotel, Victoria Hotel, ... was built around 2004 to meet the needs of domestic and foreign tourists is quite good.To the west is the town of Sapa Hoang Lien Son mountain range, four seasons in the early morning mist hung obscure. It
has a high Fansipan peak 3,143 meters are suitable for people who like
to stop climbing and a wide variety of areas, rare plants such as
celandine, the oil etc. There are 37 species listed in the Vietnam Red Book.Sapa
has many natural beauty as Silver waterfall about 200 meters high, the
Cloud is a historical ethnic, God is the highest port that can go to the
road to Mount Fansipan stood, Bamboo Forest , the Ta Phin, Sapa ancient rock located in Muong Hoa valley. Ham Rong is very much where flowers grow, colorful and be planted on each campus. In this place there are also many types of flowers orchid rare.