Bac Ha Market, Feast For The Eyes At Mountainous Area In Sapa

How is Bac Ha Market? A comment below by a tourist from Tokyo, Japan when talk about his Bac Ha Market trip: “The trip to Bac Ha Market was amazing! On the way, the scenery was beautiful and the local people were so friendly. I will come back again!”

Bac Ha town is famous for SunDay market which is a trading centre and meeting place for couples, friends, and relatives every Sunday in Sapa. So that, Bac Ha market is one of the most famous market of the minority ethnic people at here for its uniqueness.

Every Sunday, Bac Ha hosts the biggest fair near the mountainous highlands and the Chinese border. It is the largest and most colourful market in the area and attracts throngs of villagers from the surrounding hill tribes. 80km from Sapa, Bac Ha Market is not only the place for buying and selling , but also a place for cultural and sentiment exchanging. On this days,  right from the early morning, all paths and mountain roads are full of people and horses pouring to the market. People usually sit in groups around a soup pan ("thang co") eating and chatting. They are many diferent ethnic groups  such as  Flower H'mong, Phu La, Black Dao, Tay and Nung minorities gather to buy and sell local products that cannot be found elsewhere. 

The market is always very crowded, the local products for sale or barter are carried on horseback. Besides the usual items like pigs, cows, chickens, and ducks, Bac Ha Market sold other  livestock. Moreover, at Market, the  everything from hand-embroidered skirts with a lot of the colorful attracting all sight of visitors with feeling happy more and more from each moment. The “fresh” meat section is not for the faint of heart and might steer more than a few visitors in the direction of strict vegetarianism...  

At the fair, visitors and local people are are contented with joyful atmosphere of the fair.  Rounding the corner and pungent fumes of alcohol accosted your senses of smell, from corn whiskey, a Bac Ha specialty. The potent moonshine is decanted by vendors from large white plastic jugs to used bottled water containers. Besides, adventurous gastronomes can try “thang co” blood porridge, a popular dish of the H’Mong and other local people. The Flower H’mong minority is the most common here, and their colourful dresses makes is a beautiful sight. 

Let’s once visit Bac Ha Market if you come to Sapa and you will be able to experience a wide range of different colorful ethnic minorities and more interesting things of life in the mountains of local people at here.

Please kindly contact us for the detail:
Asia Charm Tours
Head office: 20 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Tel: (+844) 3929 0712 - Fax: (+844) 3929 0713
Hotline: (+84)906.288.138

Email: info@asiacharmtours.com
http://www.sapa-tours.net/
http://asiacharmtours.com/
http://www.vietnamhalongcruise.com/