Hoi An is considered as the most
famous commercial port of Vietnam about 17th and 18 centuries. Nowaday, this
beautiful small town become beautiful and more charming for canary yellow
houses draped in bougainvillea, rickety wooden shops aglow with red silk
lanterns, green fields of rice,... Being the town features a mix of Vietnamese,
Chinese, Japanese and European architecture along with the various unique
culture identity are the reason why Hoi An was designated by UNESCO as WorldHeritage Site in 1999. It’s also why tourists come here in droves.
Hoi An was a confluence where
East met West, paving the way for the spread of modern languages, Christianity
and Buddhism in Vietnam. At present, the town has 1,107 timber-frame buildings.
Pagodas, assembly halls, clan houses and 200-year-old shophouses line the
ancient streets. You’ll see how buildings connect Nguyen Thai Hoc Street to the
riverbank making for easy transfer of goods from ships. A big part of the visitor
experience is simply strolling the laneways, popping into old buildings,
cycling along riverbanks and enjoying the ambience of it all. Heritage sights
within the historic quarters will take you return with the famous historic
stories of Hoi An ancient town since thousands of years before. 
Coming to Hoi An, you may
actually have a great chance to get new clothes made in order to deal with your
expanding waistline or be it a copy of a
favourite dress or a flashy one-of-a-kind zoot suit. Besides, Hoi An is famous
for its food. From mobile carts to upscale restaurants, it is a fabulously
cheap food-lovers heaven and there is a list of must-tries: cao lau, mi quang,
white rose dumplings, Hoi An wontons, chicken rice and quite possibly the best
banh mi in Vietnam. Who knew a sandwich could be so magical. Cooking classes
and food tours are plentiful.
Part of what makes Hoi An so likeable is the balance it strikes between
culture, activity, urban, countryside and beach. Did your ears perk up at the
word “beach”? An easy bike ride from town is one very fine beach called An
Bang. During the dry season it’s tough to pull yourself away from this pretty stretch of and water. Bask on a sunbed, lounge at one
of the laidback eateries or dig into some of Hoi An’s best seafood. 
In Hoi An, the options are
endless and independent travellers find it hard to leave. There’s picturesque
countryside and many islands to be explored by bicycle, motorbike or boat. Snap
those rice paddy pics, paddle in a basket boat down riverways lined with water
coconut palms. Further afield, do a day trip to the temple ruins of My Son, oneof the most significant Cham sites in Vietnam. 
To sure that you will get a taste
of country life around Hoi An, take a day trip to Da Nang, just 30 kilometres
northwest along the coast or motorbike cruise along the famous Hai Van Pass. At
the end of the day, make sure there’s room on your memory card for a sunset
boat ride on the river. At night, meanwhile, the town is a visual feast of
colourful lanterns and tourists flock to the river to send candlelit paper
lanterns down the water.
Yes, Hoi An is a tourist trap and
it get from its own success. You can love it or hate it, the old world Hoi An
evokes is unlike anything else in a country is eager to get the new success
with building a new, modern, flashy future. Moreover, tourist is one of the
fields developing day by day in Vietnam in general and Hoi An in particular.
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Enjoy the taste of life by visiting Hoi An
Reviewed by vietnam sapa tour
on
November 15, 2016
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Reviewed by vietnam sapa tour
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November 15, 2016
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