Is Danang Worth Visiting? 12 Reasons Revealed

1. The Cleanest City

Unlike other famous tourist attractions, Danang is typical for its fresh atmosphere, which rarely can any developing city in Vietnam have. If tourists are too tired of the hustle and bustle of daily life, or simply want to escape the polluted atmosphere in the big cities, but still want to enjoy a city’s convenient modern life, then Danang is absolutely the best choice. Many visitors said they have had such a healthy and balanced life while living there.

2. Reasonable Price

While traveling, one of tourists’ most annoying features are certainly being involved in Tourist Traps. However, in Danang – the most worth-living city of Vietnam, there are no needs to worry about that. Even though this city is among Vietnam’s most well-known tourist attractions, the local cost of living cost is super reasonable. Tourists, especially foreigners, can live like a king with a mere amount of roughly 500 USD per month, a superb appropriate cost for such a beautiful city.

3. Fresh Seafood At Incredibly Low Cost

Danang, which owns a long coastline of around 74 kilometers, is home to a tremendous amount of various fish types. Most locals here are fishermen, cruising on the sea every night to earn a living, then spending the mornings in the market. Therefore, seafood in Danang is restocked every day, ensuring that culinary enjoyers can have the freshest dishes. 

Moreover, when travelers come to any restaurants, they will see tanks of alive sea creatures, which are not just for decoration but will become your dishes later. 

Visitors can choose for themselves a creature (maybe fish, crab, or shrimp or so on), then the restaurants’ owners will weigh it and tell you the price before preparing food. Seafood prices in Danang usually cost you a mere several dollars for a wealthy meal, which is so appropriate compared to other tourist spots.

4. Beautiful Natural Landscapes

It is another thing to note that, Danang is also special for having all three tourist-attractive aspects, which are the cultural beauty, blue beaches and dramatic mountainous areas. Therefore, instead of having to go to three seperate places, travelers now just have to discover a mere Danang.

In this coastal city, tourists have a plethora of things to do. 

• For fun-hunters, who can only find spirit in adventurous or team-playing games, Danang’s  numerous sea activities would be ideal for you. Visitors can spend time not only on personal activities like swimming or surfing but also team-working ones, such as volleyball and so on. 
• For peace-hunters, who always look for serene moments in each journey, you can simply sunbathe on the tranquil beaches as well as let yourself enjoy Danang’s mild waves with a swimming float. Surely, this will bring you a surprisingly tranquil feeling that can be found nowhere but in Danang. 

• For history-discoverers, who have a high spirit for learning new things in each cultural area, Cao Dai Temple and Da Nang Cathedral are two must-visits for you. Additionally, Danang’s unique gothic-style since Vietnam’s colonial periods, its museums with tremendous historical values as well as French-style citizen buildings would also satisfy any history buffs. 
• For a nature-seekers, who just go to enjoy the spectacular and breathtaking beauty of nature, Danang’s stunning mountains, especially the Marble Mountains, would suit your interest most. Go and discover as much as you can, the hidden beauty here will definitely please you. 

A must-visit in Danang that has been highly suggested to everyone is Ba Na Hills, which has been called by an attractive nickname “Way to Paradise”. Going to Ba Na Hills, tourists should go to SunWorld complex, which owns such an impressive cable car network that can transport a maximum of 6500 passengers per hour and was voted by CNN as one of the World Top Ten Most Remarkable Cable Car. After that, a French village, mouthwatering cuisine, religious-themed constructions are what are waiting for tourists to visit. Moreover, since Ba Na Hills has such a comfortable climate, various plants and animals (even some rare species) live here. Therefore, visiting Ba Na, visitors can totally relax while immersing in numerous verdant mini forests here, which are home to a variety of flora and fauna.

5. Friendly Locals Without Ripping Off Tourists

Embarrassingly, one thing that often restrains tourists from an unforgettable traveling tour is the tourist traps that are often seen in famous attractions. However, in Danang, this annoying problem would no longer bother you. It contributes to the reasons why Danang is a worth-living and visiting city. 

For first time comers to Danang, they would be welcomed by a bright smile of locals here, no matter who you are, what is your job or why you get here. Danang’s people (often called Quang people) are so friendly that they would let your shy away. 

Being here, visitors should feel free to ask any question since you would receive such detailed answers in the most friendly way. Each local here serves as a local guide, you will surely be surprised by their hospitality as some locals are even enthusiastic enough to create the most appropriate tour schedule for you if you ask them.

Going to Danang, visitors would be able to feel the strong pride of the residents here. They are truly proud of their friendly city. They consider helping and making tourists understand better about their city their duty. The hospitality seems to be in the veins of each Danang’s people. Therefore, most tourists would definitely feel regret when having to leave this idyllic place with such affectionate citizens. This area’s friendliness would absolutely set a memorable impression in visitors’ mind.

6. Non-Profit Humanitarian Cancer Hospital

Another reason making Danang a worth living city is the non-profit humanitarian cancer hospital. Coming into operation in January, 2013, this hospital has brought healthy-again opportunities to many underprivileged lives. Sponsored by the city budget as well as other businesses, organisations and people from different walks of life, this hospital shows up as a love’s representation of the society.

Having a luxurious appearance of a five star hotel, rarely can anyone refer it to a hospital of the marginalised. Having state-of-the-art equipment as well as convenient amenities, this hospital always tries to bring patients the best service. 

Poor citizens of Da Nang and Quang Nam Province, who has been recognised by their local governments, will receive free treatment. Besides, cancer patients from every part of Vietnam will receive a 23 percent off compared to the price of state-owned hospitals.

This Non-Profit Humanitarian Cancer Hospital, since its opening, has received approximately 150,000 cancer patients each year, remarkably contributing to the fight against cancer in Vietnam.

7. Free WiFi Spot All around the City

Running out of 3G? Do not have enough money to buy a drink in a Wifi Coffee? Danang’s government has solved this problem for you. Since 2014, with the help of roughly 329 access point, Danang’s citizens as well as visitors have been able to use wifi nearly everywhere, at every moment. 

This action, firstly, is to help locals keep up with the 4.0 technology era. The authority hopes that, with the free access to wifi, citizens would increasingly get used to using Internet access as well as this city’s public service. 

Moreover, this wireless Internet system also serves as a warning system. All the latest information about the traffic conditions, social order and so on will be updated immediately to users through wifi. 

More seriously, whenever there is a disaster, the Internet users will also be announced; therefore, the most appropriate solution can be carried out on time. This action is expected by the local authority to be the dawn of e-government, a signature of upcoming 4.0 era.