Da Lat city

Da Lat is the capital city of Lam Dong province,
Vietnam (Dalat or Da Lat) is the City of Flowers and honeymooners
with lovely French villas, the fresh air, the beautiful waterfalls and gorgeous
lakes sits in a lush and green valley of postcard beauty. Dalat’s specific
sights are pine forest (forming the name: “City of thousands of pine trees”)
with twisting roads and tree marigold, cherry blossom in the winter. The
city’s temperate weather stands in contrast to Vietnam’s otherwise tropical climate.
Mist covering the valleys almost year-round leads to its name “City of eternal
spring”, Spring is eternal and “unique season” in Da Lat.

Dalat city Vietnam

It’s also called “Little Paris” (“Le Petit Paris” in French)
due to its French architecture villas and its replica of the Eiffel Tower built
by the Telephone Company that looks like it fell into a pool of red and white
colour. And really, after driving through tea gardens, coffee and rubber
plantations, one feels almost transplanted to Europe. Indeed, in the past when
Dalat still had been under France, The French Officials want to set up this
city as “Le Petit Paris” (A Little Paris), the ideal resort city, the
meaningful education center for their life in Indochina, the place was far from
their native land – remote France. So, Dalat was the capital of the
Federation of Indochina during World War II.

Beside above names, Vietnamese also called Da Lat under many
lovely names such as The City of Love, The City of Poetry, The Green City…

### **History & formation of Da Lat city**

Da Lat was developed as a tourist destination after
Alexander Yersin, a Swiss scientist with a taste for adventure, trekked 1839
into the region and persuaded the French colonial administration of its value
as a highland resort.

Geographic location of Dalat Vietnam

Da Lat sits approx. 1500 m (4921 ft) above sea level on the
Langbiang Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands, and is
surrounded by lovely mountains, according to a local, carry lyrical names like
Elephant’s Head and Lady’s Body. So, you do not be surprised when someone
called Da Lat as The City in the Forest.

Paradise Lake of Dalat Vietnam

Da Lat is the land of natural richness

Da Lat has been calling as Vietnam’s “vegetable garden” due
to its year-round cool weather. Da Lat supplies temperate agriculture products
for all over Vietnam. Indeed, Dalat is renowned for its orchids, roses,
vegetables, and fruits. There are nascent wine-making and flower-growing
industries in the region of Asia (main flower consuming market is Singapore,
Hongkong, Korea, Japan). Every 2 years, The
National Flower Festival hold in this city with many participants over
the world.

Da Lat is the ideal city and the highlight of Vietnam

Da Lat still is the summer retreat of the rich and
powerful. The last emperor, Bao Dai King, shared the coolness of hot
Vietnamese summers with concubines in his summer
palace before he was permanently sent to exile to the French Riviera.

The majority of visitors are Vietnamese. It seems to be the
preferred place to get married. Honeymooners spend their memorable day amongst
the artificial carved nature around the man-made Paradise Lake (also
called Tuyen
Lam Lake), shooting photo album and paddling on somewhat kitschy swan boats
on the picturesque lake.

As Da Lat was the most romantic place of Vietnam, great
natural landscapes. Hence, almost singers of Vietnam and Overseas have highly
preferred to shoot their music videos or movies in Da Lat.