Hoi An Ancient Town is a famous tourist destination about 30km southwest of Da Nang city center. No noise or bustle, Hoi An has a peaceful and ancient beauty. The appeal of the more than 400-year-old city comes from its ancient architecture, moss-roofed houses, and colorful lantern streets.
Traditional architecture
Hoi An is famous for its traditional, harmonious architectural beauty of houses, walls and roads. Along with many ups and downs of history, Hoi An ancient town still retains its ancient, quiet, moss-covered beauty in every tiled roof, brick, row of trees… like the simplicity of its personality and pure soul. , the sincerity of local people.
The streets in the Old Quarter are arranged horizontally and vertically in a checkerboard style with short and beautiful streets, winding, embracing the houses. Walking through each of those beautiful and peaceful small streets, visitors not only enjoy delicious food but also see a part of the daily life of Hoi An people, a peaceful, simple life. weird.
Typical monuments
The Cau Pagoda is curved, made of wooden planks spanning the creek connecting to the Hoai River. The 18m long bridge has a roof covered with yin and yang tiles, facing the Thu Bon river. The special thing is that although it was built by the Japanese, the Covered Bridge has bold Vietnamese architecture.
Tan Ky Ancient House is an ancient house honored to become a National Heritage and is the only place to welcome Heads of State and politicians at home and abroad. The ancient house combines Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese architecture. With the typical tubular architecture of the ancient city, this place consists of two overlapping horizontal bars, symbolizing heaven and earth and five vertical bars symbolizing the five elements. The house’s harmonious architecture speaks to the dream of harmony between people and nature in Hoi An
Hoi An specialties
During a trip to Hoi An, visitors can freely choose snacks from countless shops and street vendors on the street. If you want to enjoy the best corn sweet soup, banh dap, and stir-fried mussels in Hoi An, you should go to Ba Gia banh dap restaurant, on the sidewalk of Tran Phu street…
Visitors can also try famous Hoi An delicious dishes such as Quang noodles at many places along the old town
Main dishes such as Ba Buoi chicken rice, Ms. Nga, Phuong bread or Madame Khanh with full of meat, sausage, pate, raw vegetables and fragrant sauce will make you “nod” to Hoi An’s delicious food
Traveling to Hoi An ancient town, you will not only discover cultural values through nostalgic architecture, folk art activities or poetic natural scenery, but also have the opportunity to enjoy delicious dishes. Specialties that will make you remember Hoi An forever.