Thai Binh is a coastal province in the Red River Delta. Coming to Thai Binh, you will discover attractive tourist attractions from sacred temples to beautiful beaches.
Best time to travel
If you want to come to Thai Binh to see the fields of brilliant yellow canola flowers, you should go in late December or early January. If you want to admire the pristine, blue beaches here, you should go in the summer because this is the time when Thai Binh beach tourism is most developed. You can have fun, swim, and enjoy your trip.
How to get to Thai Binh
Bus
From Hanoi to Thai Binh, with a distance of more than 100km, you can go to big bus stations like My Dinh, Giap Bat to catch a bus. Some reputable bus operators you can choose from are Mai Su, Ngan Son, and Long Thu. The average ticket price is about 80,000 VND / time.
Motorbike
From Hanoi, you can ride a motorbike to Thai Binh in the following 2 routes:
Hanoi - Highway 1 to Dong Van turn left through Yen Lenh bridge and then continue on Highway 39 in Hung Yen territory through Trieu Duong bridge. to Thai Binh.
From Hanoi-QL1 run to Phu Ly, turn left to enter NH21, go to the overpass on NH10, then turn left onto Highway 10 and go straight to Tan De bridge to reach Thai Binh.
Tourist Attractions in Thai Binh
Keo Pagoda
Keo Pagoda (Source: Redsvn.net)
Keo Pagoda is located in Duy Nhat commune, Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province. The pagoda was built under the Le Dynasty, up to now, the life expectancy has been nearly 400 years, this is one of the temples in Vietnam that is still preserved intact with a masterpiece made of wood. The famous architectural work of the temple is the bell tower. The steeple is 11.04m high, with 3 roof floors. The first floor has a stone altar (1.87m long), the second floor has a bell cast in 1686, the third floor and the top floor has a bell cast in 1796.
Bac Trach Church
Bac Trach Church (Source: Internet)
Bac Trach Church is located in Tien Hai district, about 25km from the center of Thai Binh city. The church was built in Gothic architecture with many doorways, many pointed towers, and pointed arches. This is considered one of the churches with the most beautiful architectural masterpiece in Vietnam, a feat of Gothic architecture, which is seen most prominently in large churches and basilicas.
Dong Chau Beach
Dong Chau Beach at dawn (Source: Internet)
Dong Chau beach belongs to Dong Minh commune - Tien Hai district, 35 km from Thai Binh city. Dong Chau beach still has many wild features, which have not been invested in artificial construction as much as other beaches. In the center is a 5km long beach, you can not only swim in a peaceful and poetic space, but also enjoy the wonderful natural scenery with pine forests and green casuarinas along the coast. Due to the sandy terrain with mud, the beach is also suitable for aquaculture. You will be able to see firsthand the special feature in Dong Chau that is the Vang fields (clams) with countless unique watchtowers on the sea.
Con Vanh Beach
Con Vanh Beach (Source: tintuc.net)
Con Vanh is located in Tien Hai district, Thai Binh province, 140 km from Hanoi, this is one of the gateways to the Gulf of Tonkin with a long stretch of sand and a deserted beach. simple, poetic. If you are a backpacker who loves new and unique places, you will definitely not be able to ignore Con Vanh. The pleasure of traveling to Con Vanh must include the feeling of riding strong waves when swimming in the sea, having waves that cover your head as if demonstrating the strength of the sea, and then the feeling of being immersed in nature, inhale the typical salty taste of the sea here.
Con Den Beach
Con Den Beach (Source: Internet)
Con Den Beach (Thai Do commune, Thai Thuy district, about 35km from the city center) is located in the world biosphere reserve area with pristine vegetation. Here endless stretches of sand, pine forests and green casuarina trees whispering in the wind, calm sea waves, unique pristine coastal mangrove ecosystem are very suitable for tourists to choose as a place to stay. Relax and enjoy the sea.
Dong Xam Temple and Dong Xam Silver Carving Village
Dong Xan Temple (Source: Zentalk.vn)
Dong Xam Temple in Hong Thai Commune, Kien Xuong District, Thai Binh Province, is a complex of monuments with a large scale, overall architecture massive with nearly 10000m2 built many structures gorgeous as watch tower gazebo, Shrines…
Dong Xam Silver Carving Village (Source: Internet)
Silver carving in Dong Xam village has existed since the 17th century, up to now, it has existed for nearly 400 years. This is a famous traditional craft village in Thai Binh. When visiting the village, you will witness with your own eyes the meticulous and sophisticated stages of artisans to produce sophisticated and artistic works. The characteristics of the perfect products carved with Dong Xam silver are due to the skillful skills and feats of the craftsmen, meeting the requirements of even the most demanding guests.
Bach Thuan Garden Village
A corner of Bach Thuan garden village (Source: luhanhvietnam.com.vn)
Bach Thuan traditional garden village is more than 100 years old in Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province, 20km from Thai Binh city. Located next to the Red River, the land here is quite fertile, that's why this is a garden village famous for its richness of orchards and ornamental plants. Bonsai here are trimmed, meticulously cared for one by one, fruits are grown in all four seasons such as apples, plums, peaches, bananas, jackfruits, etc. Visiting here, visitors will feel It's like walking in a miniature park.
What to eat when traveling to Thai Binh
Cay cake
When traveling to Thai Binh, you cannot ignore a very famous specialty which is the famous Cay cake, made from the skillful hands of the villagers in Nguyen Xa commune, Dong Hung district. Cay cake cut into pieces, sipping on a hot green tea pot has a sweet, fleshy, and fatty taste mixed with crunchiness, flexibility, and softness.
Thai Thuy "Nhech" Salad
Nhech salad has very fresh and fragrant meat that is processed by the people here into a unique specialty. Gỏi nhệch is a Vietnamese salad made with the small fry of the local paddy field eel. The eels are made alive, cut into small pieces, squeeze a special kind of hearing and mixed with galangal, batch, soy sauce, chili.. full of sour, spicy, salty, strong flavors - when eaten with special fish sauce, herbal leaves, sesame buds and many other leaves create a special rich flavor.
Quynh Coi fish soup
Quynh Coi people have a profession of making rice cakes, which are large round rice cakes that are crispy baked or Thai rice cakes, dried to cook dishes with meat, fish, shrimp... Quynh Coi rice paper is a squash. There are few heirloom decisions that can be compared, the small fibers are all neat, dried, and transparent. When cooked, the fibers of the cake expand to a pure white color, crispy and fragrant with the aroma of rice.
Above is the tourist information in Thai Binh. Hope you have gained information to spend your weekend to relax & explore in this fascinating land.
