Best places for your Vietnam tour in October

Hanoi

This month has an important celebration of Hanoi and Vietnam in general on the tenth of October. Residents hold an annual event to memorize the day King Ly Cong Uan choosing Hanoi as the capital and the city has marked that point to count its birth date. Hanoi will be more beautiful and attractive with flowers and flags decorated. Besides, the 20^th October is the Vietnam women’s day when you can find many flowers and lovely gifts sold along the entire streets. 31^st October is Halloween, but Vietnamese do not celebrate sumptuously instead of shopping for masks and costumes for party.

Moving to October, Hanoi steps in autumn with a romantic atmosphere of fragrant perfuming Milk flower along tree line streets where are ideal for meeting on date. If you have Vietnam tour packages on October, you will have chance to enjoy fully delicious favor of Com (young green rice) and the feeling of warm sunlight and dry atmosphere. 

Sapa

Sapa Vietnam is one of the Vietnam tourist gems in October. As the weather is slightly cooler than in summer, it is a great time to explore Sapa’s dreaming and romantic beauty. It is chance to visit the old French villas and 100m high Silver waterfall, learn the life of H 'Mong people in Cat Cat Village. Particularly, tourists should take part in the “Love market” on Saturday and climb to  “Cloud Yard” and “Heaven Gate” to record the images of Sapa town engulfed in fog. In October, visitors can look forward to the Van Ban Xa Pho Hot Rice and Banana Tree Flowers Festival. This popular event is a must see so make sure you capture some of the scenes on camera or your smart phone. Besides, one of a must thing to do in Sapa is conquering Fansipan legend, the rooftop of Indochina to see the magnificence of nature. 

Mu Cang Chai

Mu Cang Chai, the most majestic terrace of Vietnam travel, is a rural district in Yen Bai province where is far 280km from Hanoi. Since late September, Mu Cang Chai puts on its body a show of picturesque harvest colours. Visiting in the autumn, tourists will enjoy hundreds of stepped rice fields, carved into the contours of steep valleys, that are illuminated by the autumn sun. The toast-brown and golden-greencolours of the ripe rice are luminous.

The places having beautiful terraces are the village of Mong Lim, Lim Thai village, Cao Pha valley, the village of La Pan Tan, Three Houses Village, De Xu Phinh village, Che Cu Nha village. Specially, standing at the top of Khau Pha Pass, you can yell comfortably for relax, because of the happy feeling when seeing the majestic scenery of the mountains northwest of Mu Cang Chai with the beauty of immense yellow terraced rice fields.

Ha Giang

Tam Giac Mach (Fagopyrum esculentum flowers) that is a characteristic flower species of Ha Giang blooms and shows its most beautiful color in the fall from October to November annually. This is time to take part in Tam Giac Mach flower festival to enjoy the fresh air and discover local culture. You can extend your Vietnam tour itinerary with famous attractions including Mèo Vạc mountain pass, Đồng Văn town, Ha Biang museum, Khau Vai love market, Hoàng Su Phì rice terrace fields, Mong King House, and much more. Do not forget to embrace the uniqueness of Hà Giang's culinary of Mèo chicken and pigs carried under one's arms (lợn cắp nách), horse meat (thắng cố), five-colored glutinous rice, and so on. Tourists will maintain the hope of visiting this wonderful region once more.

Hue

Stepping into the autumn, Hue is dressed up as a romance and poetic coat with drizzle and the beauty of affable Perfume river. Visitors who are interested in discovering exotic culture and history have noted Hue on the top of must-visit Vietnam destinations with outstanding attractions such as Forbidden Purple City, Imperial City, Inner City, the Tombs of Emperors and Thien Mu pagoda- the official symbol of Hue. Another experience with Hue’s autumn is watching royal art performance whilst cruising along the Perfume River.

Hue is said as the pinnacle of cuisine and national fashion in Vietnam. Tourists will be fascinated in the graceful image of Hue women wearing the traditional violet-colored silk Ao dai. With Hue people, cuisine is a form of art, thus, you must taste Hue foods when visiting. Hue is the worth Vietnam tourist destination with the traditional culture, romantic and picturesque scenes.

Can Tho

Can Tho, well – known in the saying “Can Tho, ivory rice, clear water”, is the biggest city of Mekong River delta of Southern Vietnam. It is popular for interesting floating markets, delicious verdant fruits, and beautiful Buddhist pagodas. Taking a tour to Can Tho means sailing through an intensive system of canals, exploring the verdant gardens on two river banks, enjoying how interesting it is as the old constantly shrug with the new, and buying exotic and qualified products at floating markets. Can Tho is different from other tourist attractions because of it ecotourism areas. Taking part in the ecotourism tour, tourists can visit charming and beautiful garden with blooming flowers, fresh fruits and delicious specialties.