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Nha Trang Attractions
One-day city tours visit Long Son Pagoda, Bao Dai's Villa, the Oceanographic Institute, and the Po Cham Tower. Country tours take you to Ba Ho Waterfall and secluded Doc Let Beach far to the north, or to Thap Ba Hotspring. If you get a group together yourself, you can arrange custom trips for very little with any tourist cafe. Important note: No matter what anyone tells you, Monkey Island is not worth the trip, especially if you like animals and don't like wasting your time (you can just buy a "monkeys on bikes" postcard and be done with it).
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Cam Ranh Bay
Go. Someday, you'll be able to say, "I went to Cam Ranh before it was touristy." It won't be for long. It's adjacent to the airport, so you can't miss this stunning sweep of sand if you're on your way to or from a flight. The high, winding road offers stunning views, and I'm not the… - Beach
Doc Let Beach
More or less geared toward regional tourists -- chairs and tables line the surf instead of beach loungers, and affordable guesthouses are nearby instead of pricey resorts -- Doc Let is a good place to meet locals and get away from the backpacker factory that busy Nha Trang has… - Cooking Class
Jeremy Stein's Rainbow Divers
Jeremy Stein's Rainbow Divers -- The folks at Rainbow were the first in the area, and in the years since have taken advertising to the level of pollution in Nha Trang, with seemingly every storefront claiming a connection. But whatever your belief is in truth in advertising (or… - Religious Site
Long Son Pagoda
The main attraction at this pagoda (ca. 1930s) is the huge white Buddha on the hillside behind the main compound; the 24m-high (79-ft.) statue is an important symbol of Nha Trang. Around the base of the Buddha are portraits of monks who immolated themselves to protest against the… - Religious Site
Po Ngar Cham Towers
Starting in the 8th century, the Cham people, an early Hindu empire in central Vietnam, built the Po Ngar Cham temple complex to honor Yang Ino Po Ngar, mother of the kingdom. Set on the site of an earlier wooden temple burned by the Japanese in A.D. 774, there were originally 10… - Cooking Class
Vietnam Explorer
One of the newer players on the scene, Explorer targets mostly the Vietnamese market, but they can do anything the others can and also run good 1-day boat trips.
Nha Trang Shopping
Jean Lou Coiffure De Paris, a French hairstylist and designer, has a little storefront at 13 Biet Thu (tel. 058/352-4159) and not only does hair and nails, but also serves drinks and does laundry, too. It's open daily from 8am to midnight.
Groove Shack, at 89a Nguyen Thien Thuat (tel. 058/352-4738), has lots of copycats, but owner Zac has this business down. The business provides good pirated CDs and media loaded onto your iPod or personal computer. Ethical? Not really. Convenient? Yes. And you can fill up on good new tunes (or DVDs) for kicking back at the beach. Zac also sells T-shirts and beach clothes. Open daily from 8am to 10pm.
Bambou (15 Biet Thu; tel. 058/352-3616; daily 8am-9:30pm) is a popular T-shirt shop in the heart of the backpacker area of Biet Thu. These shirts are becoming like the "Black Dog" shirts of Martha's Vineyard for Vietnam.
At 17A Biet Thu, the heart of the busy traveler street in Nha Trang, you can't miss bright Tashunco (17A Biet Thu; tel. 058/352-3035; daily 7am-10pm), a little grocer that carries familiar Western goods, ranging from Diet Coke to good cheese.
Nha Trang Nightlife
Nha Trang has a few lively beachfront bars where tourists congregate to swap stories, and it gets pretty raucous sometimes, especially when boatloads of booze-cruising day-trippers bring the party to the mainland. Bars and restaurants in the city center, and particularly along Biet Thu, are forbidden from staying open much past midnight (though a few do), but beachside Nha Trang Sailing Club picks up the slack.
