DISCOVER MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD SECRETS ABOUT BA NA HILL
Sun World Ba Na Hills - Da Nang is the dream tourist destination of many tourists because of its impressive works and many attractive festivals and entertainment activities. The place possesses stunning natural beauty and is favored with the beautiful name "fairyland on earth". But few people know that this place also hides many mysterious stories that still have no answers. ..
There are many records related to the origin of the name Ba Na, of which the most commonly circulated are 3 hypotheses: - The name Ba Na comes from the French because when they arrived here they saw many banana trees so it was named Banane mountain and later the Vietnamese misread it as Ba Na.
According to writer Nguyen Ngoc, the word Ba Na in Cowtu language means "my mountain". - There is also a legend that the name of the mountain is abbreviated by the name of Thien Y A Na Thanh Mau or Ponagar.
The first projects and tours to Ba Na 100 years ago: The first project built was the ranger camp in 1901 of the exploration group led by Captain Debay. He always wanted a house to "improve health" for French people when they came here to stay. And 18 years later that thought came true when a lawyer defending Beisson applied for a permit to build a house to live.
Also at this time, the Governor General of Indochina deployed a new planning table in Ba Na, separating a plot of land to build a future residential center. After being surveyed by a group of doctors, in May 1923 the first hotel was built with two floors with 22 rooms owned by Da Nang businessman Emile Morin. Accordingly, the Ba Na tour will be available from May 13 to July 15, departing by car from Morin Da Nang hotel at 4:30 on odd days of the week and the return trip will be on even days. Included with the itinerary are the costs of car rental, luggage check-in, local maid fees, chair-carrying fees to the top of the mountain... Each trip only accepts 10 guests and must be notified at least 48 hours in advance. with maximum luggage of 30kg. In which, the price to eat and sleep at Morin hotel on Ba Na is from 8-9 Dong Duong Dong
Sacred Ba Temple Ba Temple is located majestically on the top of the mountain and it is said that this temple is very sacred. Therefore, any contractor or company before "breaking ground" comes here to burn incense.
A French doctor named Albert Sallet, when he arrived in Ba Na nearly a hundred years ago, discovered this place. He said that night comes on Mount Chua and becomes a mysterious world. There is a goddess that everyone recognizes called Our Lady who brings faith and goodness.
The truth about the "golden treasure" at Mieu Ba According to Mr. Ho Van Anh - former head of the Management Board of Ba Na and Suoi Mo tourist area, many people flock to this mountainous area to find gold because "Everyone knows that in the past, there was a small gold mine here that was built by Chinese people in the 19th century." and rumors that the French stored gold at the foot of the mountain after fleeing because the Viet Minh occupied Ba Na."
According to historical researcher Luu Anh Ro, the incident originated from Mr. Cao Dac An's letter to then-president Ngo Dinh Diem. In the letter, it was written: "During the French colonial period in 1942, I worked as a guide for a Frenchman to open a gold factory in the Golden River country. After three years of establishing the gold factory, the amount of gold was very large. Many times, when the Viet Minh seized power, my owner buried over 100kg of gold. After a while, he disappeared. For a long time, many people asked, but I did not dare to open my mouth..." However, the whereabouts of the golden suitcase or "Ba Na treasure" is still an unanswered mystery.
The most proud thing about Ba Na is the modern cable car system thanks to the application of advanced Austrian technology, with 22 pillars and 94 cabins, capacity of up to 1500 passengers/h. Up to this point, Ba Na Hills has set 4 consecutive world records awarded by the representative of Guinness World Records - Mr. Carlos Martínez Nogués. Include: - Cable car system has the longest length (5,771.61m); - The cable car has the highest difference between departure and arrival stations in the world (1,368.93m); - The cable route has the longest total cable length (11,587m); - The cable route has the heaviest cable weight in the world (141.24 tons
Golden Bridge Introduced in June 2018, the Golden Bridge has become a phenomenon attracting the attention of many domestic and international travel enthusiasts. And recently, Times magazine also voted the Golden Bridge among the Top 10 most attractive destinations on the planet in 2018.
In August 2020, the famous American TIME newspaper honored the Golden Bridge in the Top 100 most wonderful destinations in the world. One year later, Golden Bridge was awarded "Special Certificate for Excellent Project" at the 2019 Property Guru Vietnam Property Awards ceremony, taking place in the city. HCM. By the end of 2020, World Travel Award - an award known as the "Oscars of world tourism" also awarded the Golden Bridge the title "World's leading iconic tourist bridge 2020".
Fantasy Park With a huge area of 21,000 square meters, Fantasy Park is known as the largest indoor amusement park in Asia, bringing visitors fun moments with many new and interesting games. .
Fantasy is divided into 3 floors with thousands of games from gentle to adventurous with a total of more than 90 free games such as: Skiver pilot, free fall tower, Jurassic park, haunted house, Outrun racing, windmill, fairy forest, 4D death race... In addition, Fantasy Park also has 3 very rich food courts serving a variety of Asian and European dishes along with a souvenir stall area where many items are sold. diverse products. Especially the "Back to Jurassic" area, which takes us back to the era of very realistic and vivid dinosaurs.
Linh Ung Pagoda Built on top of Ba Na, Linh Ung Pagoda with an altitude of 1500m has become a famous spiritual tourism that tourists should not miss. This pagoda has an architectural style similar to Vietnamese pagodas with a curved tile roof, a large yard lined with stone and in front planted with pine trees with 3 different types of leaves.
In particular, visitors coming here will be extremely impressed by the 27m high statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, meditating on a lotus pedestal and below there are 8 delicately carved reliefs, all recreating life. of Buddha Shakyamuni. In addition, visitors coming here can also enjoy a panoramic view of Da Nang city, Son Tra peninsula, My Khe beach...
. French village Coming to the French village, you will experience a romantic and classic France with style imprints from the 20th century with unique architectural works such as a series of romantic castles, St. Denis, Brittany, the small village of Apremont sur Allier, squares, hotels, villages, towns…
In addition, this beautiful French village also owns many modern amenities such as: closed swimming pool, high-class spa system, conference room, shopping area, cafe bar, entertainment program. Four purchases are for children and adults
