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Not far from the Vietnamese city of Da Nang there is a stunning place - the Ba Na mountain resort, the path to which passes along the world's highest cable car. This is not the first time we have been on vacation in Vietnam and have already visited many interesting sights, but I can say that the impressions from the trip to Mount Ba Na are one of the most powerful. Although before visiting Ba Na Hills we read a lot of negative and neutral reviews from tourists. Perhaps this place is not for everyone. But personally, I highly recommend visiting it!
What is BaNa Hills?
Since 1920, BaNa Hills has been a French resort; some buildings have survived to this day. Then during the war it was abandoned. But in last years a huge park complex was created here, new hotels were built, thereby ensuring an endless flow of tourists. To climb Mount BaNa, you need to climb the world's highest cable car. At the top there is a huge Fantasy Park amusement park, 3 hotels, several restaurants, pagodas, flower gardens with fountains and statues, a wine cellar, castles, a Catholic cathedral, a spa, putting greens and my favorite Vietnamese sled.
The girls at the reception advised to go as early as possible, since there are a lot of people in BaNa Hills interesting places and entertainment. In addition, early in the morning the queue to enter should be shorter.
So, at 8 am we went on an excursion. The driver took us to the place in 30 minutes. Along the way we admired the beauty of the surrounding nature. When we saw the huge queue to enter the cable car, we were a little upset. We already imagined how we would stand here for three hours. The line started on the street, but there were even more people inside the building.
There were almost no Europeans in this huge line, and we certainly didn’t see any Russians. Mostly Chinese and Vietnamese, who looked at our company with great interest.
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