Vinpearl Phu Quoc Resort
has a wonderful restaurant overlooking the seaward holes and the bay.
Phu Quoc, a fast-growing tropical holiday island in Vietnam’ s far south-west, boasts the scenic 27-hole Vinpearl Phu Quoc Resort golf course, which opened in 2015 adjacent to a glorious beach with three nine-hole layouts that are each different in character.
Nha Trang also has a Vinpearl resort with its own golf course. The breathtaking Vinpearl Golf Nha Trang course is laid out on a beautiful private cove on Hon Tre Island just off the mainland and features an island green on the par-3 3rd hole.
Where to stay: Five-star casino resort The Grand Ho Tram Strip is adjacent to The Bluffs. The Vinpearl Phu Quoc Resort complex also includes an amusement park, water park, two luxury hotels and villas, while the Vinpearl Nha Trang Resort also has an amusement park and is linked to the mainland by the world’ s longest overwater cable car.
SOUTHERN VIETNAM ATTRACTIONS
Wander the colourful streets of Ho Chi Minh City, visiting its markets, sampling street food and enjoying a cup of sweet, iced Vietnamese coffee( Vietnam is the world’ s largest coffee exporter), made with condensed milk. The Cu Chi Tunnels, 90 minutes north-west of the city, are a vast complex of impossibly-narrow tunnels used by Viet Cong fighters in the Vietnam War which visitors can tour.
On the coast, relax on peerless white-sand beaches, visit traditional fishing villages, cool off in the sea or under a waterfall on Phu Quoc Island and visit a former prisoner of war camp on Phu Quoc.
WHEN TO GO
With different climate zones, Vietnam’ s north is best visited from March to May and October-November, the central region from March to July and the south from February to May.
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