Dalat Railway Station

After a 10-hour bus ride (which over the past year of travels are beginning to seem like no problem at all) we arrived in the central highlands of Vietnam in Da Lat. Wow! This is an incredibly beautiful city with great people and attractions. A good comparison would be a combination of Banff and Kelowna mashed together, so you can imagine the …

Đà Lạt is the capital of Lam Dong province in Vietnam. The city is located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level on the Langbiang Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands (in Vietnamese, Tây Nguyên). In Vietnam, Da Lat is a popular tourist destination.
Da Lat’s specific sights are pine wood (forming the name: “ …

Dalat is situated in the central highlands of Vietnam. The temperature there was so nice, we had to wear long sleeves and trousers in the evenings which was a welcomed break from the heat (37 degrees+). The bus journey there was beautiful and very windy through the highlands. It took us 6 hours instead of the advertised 4, so we were glad when we …

Today we took things in our own hands. We rented a scooter and went round town to see the sights ourselves without paying for an overpriced tour operator. We went downstairs for the famous Dreams hotel breakfast. It was nice. One large table shared by all the hotel guests. Cosy. The food was good and the staff was friendly. We really stocked up on …

A day round Dalat - including the summer palace of the last king - a wonderful french railway station. Then onto a boat trip and an elephant ride that nearly was followed by a water fall. But the highlight of the day was meeting up with our friend ...

... pose for a photo with them!) then returned on the cable car. After the cable car ride we took a taxi to the Crémaillére Railway Station where we checked out a few cool trains then walked back around the Xuan Huong Lake to return to our hotel.  We ...

... lake was almost completely dry, so much so there were cows grazing in it. Afternoon was spent walking out to the old Dalat Railway station, past the 'Eiffel Tower’ and then on to the very surreal Hang Nga Crazy House. The house or attraction is ...

... are more vegetable gardens and most restaurants serve up fresh vegetables with the meals. We also visited the Emperor's Summer Palace, the railway station (no longer in use) and the lake. All in all, a rewarding day and it works out a lot cheaper ...

... on a tour today which went to a few places not worth mentioning. A summer palace that just looked like a big house and a Railway Station (I know now if anything includes the words "French" and "Architecture" im not really interested. Bor-ing) but we ...

... . It was closed, although it still didn't explain the lack of cable. Finally the same driver took us onto the old railway station and to the cremliare. The cremliare is the oldest working train/station in Vietnam. It's effectively just one track that ...

... around, although the ride through the countryside was quite enjoyable. Making our way back to town, we stopped at the Cremaillerie Railway Station, an old French relic which still runs a short way for tourism. We then stopped at the Dalat Cathedral, ...

... of her own and would have appreciated the flowers of Dalat.  Afterwards, we continued our way around the lake to the Dalat Railway station.  The French had built a railway up to Dalat but the line is no longer used except for a 7km ...

... Despite the Lonely Planets horrendous map and Erica's doubtfulness on my map reading skills we made it to the old railways station. Cremaillere Railway Station has an active cog railway that goes for a few kms up the valley, the station though it nothing ...

... , full of really tacky but incredibly skilful embroideries of tigers, flowers, goldfish and beautiful girls. Then I was taken to the old railway station built by the French in the 40s but now not in use except for small tourist trips - has an old russian ...