Tay Ninh Tourism – Discover the majestic land of the mountain
Tay Ninh is not a famous tourist destination, but Tay Ninh has many interesting things for you to explore and experience. Tay Ninh is about 100km from the center of Ho Chi Minh City to the west. Do not think that Tay Ninh only has famous delicious dishes, this place is also an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists. With rich natural scenery and captivating people’s hearts, Tay Ninh is a prominent destination on the tourist map of Vietnam. Let’s come to Tay Ninh with Saco Travel!
Introduction about Tay Ninh
Tay Ninh is a true place for backpackers with wandering journeys in search of beautiful scenes, delicious food and above all, breaking their own limits. Tay Ninh is a province in the Southeast region. Geographically, it borders Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc to the east, Saigon and Long An to the south, and Cambodia to the west and north.
Therefore, it is also known as “Cultural rendezvous”, a land of culture and religion, with unique beliefs. Although not famous for tourism, but Tay Ninh has Ba Den mountain which is the most famous place like “Roof of the South”, Tay Ninh Holy See is the symbol of Tay Ninh, Dau Tieng lake – artificial lake. Vietnam’s largest….
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Binh Thanh Ancient Tower
The first place that I choose in my trip to discover Tay Ninh is the ancient tower of Binh Thanh. This relic is located in Binh Phu hamlet, Binh Thanh commune, Trang Bang district, Tay Ninh province. The ancient tower is located on the right bank of Vam Co Dong river, close to the border with Cambodia.
The ancient tower of Binh Thanh is a typical representative of the Oc Eo culture that has survived to this day. The tower is located on high ground, nestled under green trees and surrounded by immense rice fields, creating a wild, lyrical, equally mysterious and pure scene.
Moc Bai border gate
Moc Bai border gate is about 10km from Binh Thanh ancient tower. This is the largest road border gate in the southern region on the land border between Vietnam and Cambodia. The border gate not only plays an important role in trade and trade with your country, but also an attractive tourist destination not to be missed.
Go Ken Temple
After visiting Binh Thanh tower and Moc Bai international border gate, move to city center. On the way, stop at a famous spiritual place near city, which is Go Ken pagoda (Tien Lam ancient pagoda). From Go Ken Pagoda, it is nearly 10km from Tay Ninh city.
Go Ken Pagoda (Tien Lam ancient pagoda) is located in Long Thanh Trung, Hoa Thanh. This temple was built on an area of nearly 6,000 square meters, surrounded by immense green rice fields with poetic and lyrical natural scenery, making anyone who visits feel fluttering.
Go Ken Pagoda or Thien Lam Pagoda is an ancient temple hundreds of years old, built with unique architecture. This temple has an impressive statue of Quan Am Buddha standing on a dragon and is the largest statue of Quan Am Buddha in the Southeast.
The reason why this pagoda is called Go Ken is because the land on which the pagoda was built in the past was quite high, surrounded by a lot of cocoons. Cocoons are a family of vines, ripe red fruit, sweet and sour taste that is not available everywhere. That name still exists to this day, although there are no trees around the temple.
Tay Ninh Holy See
When you come here, you will feel overwhelmed with the very large religious building. it also known as Holy Temple is a religious work of Cao Dai religion, located in the inner suburb of Tay Ninh Holy See in Long Hoa ward, Hoa Thanh town. Tay Ninh Holy See is about 5 km southeast of city center.
This place was built and completed in 1947 and was inaugurated on the occasion of the Great Day of Via Duc Chi Ton on the 9th day of the first month of the Year of the Goat (February 1, 1955).
Tay Ninh Holy See is always a place worth stopping to explore the unique religious architecture and learn about a new religion in Vietnam.
In the Holy See’s grounds, there are two forests with a lot of monkeys. Visitors should be careful because the monkeys are very mischievous, not afraid of people and can take or destroy your things if you let your guard down.
Ba Den Mountain
Ba Den Mountain is located in the northeast of Tay Ninh city, 11km from the center, in the territory of Thanh Tan commune. Ba Mountain area has a total area of about 24km2 and is made up of 3 small mountains, namely Heo mountain, Phung mountain and Ba Den mountain.
With an altitude of 986m, the highest in the South, Ba Den Mountain is nicknamed “Roof of the Southeast”. This place is famous for its sacred pagoda system, attracting visitors from all over the world to visit such as Trung Pagoda, Ba Pagoda and Hang Pagoda.
Not only that, Ba Den mountain also owns a rich ecosystem and beautiful scenery. That is why for a long time, this place has been chosen by many backpackers for trekking and conquering nature.
To get to Ba Den mountain, you have to buy a cable car ticket to go up. If you are adventurous and adventurous, you can learn about Ba Den mountain trekking tours. Note that you must prepare carefully and have a good health to experience this form.
Kvan love palm tree
If you are at “Ba Den Mountain Resort”, then you move to the back gate of the resort, follow the trail for about 4km, meet the road “Khedol – Suoi Da”, then turn left, follow this road and look into the direction. Looking to the left, you will see two palm trees of love standing in the middle of the field.
According to research, the Kvan people’s love palm tree consists of two palm trees, one high and one low. Two tree trunks twisted together like a couple in love, inseparable. However, during the heavy rain, one of the two palm trees fell, leaving only one tree in the middle of the field. After that, relatives in Khedol and the owner of the field (the field has two palm trees) together rebuilt the palm tree.
What to eat in Tay Ninh?
In the city center, you can visit the busiest night market in Tay Ninh, located right next to the Tay Ninh canal on Yet Kieu Street, Ward 1. Night market is the busiest and most crowded shopping, dining and entertainment area at night. The market is open from the afternoon until 12 pm (some days until 1-2 am).
Tay Ninh has many famous dishes, among them: Tay Ninh beef, Trang Bang soup, rice paper, etc. You can enjoy these specialties.
Above are the sharing of Saco Travel during the trip to discover Tay Ninh. Hope this article will be useful to you. If the question “What does Tay Ninh have to play?” Now it’s no longer your concern, what are you waiting for without discovering a beautiful Tay Ninh!