Nha Trang

Ba Hồ Waterfall is Nha Trang's best natural escape - three tiered pools fed by cascades in a jungle gorge 25km north of the city, reached by a 3km trek through rainforest and swimmable year-round in the middle and upper pools.

Dốc Lết Beach is Nha Trang's best day-trip beach - 18km of white sand on a sheltered bay 50km north of the city, with calmer and clearer water than Nha Trang's main beach and significantly fewer crowds.

Hòn Chồng is a coastal granite rock formation 3km north of Nha Trang centre - a stack of weathered boulders jutting into the sea with views back to the city skyline and across to the offshore islands.

Hòn Mun Island is the centrepiece of Nha Trang Marine Protected Area - the best diving and snorkeling site in Nha Trang Bay, with the highest coral coverage and fish diversity of any island in the bay, 10km offshore from Nha Trang city.

Hòn Tằm is Nha Trang Bay's most developed private island - a resort island 5km offshore with white sand beaches, clear water, water sports, and coral snorkeling, reached by speedboat in 15 minutes from Cầu Đá pier.

Long Sơn Pagoda is Nha Trang's most prominent religious site - an active Buddhist pagoda at the foot of a hill topped by a massive white seated Buddha, visible from across the city, with a mosaic dragon staircase and 152 stone steps to the summit viewpoint.

Po Nagar Cham Towers are the best-preserved Cham temple complex in southern Vietnam - four brick towers built between the 7th and 12th centuries on a granite hill above the Cái River in Nha Trang, still used as an active place of Hindu and Buddhist worship.

The Vinpearl Cable Car is the world's longest over-sea cable car - a 3,320-metre gondola crossing from the Nha Trang mainland to Hòn Tre Island, with aerial views over Nha Trang Bay, the city skyline, and the surrounding islands at 50 metres above the water.