The 7 most beautiful beaches in Vung Tau
2Vung Tau City is an important economic, cultural, financial, tourist, transportation, and educational center of Vietnam's Southeast region. Besides, the city is also famous for charming beaches with blue crystal water, white sand under the sunshine, and a lot of fully equipped facilities hotels and resorts along. Let's find seven beautiful beaches in Vung Tau for you to have a beach holiday.
Ho Tram beach- Vung Tau
- Front Beach
- Back Beach
- Suoi O Beach
- Phuoc Hai Beach
- Chi Linh Beach
- Ho Coc Beach
- Ho Tram Beach
Front Beach
Front Beach, also known as Tam Duong beach, is a quiet bay with calm waves. If you would like to enjoy the tranquility, poetic seascape, and explore places with cultural imprints of Vung Tau, Front Beach will be an option that makes you satisfied.
Front Beach is the most beautiful place to watch the sunset when the city is tinged with red, and the sun seems to melt into the vast sea.
In addition to swimming, there are many places in the Front Beach area for you to visit, such as the cable car to the Big Mountain, watching the blue Vung Tau beach below, and visiting the Ho May tourist area located on the top of the Big Mountain.
Besides, you can walk along the coastal roads around Small Mountain, stop by the lighthouse to see the shimmering, vibrant Vung Tau city. You can also find historical and cultural sites of Vung Tau in Front Beach, such as Bach Dinh- White Palace built by the French, General Museum, Vung Tau Pilot Station, one of the unique architectures in Vung Tau.
Back Beach
If you enjoy the excited and crowded atmosphere and admire a bustling and colorful Vung Tau at night, the Back Beach is more suitable than the Front Beach.
Back Beach, also known as Thuy Van beach, is located in the southeast of Vung Tau city, stretching about 8km from the foot of Small mountain to Cua Lap. Back Beach has a harmonious beauty of sand dunes stretching, caesarian forest, coconut palm, and the blue beach.
From the Back Beach, you can see Hon Ba island, a small island on the beach. You can follow the stone path to reach Hon Ba and visit a small temple there at low tide.
Visiting the Back Beach, you will have a chance to climb nearly 800 steps to admire Kito God statue, one of the sites you should not miss in Vung Tau. Christ statue overlooks Nghinh Phong Cape - a small windswept headland with clear sea water scattered with small pebbles spreading to the sea.
Suoi O Beach
Suoi O Beach (or Song Lo beach), is located about 3 km southwest of Binh Chau Market. Visiting this quiet beach, you can enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and the beach's sceneries on your own without being bothered by the crowds.
To get to this pristine sea, you can follow the Highway 1, passing Dong Nai bridge. When you arrive at Vung Tay, turn right to Highway 51, go about 100 kilometers to Vung Tau city. Next going towards Ba To town about 50km further, you will arrive in Suoi O Beach.
Suoi O is one of the beaches in Vietnam that has both fresh and saltwater. Thanks to this unique feature, the beach has two parallel blue water lines connecting the river and the sea, separated by white sand. This feature has attracted tourists coming to visit and explore the beach.
Phuoc Hai Beach
Phuoc Hai Beach is about 16 kilometers from Vung Tau city center. Located at the foot of Minh Dam Mountain, Phuoc Hai Town, Dat Do District, this is the most attractive beach in Vung Tau with pristine beaches. The blue coastline, smooth white sand, the whispering waves, etc. create a beautiful dreaming scenery that amazes tourists.
Along the coast are rocky beaches with all kinds of different shapes. Visitors to Phuoc Hai beach can swim, play, or organize a seafood party. Buying crab, squid, shrimp, octopus, etc. from fisherman and directly cook them right on the beach will be an enjoyable experience.
Phuoc Hai has a famous fishing village by the sea, which is now a popular place to enjoy seafood. Phuoc Hai fishing village is the oldest fishing village in Ba Ria – Vung Tau. You will have a chance to admire the peaceful, quiet working life of Phuoc Hai fishers. Every day, Phuoc Hai fishers often go to the sea from early morning and return at sunrise. It's also the best time to visit the lively village, especially for photographers.
Chi Linh Beach
Chi Linh Beach is about 3 km from Vung Tau city. It has lush green valleys with unsteady hills facing the sea. The village was built separately in the hillside's coastal position, airy, romantic, and charming landscape with an area of nearly 15 hectares. When you come here, you will be spoiled in the refreshing water, have fun with the waves and then enjoy yourself in the sound of the waves and the leaves rustling under the trees.
Chi Linh Beach is a typical local beach. Although the number of tourists coming here is not as crowded as other famous beaches in Vung Tau, the beach's charming beauty still impresses anyone. Coming here, in addition to relaxing in the refreshing water and playing with the waves, you can also enjoy the choir of the birds singing to welcome the new day. Let's set your foot on the fine sand, discover the beach, and take beautiful pictures of the green hillside!
Ho Coc Beach
As an ideal resort, only 175km from Ho Chi Minh City, about 3 hours by car, Ho Coc attracts tourists by the wild and peaceful beauty far away from the noisy city. Ho Coc is a paradise for those who want to have an idyll beach holiday and beautiful pictures in the tranquil sceneries.
Before heading to the beach, you will have the opportunity to cross a primary forest with beautiful natural mountain scenery. Ho Coc is the best place to watch sunrise and sunset. During the day, you can explore the mountains or go hiking in the forest. Of course, you can enjoy the sun, sand, sea of this lovely beach.
Ho Tram Beach
Ho Tram, 30 kilometers from the North of Vung Tau city and about 120 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City, appeals beach lovers by the wild and charming beauty, untouched and pristine scenery, tranquil atmosphere, and most of all, the crystal-clear beaches.
The weather in Ho Tram has two main seasons: the rainy and dry seasons. From May to early October, like any other place in Southern Vietnam, Ho Tram has a high rainfall level. However, the shower rains are mostly in the late afternoon that makes it cool after a hot day. The dry season is from late October to April the next year. However, Ho Tram is a year-round destination because it's always pleasant, and the rainy season does not affect the holidayer experience.
There are lots of hotels and resorts built for the relaxation and traveling aim of tourists, most of them are peaceful and near the beach, surrounded by indigo forests. You can enjoy the idyll atmosphere of the wild forest ecosystem combined with the sandy beach, and the wind is flowing from the beach.
Let’s come to Vung Tau and discover those above beaches yourself! Surely you will have the best relaxation time and get away from the hustle and bustle of your daily working life!