(VOVworld)- When the sun goes down, Da Lat city in Lam Dong province is lit up by the bright lights of shops, restaurants and hotels. In the cool night air, you should dress warmly to wander around the small streets visiting the night market and exploring Da Lat's culture and street life.
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In the daytime, Da Lat charms visitors with its colorful flowers, green pine forests, beautiful lakes and fresh highlands air. Tourists often make side trips to outlying areas to see flower villages, mountains and magnificent waterfalls. When the sun sets, it's time to relax and warm up with local food bought at the night market one of the most popular local attractions. Most of the customers in the market are tourists seeking local specialties like wool products, vegetables, or fruits and sampling the local food. Ha Diem My is visiting Da Lat with her family: “I like the night market in Da Lat because I find it uniquely represents the city. Here I can buy local products as souvenirs like woolen products and vegetables like cabbages, carrots, and potatoes which are cheap and fresh”.
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Pham Bich Duy from Ho Chi Minh City says: “This is the 4th time I have visited the market. Every time I come here, I feel inspired. I have bought clothes, hats, wool products, socks, and key holders. I've also bought local specialties like dried fruits and fruit juice”.
Though it is in the highlands, Da Lat is famous for its seafood. Seafood dishes in Da lat are varied affordable, and delicious. Nguyen Duc Tinh from Vinh Phuc province says: “Da Lat's night market offers a wide range of hot pots which are very well seasoned and accompanied by fresh vegetables. The temperature in Da Lat is moderate, the barbeque dishes are very tasty and the local wines are very special and varied”
Tourists like the market because the items on sale are affordable and the traders are hospitable. Local authorities have created favorable conditions for traders to do their business. Le Thi Hong Nhung owns a shop by the market in Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street: “Local authorities always support and encourage local traders to diversify and improve the quality of their products. I sell local specialties including fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, tea, coffee, and artichokes. They are all locally made. At night, the market is very busy”.
Many tourists agree that no tour of Da Lat is complete without exploring the night market and its street food stalls. While tourists in Sai Gon and Hanoi usually go to restaurants to sample the local cuisine, in Da Lat, it's the open food stalls in the central market where visitors find something hot to eat to warm themselves up while they observe the street activity.