Trang An, Hoa Lu, and Bai Dinh are three famous destinations in Ninh Binh province known for their scenic landscapes, historical temples and pagodas. The document provides an itinerary and overview of the attractions in each location over 3 days of travel. Key stops include Trang An landscape, Hoa Lu Ancient Capital sites like Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Dai Hanh Temples, and the massive Bai Dinh Pagoda known for its arhat statues and bell tower. Accommodations and local cuisine are also highlighted.

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Trang An  Hoa Lu  Bai Dinh
NINH BINH
T R A V E L

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Coming and discovering…
Famous sceneries and cuisines
Ha long on land
Thainguyen bus station
Ninh Binh
Name: Hoang Thi Ve Name: Vu Thi Van
Name: Cao Thi Phuong Name: Mai Thi Thu Trang
Name: Doan Thuy Oanh
Tourguides

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1. Map……………………………………………………......3
2. Itinerary …………………………………………….......4
3. Ninh Binh Overview………………………………..5
4. Trang An ………………………………………………..8
Phu Khong…………………………….…….....9
Tran temple ………………………………..…10
Typical caves……………………...................11
5. Hoa Lu Ancient Capital ………………………..13
Dinh Tien Hoang temple………………..14
Le Dai Hanh temple………………………..15
Thien Ton cave……………………………….17
Traditional fesstival…………………………18
6. Bai Dinh …………………………….......................19
Bai Dinh pagoda…………………………...20
Tam The tem ple………………………..…21
Arhat statue………………………………….22
Bell tower……………………………….….....23
Buddha statue……………………………....24
7. Cuisine – Restaurant………………………..……25
Great Trang An restaurant…….............26
8. Hotels
Hoa Lu hotel ………………………………...29
Hoang hai hotel…………………………...30
9. Travel experience………………………………....31
Content

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Ninh Binh Map

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Initerary – 3 days
Transportation: Coach
Price: 650.000VND
In the afternoon: leave Thainguyen,
arrive in Ninhbinh
Dinner : Hoang Hai hotel
In the morning : Trang An
In the afternoon : Hoa Lu Ancient Capital
Lunch : Great Trang An Restaurant
Dinner : Hoang Hai hotel
All day : Bai Dinh
Lunch : Vegetarian restaurant
In the afternoon: come back Thainguyen at 4:00
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

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Ninh Binh is on the Red River Delta, 96 kilometers from Ha Noi to
the South, with the total area of 1376.7 square kilometers and
915.900 people(2012). It was the ancient capital in 3 denasties: Dinh,
Tien Le and Ly in X century is a potential one of the most attractive
destinitions to visitors not only domestic but also foreign. Ninh Binh
has a wild and breath-taking sceneries of caves, rivers, temples and
pagodas with tropic monsoon climate,which makes visitors come here
not only one time. Some famous places in Ninh Binh will suit those
who want to enjoy the natural beauty by boats, while others fit more
for visitting pagodas and temples, the third draw people who hope to
taste the dishes, which are extremely unique and delicious.
A brief overview of Ninh Binh

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Tràng An is a famous eco-tourism located in scenic population Trang An
of Ninh Binh province, with the total area of 2000ha. Trang An landscapes
are created by the raws of limestone mountains, the magic caves, the valleys
and the rivers, they blended together and with the other famous historical
monument cultures such as temples, pagodas, which makes a fanciful space
and lyrical.
Trang An includes many lakes and ponds, connected by many caves that are
founded like Dia Linh, Sinh cave, Si cave, Nau Ruou cave, ….each cave has a
unique characteristic as their name.
Trang An

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Phu Khong is a place to worship
7 loyal mandarins of Dinh dynasty,
who killed themselves to keep the
secret about the true coffin of Dinh
Tien Hoang and the shogun of
Tran reign. In front of the temple,
there is a luxuriant diospyros
decandra with full of shadow with
2 kinds of fruits- round gold apples
and flat ones, so the temple is
called another name , the temple
of the diospyros decandra.
Phu Khong

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Tran temple was built by the requirement of the King Dinh Tien
Hoang. After this time, the King Tran Thai Tong came here to rebuilt it
become the Vu Lam royal place. There is the worship of Kim Minh genie,
who governed the Northern gate wall.
Tran temple is on the high mountain with lyrical sceneries. There usually is
held a traditional holiday on March 18rd ( the lunar calendar), which
consisting many unique activities such as: the offering, procession and
many traditional games.
Tran Temple

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Typical caves
Compared to the other resorts in Ninh Binh with the same form to travel
as Tam Coc-Bich Dong which takes the tourism mainly on river, the nature
reserve of Van Long has journey on ecological lagoon while Trang An
caves have a distinct characteristic form on the water of valley created by
many cliffs and communicated with caves without turning back.
If you have never visited the hydrodynamic before, you will get full
emotion when a small boat comes to a deep mouth of cave. Cave system
is not striking, magnificent and magical but it is extremely diverse, each
cave has a particular nuance.

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The longest cave with the length of 320m
Having stalactites deposited as droplets.
Having many ancient jars , this is place to
product wine for imperial.
Toi Cave
Ba Giot Cave
Nau Ruou Cave

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Hoa Lu Ancient
Capital
The Ancient Capital is located among Hoa Lu, Gia Vien Districts
and Ninh Binh city. This is the first one of feudal sate in Viet Nam
associated with the history of three dynasties: Dinh, Tien Le, and the
beginning of Ly. Nowadays, The Hoa Lu Ancient Capital becomes a
destination attracting the attention of tourists at home and abroad.
There are caves and temples with unique architecture and the value of
the national history.

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Dinh Tien Hoang temple
Tomb of King Dinh Tien Hoang
is situated on Ma Yen Mountain.
The mountain has the shape of
back of a horse. To reach up to
the tomb, visitors must pass 265
rock steps.
Dinh Tien Hoang Temple was
built by Viet Nam folk artists
between 17th
and 19th
centuries. It
is a unique architecture with
sculptured dragons, shrimps, rats
which are deep delicateness and
skill.
The temple was built to honor
Dinh Tien Hoang King, is the
founder of the Dinh dynasty and a
significant figure in the
establishment of Vietnamese
independence and political unity
in the 10th
century

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Le Dai Hanh temple
It is a national cultural historic
vestige, located 300m from Dinh
Tien Hoang Temple. It has a close
and fanciful space.The unique
feature of the Temple is that the
carved wood art reached a very
fined and ingenious level in the
17th
century.
The statue of Empress Duong Van
Nga is an original architecture. Her
outer robe is sculpted with supple
creases, loosened so as to reveal
the inside of the blouse with it
special patterns. It displays a
beautiful woman.
Le Dai Hanh, another name - Le
Hoan has a great service in repulsing
the Chinese invasion Sacking Champa.
His tomb lies at the foot of Yen Ma
Mountain,surrounded by limestone
rocks. Here has the green cover plants
in four seasons. It makes visitors feel
relaxing and peaceful.

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The cave is located at the foot
of Dung Duong Mountain, and
discovered from the dynasty of
Hung king.In front of the cave is a
high long and arched row of
natural rock like the mouth of the
giant dragon. Come here, the
spirit of tourists will be inclined to
the good; the souls feel peaceful
and relaxing like coming to an
Elysium.
Its unique feature is that all
worshipping objects are made of
stones. There are many historical
and cultural relics along with 12
small arhat statues and a bell
above them which can make 4
different sounds. The sophicatedly
carved stones showed the creative
talent of the ancient art.
Thien Ton cave

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The traditional festivals of Hoa Lu anually are held from 8 to 10
th
March
(the lunnar celendar). It is a national festival to worshop two talented Kings:
Dinh TienHoang and Le Dai Hanh, which contributes to remind about the
glorious chapter in our’history.
The traditional games: the military exercise with reed wood, lion dance,
cock-fights, and recently added with the beauty contest in Hoa Lu anciant
capital, the singers of the villages in Hoa Lu.
This annual traditional festival in Hoa Lu ancient capital shows the close-
knit relationship among the past, the present and the future in a large
communication, remind everyone about the original point.
Traditional Festivals

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Bai Dinh Pagoda

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Bai Dinh pagoda
Bai dinh is located on a mountain slope, between vast valleys and rocky
moutains in the western gate’s entrance into Hoa Lu ancient Capital. The
pagoda was built to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of King Ly Thai To
moving the capital from Hoa Lu to Thang Long. By the end of June in 2009,
after the first-year completion, it set the six recognized records and at the
beginning of 2012, received more the 2 ones for the biggest pagoda in Asia.
Being recognized many records, but Bai Dinh is not truly famous for these,
what makes it actractive is that the architecture brings deeply the traditiona
character besides its monumentalness and massiveness. For domestic
visitors, come here to look for a peaceful space, to enjoy a quiet and
spacious place as well as to find a spiritually scared one. For tourists in the
world, the journey to Bai Dinh is not only simple to visit the scared place,
but an opportunity to know the Vietnamese culture better through the
unique architecture and stone sculpture.

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Located on the highest place in Bai Dinh, Tam The is a high and massive
temple with a three-layer curved roof, making it bold and solemn. There
are two entrances to go up the temple, each one is 8m in width and
decorated with a couple stone dragon, carved skillfully in two sides. There
are three Tam The statues, made from bronze and inlaid with gold. Each
statue is about 7.2 meters in height and 50 tons in weight, seated in the
gorgeous lotus. It is confirmed that “The pagoda has the biggest bronze
Tam The statue in Viet Nam”. They are the symbols of Buddhist in three
ages: the past, the present and the future, which are the three statues from
the right, middle and the left position.
Tam The Temple

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Arhat Statues
Visitors will go along corridor to
reach the main place. Bai Dinh pagoda
has longest corridors measuring
1.700m in length. . It consists of over
500 Arhat statues made in 2005 by
100 artisans and 700 workers. Each
one is 2.5m in height and weight of 4
tons from monolith in different shapes
and sizes. More than 500 Arhat statues
present 500 different postures
depicting earthly life.

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Bell - tower
It hangs a bell measuring
weight of 36 tons and shape in
octagonal. It is carved sufficient
patterns and two sutras by
Chinese and Vietnamese.
Moreover, below the bell is a
kettledrum (70 tons). There are
three floors of roof.
Each one is acomposite of eight
roofs. The patterns are
sophisticated and bring
characteristics of Buddhist art.

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Buddha statue
Di Lac statue is made from
bronze and seated firmly on the
top of the hill in Bai Dinh
pagoda. It is about 10 meters in
height and 80 tons in weight. It
symbols for optimism and
happiness. So, many visitors
come here to pray for the luck
and peace to all members in their
family.

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Address: Reception center of Trang An pier –
Ninh Xuan commune, Hoa Lu.
Tel: 0302.464.352 – 0916.248.998
The Great Trang An restaurant is one of the most famous restaurants in
Ninh Binh with the silent space, beautiful scenery surrounding, safe and
convenient car parking. Especially, the restaurant can serve 1000 guests by
a number of professional staffs at the same time. Visitors will have a
chance to enjoy various delicious and typical foods of the region: Rice
Crust,Hill Chicken, Muong pork, and many kinds of goat meat: grilled goat
chop, rare goat, stir fried goat. Moreover, the quality of the dishes are
always considered at first. It will be sure for your taste!
Great Trang An restaurant

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Cuisines
Grilled goat
chopHill Chicken
Yen Mac fermented
pork roll
Rare goat
Rice Crusts
Muong pork27

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Mountain Goat
Rice Crust
Mountain goat is a special dish
which is made from goat meat in Ninh
Binh limestones mountains such as:
rare goat, goat hotpot, stir fried goat,
roasted goat. Mountain goat is
characterized by
firmer, less fatty and aromatic. You should enjoy these dishs with some
vegetables, which making special flavour of Ninh Binh mountain goat
dishes.
Price: VND 140,000/ plate
If mountain goat dishs become
famous sign-board, Rice Crusts are
made 100% from rice. Rice Crusts in
Ninh Binh have not only the tasty,
sweet rice but also the
greasiness of salted shredded meat, the bright yellow of the fried rice.
They are nutritious gifts. Especially, with small size, visitors can bring it
easily.
Price: VND 20,000/pack

29. Mountain snails
Lai Thanh wine
There are many mountain
snails in ranges of limestone
mountains Tam Diep, Yen Mo,
Nho Quan.They can be cooked
many kinds of dishs such as:
boiled, steamed with gingers, fried with garlics and peppers. When
tasting, you should chew slowly, you will feel crisp and sweet,
especially sweet-smelling of chiness herbs.
Price: VND 14,000-16,000/kg
Lai Thanh wine is a special
drink in Kim Son-Ninh Binh. It is
made from sticky rice, ferment
chiness herbs and natural deep
well source together with trade
secret of the villager here.
Drinking Lai Thanh wine,you will feel it very fragrant and sweet. The
more long time, the more delicious flavour. Moreover, when it is
soaked along with snake, geckoor bindweed, it is really good for
health. Do not forget to buy some bottles to make gifts for relatives
before leaving Ninh Binh.
Price: VND 35,000-50,000/litre
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30. Hoa Lu hotel
Services:
- Car parking.
- Wifi.
- Cabe TV.
- Sauna.
- Family Rooms.
- Massage
Coming to Hoa Lu hotel, you can enjoy the historic relics, beautiful
sightseeings, commercial center or the entertaiment park of Ninh Binh in a
convenient way.There are 84 rooms, equipped with full facilities. The hotel
also has many kinds of rooms for your choice. Coming to Hoa Lu Hotel,
you can relax and entertain in the hotel with a lot of attractive services such
as massage, sauna, spa, artistic gymnastics room.
No Room Cost (VND)
1 Double
Standard
380,000
2 Senior 508,200
3 Deluxe 650,000
4 Superior 772,200
Address: km 2, Tran Hung Dao street, Ninhbinh city
Tel: (030) 387 12 17
Fax: (030) 387 41 26
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31. Address: 62 Truong Han Sieu street, Ninhbinh City
Tel: (030) 387.51.77
Fax: (030) 389.60.60
Website: www.ninhbinhhotel.com.vn
Located in the center of Ninhbinh City, Hoang Hai is a new hotel with
luxurious and modern design. It includes 40 rooms, each room has the most
modern equipments. The rooms are spacious and quiet. You can enjoy the
peaceful scenery of Ninhbinh City through the windows of the room. Hoang
Hai hotel will be an ideal place for your choice: relaxing, shopping and
visiting many famous destinations.
Services : Eating, meeting room, mini bar, car parking, free wifi, photocopy,
STD and IDD phone..
No Room Cost (VND)
1 Standard 350,000
2 Senior 400,000
3 Deluxe 500,000
4 Superior 750,000
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32. NOTE
-When visiting Ninh Binh, you may
walk and climb mountains. So, you
should wear sports shoes or
sandals instead of high heels.
-It is quite cold at night than
daytime, so you should carry
enough warm clothes to avoid
getting cold.
- Another attractive point is rowed
through high cliffs, some of the
sights around the province can
only be really appricate on a
boatship.
TRAVEL
EXPERIENCES
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