Best Hotels in Van Ninh District, Vietnam

In one word: paradise!! We stayed 4 nights at Whale Island and enjoyed every second of it. The resort is amazing. It is right at the beach. No more than 15 steps from our bed to the ocean. And especially in the morning it is very nice snorkling right at the resort. Also the snorkling trips organized by the resort are very cool. We saw much beautiful coral and fish. It is a shame that there is also plastic in the ocean and on the banks of the island though. But traveling Vietnam for 3 weeks and you’ll see it everywhere. It is a nationwide issue and resort like Whale Island, with more eye for the environment are part of the solution we’d say. The people of the resort spent a lot of time picking up trash and taking care of the coral and ocean at their doorstep. Besides all the swimming and snorkling, the food is very tasty as well. The staff is friendly and the bungalows can’t give more beach-vibe than this. Truly a paradise and big highlight for us in our visit to Vietnam.

Set in Doc Let, a few steps from Doc Let Beach, Paradise Resort Doc Let offers accommodation with a garden, free private parking, a terrace and a restaurant. 47 km from Po Nagar Cham Towers and 48 km from Hon Chong Promontory, the property provides a private beach area, as well as a bar. The accommodation features a 24-hour front desk, airport transfers, luggage storage space and free WiFi. At the resort, the rooms come with a patio. With a private bathroom fitted with a bidet and free toiletries, some units at Paradise Resort Doc Let also feature a sea view. All guest rooms at the accommodation feature air conditioning and a desk. You can play billiards and table tennis at Paradise Resort Doc Let, and the area is popular for canoeing. Thap Ba Hot Spring Center is 49 km from the resort, while Dam Market is 49 km from the property. The nearest airport is Tuy Hoa Airport, 71 km from Paradise Resort Doc Let.

TTC Van Phong Resort is located some 100 kms North of Nha Trang and is on the top 20 most beautiful and safe beaches in Vietnam. This is the best joint I have ever visited or stayed in. Almost everything is perfect. I have traveled extensively over the last 50 years and specifically in South-East Asia the last 20. I lived in Thailand for 6 years and have been living in Vietnam for last 4. I chose TTC Van Phong resort due Rami Obeid General Manage, a very capable MG that will make your stay very memorable. He ran another excellent hotel in Tuy Hoa, Vietnam where I met him for the first a year back. He was born in St Petersburg in 1977 by a Lebanese father and Polish mother. He grew up in Beirut. He lived there from 1980 till 1998 when he left for Switzerland to get degrees in hotel and business management He speaks fluent Russian, Arab, French and English. Before he came to TTC, he was General Manager of Sala Grand in Tuy Hoa. Before Tuy Hoa, he spent 2 years at a resort in Nepal. His family lives in Da Nang. Rami has twin boys of 4 and spends 4 days every month with his family there. ROOMS: The room is very spacious with a view to the sea on two walls. The beds are the biggest in town. And have superb mattresses. They have 194 rooms and only 4 were occupied when we arrived in September 2023. So, the restaurant was closed, and we got dinner served on the balcony overlooking the sea. Excellent food. A seafood pizza and duck breasts. Fruit and a Crème Brûlée for dessert. Not cheap but delicious. Some $45,- for the lot. A neat bedside lamp. You just pull it out from the socket on a hinge and it comes on. Put it back in and it switches on. No searching for the on- and off-button. In the bathroom you have a shelf for shaving cream and stuff. Most hotel rooms don’t. The white morning robes are very nice and fluffy. Lovely to wear to the pool. TECHNICAL STUFF: The Internet speed was impressive. But that is internal of Vietnam. Down 355 Mbits and up 350. Very good speeds. Do you surf outside Vietnam, there are completely different speeds. To Oslo, Norway, 178 down an 5 Mbits up. The TV is BIG and can be easily viewed from the bed. I use it to teach English to my Vietnamese wife. Real good. FACILITIES: They have a 40 meters long pool, well maintained with correct chemical balance due to very clear water. It is nice and the temperature is 30 degrees Centigrade. The sea temperature 29 and the air temperature is 28. Perfect morning temperature. There is a hang glider station on the beach just below the hotel. Hang gliding is a popular sport at the beach. The beach next door is a public one and you can mingle with the locals if you bring an interpreter. I did. English is absent among the locals. Seafood on the beach is great. The staff’s English skills are also severely lacking except for one receptionist that spoke good communicative English. As a minimum, they should be able to communicate using their smart phones as a translation tool. Ever

Very good resort Environment: Like a botanical garden, there are carefully manicured plants everywhere. You can walk directly to the beach from the hotel, and tour groups can only drive around here. Facilities: swimming pools, etc. are all complete Hygiene: The room is clean and very professional The only drawback is that it is far from the city, and the return trip to the airport costs about 800.