What's good about traveling to Ninh Binh? What's beautiful?
It is a land in the south of the Red River Delta with many natural incentives, a picturesque place with the world-famous Trang An landscape with rolling limestone mountains. Looking out over the beautiful sky and land of Ninh Binh when standing on top of Hang Mua mountain, traveling along the historical timeline to the culture of the busiest and busiest capital city and enjoying many delicious and attractive dishes. guide when traveling to Ninh Binh.
History of Ninh Binh
Go back in time and travel through the impressive history of the ancient capital of Ninh Binh, a place inhabited by humans more than 30 thousand years ago. With its age of development and long-standing epic culture, along with the blessings of nature, Ninh Binh has left many cultural heritages, beautiful landscapes, and unique historical relics.
When traveling to Ninh Binh, visitors cannot help but be surprised by the old vestiges left behind from the Paleolithic cultural era at Thung Lang site (in Nam Son, Tam Diep) dating back around 10,000 years; Dang Dang cave, also known as Nguoi Xua Cave (in Cuc Phuong national forest), dates back about 7,000 to 8,000 thousand years ago.
Culture and people of Ninh Binh
Located in the unique cultural land of the North. Ninh Binh has great attraction with its unique culture and people. Every year in Ninh Binh, there are hundreds of large and small festivals in communities, attracting great attention from people locally, throughout the country and around the world. The land of the ancient capital has many intangible cultural heritages of great influence, known to many domestic and foreign tourists such as: Cheo singing theater art, Xam singing art, Kim Son sedge craft, Ninh Van fine art stones and Ninh Hai embroidery, etc. ancient cultural art forms such as Xam singing, Cheo singing, Adoration singing for many generations have not only inspired the spirit of people's lives. which today has been built into a cultural product by Ninh Binh to serve tourists.
It is a land where people have lived and developed since early times. The national culture in Ninh Binh still exists, demonstrating the early period of building the country. This unique feature is present in the bronze drums found in Ninh Binh, one of which is the most representative artifact of the Red River civilization culture.
Ninh Binh is also home to two main ethnic groups: the Viet (Kinh) and the Muong. Besides, there are many other compatriots living under the common roof of Ninh Binh. Human culture in Ninh Binh is extremely unique, full of novelty. They bring genuine, impressive cultural features in their spiritual life, not material things, and are always happy to treat people around them and even tourists when traveling to Ninh Binh.
How to get to Ninh Binh
The distance from Hanoi to Ninh Binh is less than 95km. The distance is not too far so you can get here by train, bus, or personal vehicle along National Highway 1A.
Because tourist attractions in Ninh Binh are not close to each other, the best option is to rent a private car to pick you up from Hanoi and take you to visit attractions in Ninh Binh.
In addition, you can also take the train, taxi, or bus. In Ninh Binh, you can rent a taxi to move between attractions.
Places to visit when you come to Ninh Binh
Trang An scenic complex
Trang An tourist area is the most famous tourist destination of Ninh Binh today. With beautiful wild natural scenery, Trang An Ninh Binh has been recognized by Unesco as a world natural and cultural heritage. The scenery here is created from winding rivers flowing through limestone mountains, creating countless fanciful and mysterious natural caves that attract tourists. To explore Trang An, visitors will sit on a boat to admire the surrounding mountain nature.
Hoa Lu Ancient capital
Hoa Lu was chosen as the first capital of the centralized feudal state when Dinh Bo Linh ascended the throne in 968... Today, traces of Hoa Lu Ancient Capital are located in Truong Yen commune, Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh province, nearly 100 km south of Hanoi capital.
See more detailed information about Hoa Lu Ancient Capital here
Tam Coc – Bich Dong
Tam Coc - Bich Dong is a familiar destination that tourists definitely cannot miss when arriving in Ninh Binh. Visiting Tam Coc, you will sit on a boat, go down the romantic Ngo Dong river, admiring the rolling mountains and shimmering golden rice fields. The poetic scenery here will surely captivate any visitor. Boat ticket price is 10 USD to carry 4 people.
In addition, visitors can also visit Bich Dong, including a dry cave halfway up the mountain and a hydro cave. On the mountain is Bich Dong Pagoda, an ancient pagoda stretching over 3 mountain floors, a place to welcome tourists from all over to burn incense and pray. Entrance ticket price is 6 USD per person
Mua Caves
Traveling from Trang An boat to Hang Dance is about 6km from the city center. Hang Mua is located in the eco-tourism complex in Khe Dau Ha village, Ninh Xuan commune, Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh. Coming here, we bought tickets to visit, the ticket price is about 4 USD per person
