The spring of Lao Cai is brilliant throughout the villages with the colors of Sapa peach blossom, the pure white color of Bac Ha plum blossom, with special festivals of the Mong, Dao and Ha Nhi people. More especially, on this occasion, there are often cloudy, floating, white clouds like water paintings.

Spring through summer to come, Lao Cai is enchanted, attracting anyone with the patchy colors of the terraced fields. And it is lacking if you do not go to see the spectacular cascades famous in the Northwest such as Silver waterfall, Tien Sa waterfall, Tinh Yeu waterfall (Sa Pa) to enjoy the cool taste of the high day of summer.

In this autumn season, the yellow color of the ripe rice is covered. The picturesque terraced fields in Muong Hoa valley (Sa Pa) or the Pa Card valley (Y Ty) are the steps that follow each other up to the top of the mountain and are dyed a bright yellow. All who have come here feel surprised, mesmerized by the wonderful scenery created by mountainous farmers. Moving to Bac Ha, Si Ma Cai was overwhelmed by the purple and pink carpet of flowers of the Circuits Triangle.

Winter came into a quieter space with cloudy clouds rolling across the streets and hills. And sometimes you have the opportunity to see snow in Sapa. Being witnessed with the mysterious, romantic scenery, watching the roofs, the forest covered by white snowflakes, passionate about playing with snow to forget the cold is nothing more wonderful.

Magnificent natural scenery helps Lao Cai always special in the eyes of tourists. In order to contribute to the attractive beauty, we must mention the cultural beauty of the ethnic minorities here. The eye-catching costumes of the Mong, Dao, Ha Nhi, Tay and Giay people make everyone impressed. Or dishes of ethnic culture such as Mong people 's victory, Tay people' s humiliation, beer of Ha Nhi people, seven - colored sticky rice, black cake, cereal, sausage, sour noodles, black chicken, hun meat smoke, ... will make visitors eat once and remember the taste of the mountains. And especially if you have the opportunity to travel to Lao Cai frontier land in the early days of the new year, tourists do not forget to visit and immerse in the mysterious and interesting festivals such as: Mong Cao festival of Mong people, holidays Dry Già Gia festival of Hà Nhi people, Đồng Đồng festival of the Tày, Giáy, Pu Tồng festival of the Dao ....

Certainly, Lao Cai cannot ignore famous tourist sites such as: Sa Pa, Bac Ha, Bat Xat, ...

Sapa is probably the first choice of most tourists coming to Lao Cai. Located at an altitude of 1600m, people often call Sa Pa with names full of dreams such as the town in the mist, the land of flowers ... The small mountain town, peace has made many tourists immersed, miss you. Because heaven endowed Sa Pa with a cool climate, it was always easy to reach out to touch delicate, light mist. In any season we can see colorful flowers like peach blossom, rose, rum flower .... Sapa has a lot of beautiful scenes, interesting places for tourists such as ancient stone church, Ham Rong mountain, Muong Hoa valley, Sapa ancient stone beach, legendary Fansipan peak - the roof of the East Duong with a height of 3143m, community tourism village Cat Cat, Ta Van, Ta Phin ...

Temporary farewell to Sa Pa ta to Bac Ha white plateau. Prominent on the white highlands is Hoang A Tuong Palace famous for its unique artistic architecture combining the East and the West. Coming to Bac Ha, you should not miss the opportunity to visit Bac Ha market, which is the largest and most crowded type of border provinces. It still retains many original and unique features of the old market. Bac Ha market is not only a place to buy and sell, but here people of ethnic groups meet and love. From small children to adults, everyone wears the best clothes to go to the market. In the noisy, bustling language of people who buy sellers, the sound of the flute and the singing of ethnic boys and girls make up its own character, very typical of the culture of the northwestern region. By the summer, this place is vibrant with the biggest horse racing festival in the country. The farmers come to the festive season to become the barefoot horse riders. Bac Ha is also famous for its sweet fruit, Tam Hoa plum. There are many places where Tam Hoa plum is grown, but Tam Hoa Bac Ha plum is considered to be the most delicious because of its sweet and cool taste and crimson color.

Farewell to Bac Ha, go back to Bat Xat. The most attractive destination, especially Y Ty - fairyland. People often call Medicine as "the land of clouds" because it is floating all year round in white clouds, as completely separate from reality. Hidden under the sea of ​​clouds are the houses presented by the Ha Nhi people, cool in the summer and warm in the winter, looking as far as a giant mushroom, creating a unique architecture in the border highlands. One point that no young people ignore when coming to Bat Xat is Lung Po flagpole - where the Red River flows into Vietnamese soil.

Phan Phuong