Trang An Overviews
Trang An Grottoes is a famous tourist destination in Ninh Binh province (must see), the Trang An is complex travel site situated in the Ninh Binh town and located in three districts as Hoa Lu, Nho Quan and Gia Vien. Trang An grottoes is tourism complex has a total area 2000 hectares, the complex of Trang An grottoes is formed by ranges of limestone mountains, amazing caves and rivers, valleys coupled with many historical and religion sites including pagodas, temples all combine to make TrangAn a magic place.
Best time to visit Trang An grottoes is from February to April, this time is spring, the weather is cool, especially visitors can combine sightseeing tours with pagoda pilgrimage, however, note that this time is also high season of Vietnamese go on pilgrimed, and has a lot of holy tourists come to visit and worship so all places are always crowed then scare if you visit during this time.
How to travel Trang An Grottoes from Hanoi
You can take the local bus from Hanoi (from the bus stations Giap Bat, My Dinh). The buses run daily at different times. You should contact the public bus station for more details before the trip or you can take the open bus, spend the night in Ninh Binh then visit Trang An Grottoes the next day.
Things to visit in Trang An Grottoes
The boat trip in Trang An is a must to go and share boat, each boat carries 4-5 people. Along the way, in addition to enjoying the mountain views, charming scenery, tourists should visit the scenic spots such as:
– Trinh temple: The famous temple thousands of years old, built under Dinh dynasty is the first stop.
– Tran temple is an ancient stone temple, built in 968 to worship a general from the 18th Hung king. Tran temple has beautiful patterns carved in stone, showing great skill temporary artists.
– Khong temple: the thousand-year-old tree in front of the temple, dedicated to Dinh Cong, a loyal official under King Dinh Tien Hoang.
If you haven’t been to the water caves before, you will be filled with strange feeling when entering the gates with small boat through the seemingly endless tunnels. The cave system in Trang An, though not brilliant, magnificent stalagmites, but the caves are very diverse, each brings a different aspect. to name a few:
– Seo cave, very deep with dense trees
– Ba Giot cave with stalagmites deposited as water droplets
– Nau Ruou cave with old jars, according to legend it is where the wine is cooked for the mandarins
– Dia Linh cave with the low, narrow entrance. There are many other caves such as Bright cave, Dark cave, Son Duong cave…
