Chau Doc Attractions

Chau Doc Attractions

Small city in Mekong Delta but Chau Doc has the most much interesting destinations in Mekong Delta. If you are planning to travel to to here, these information will help you overview the general attractions in Chau Doc and surroundings. Please check your time and list them from 1 to 5 to visit, you may have not enough time for those places:

1. Chau Doc Floating & Fishing Village: The most unique tourist in Chau Doc is the floating village, the cultural characteristics of the river. Boat, boat is the primary means of every family in these floating villages. Here, each raft like a connecting apartment stretches along the two rivers. Each owner has at least 3-4 rafts, usually have a raft living side by side. In particular, recently, some people tend to raft down rivers for settlement. The life of the family is encapsulated on the raft 4m long, 7-8m long.

2. Champa Village in Chau Giang: Travel through Chau Giang ferry to Con Tien, where Champa communities live in An Giang. Peaceful village with mosques and many unique traditional stilts. Come to Cham village, visitors have the opportunity to know more about culture, handicraft products and enjoy the unique taste of the place.

3. Vinh Te Channel = Border of Vietnam and Cambodia: With a length of nearly 90 km connecting Chau Doc with Ha Tien estuary, the canal was completed in 5 years from 1819 to 1824. The canal was made under the direction of Mr. Thoai Ngoc Hau and local people by the tools Primitive and mostly hands.

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4. Sam Mountain: is 284m high in the delta, asphalt road about 5km long for the car running around to the top of the mountain. Mount Sam and other mountains in the Seven Mountains are the highlight of the natural landscape is very romantic in the Southwest. According to legend, mountains have many spirit, so people from all over the country here are worshiping a lot. As this is sacred mountain, there are nearly 200 temples, pagodas, temples, temples scattered at the foot of mountains, slopes and at the top. At the top of the mountain there is a fortress built from the French.

5. Tay An Pagoda: is also known as Tay An Pagoda, the ancient Sam or Tay An Pagoda, a Buddhist Pagoda is located at the junction, adjacent to Sam Mountain. The pagoda was built at an altitude of 284m above sea level, in the "Tam" style, with Indian art and Islamic art combined with ancient Vietnamese temple architecture. Tay An Pagoda is not only a place of pilgrimage, worship, but also a famous tourist attractions of An Giang.

6. Chau Phu Communal House: is located on Tran Hung Dao - Nguyen Van Thoai street (Chau Phu A ward) from Chau Doc Center about 7 km, worshiping Cardinal Nguyen Huu Canh. He was the one who made many great achievements were the king dynasty conferred the title: admiral Marshal of the spirit, noble god, nation of the gods, feast ...

7. Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb: (Vinh Te Commune, Chau Doc Town) is one of many monuments at the foot of Mount Sam. There is a temple of Thoai Ngoc Hau, his tomb and two women built in the 30s of the 20th century.

8. Ba Chua Xu Temple = Lady Temple: Located at the foot of Mount Sam, Sam Mountain, Chau Doc. The shrine was built with the architecture of a blooming lotus-shaped tower, three-tiered roofs, green tiles and bold artistic patterns. Every year, from 23rd to 27th of lunar year, the people here hold the festival of Via in order to pray and commemorate the merits of the helpers of the people, bringing the rain and wind.