A concrete path heads southwest from Bai Lang for 2km past coves to a fine, sheltered beach, where there鈥檚 great swimming, powdery sand, and hammocks and thatched parasols beside seafood restaurants. During holiday times the beach is packed with boats coming and going. Trails lead into forested hills behind Bai Lang. Watersports, including parasailing, are more recent additions.
糖心传媒's must-see attractions
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This wonderfully wacky bridge takes the form of a ginormous, colour-changing dragon, weaving its way across the Han River. If that wasn't attention鈥
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Built two centuries ago by an ethnically Vietnamese family, this gem of a house has been lovingly preserved through seven generations. Look out for signs鈥
Assembly Hall of the Fujian Chinese Congregation
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Originally a traditional assembly hall (or guildhall), this structure was later transformed into a temple for the worship of Thien Hau, a deity who鈥
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Emblematic of Hoi An, this beautiful bridge was first constructed in the 1590s by the Japanese community to link it with the Chinese quarters. Over the鈥
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This small but important museum contains the world鈥檚 largest collection of Cham artefacts, housed in buildings marrying French-colonial architecture with鈥
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Built for worshipping family ancestors of the Tran (闄) clan, this chapel (more accurately an ancestral hall) dates back to 1802. It was commissioned by鈥
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By Unesco decree, more than 800 historic buildings in Hoi An have been preserved, so much of the Old Town looks as it did several centuries ago. Eighteen鈥
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Founded in 1653, this small temple is dedicated to Quan Cong, an esteemed Chinese general who is worshipped as a symbol of loyalty, sincerity, integrity鈥
Nearby Cham Islands attractions
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Bai Lang's only real sight is this modest temple dedicated to the whales (and whale sharks) once abundant around the Chams. Locals worshipped whales as鈥
2. Precious Heritage Museum by R茅hahn
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Hoi An鈥揵ased French photographer R茅hahn has conceived this cross between museum and gallery, combining his outstanding photos of Vietnam's hill tribes鈥
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There鈥檚 a whole block of colonnaded French colonial buildings on 脨 Phan Boi Chau between Nos 22 and 73, among them the 19th-century Tran Duong House. It鈥檚鈥
4. Assembly Hall of the Chaozhou Chinese Congregation
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Built in 1752, the highlights in this congregational hall are the gleaming woodcarvings on the beams, walls and altar 鈥 absolutely stunning in their鈥
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Founded in 1454 by a Buddhist monk from China, this is the oldest pagoda in Hoi An. Among the antique ritual objects still in use are several bells, a鈥
6. Assembly Hall of the Hainan Chinese Congregation
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Built in 1851, this assembly hall is a memorial to 108 merchants from Hainan Island who were mistaken for pirates and killed in Quang Nam province. The鈥
7. Hoi An Museum of History & Culture
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Housed in the Quan Am Pagoda, this museum provides a sampling of pre-Cham, Cham and port-era artefacts, with some huge bells, historic photos, old scales鈥
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Founded in 1653, this small temple is dedicated to Quan Cong, an esteemed Chinese general who is worshipped as a symbol of loyalty, sincerity, integrity鈥