With cascading rice terraces and lush vegetation, Sapa is perched on the eastern slopes of the Hoang Lien Son Mountains, also known as the Tonkinese Alps. Jesuit priests first arrived here in 1918 and sent word of the idyllic views and pleasant climate back to Hanoi. By 1922, Sapa was established as a hill station where the French built villas, hotels, and tennis courts, transforming the place into a summer retreat.

Bac Ha is famous for its Sunday market, it is a trading centre and meeting place for couples, friends, and relatives every Sunday.Every Sunday, Bac Ha hosts the biggest fair near the mountainous highlands and the Chinese border. The market was very crowded, local products for sale or barter are carried on horseback.

This market is also well known as Tuesday Market in Lao Cai province. This Tuesday market is about 35km from Bac Ha. You can get here via a fairly good road, or by road and river; Sapa Tour Expert or hotel in Bac Ha can organise trips. Coc ly is a small village on the Chay river inhabited by the Flower H'mong Minority people.

Cat Cat Village is 2km from Sapa Townlet, Sapa District, Lao Cai Province This is an age-old village of H'Mong ethnic group remaining unique customs and practices that are lots in other villages.

Located in the center of Sapa Townlet, Sapa District, Lao Cai Province; 33km from Lao Cai City, Ham Rong Mountain is an attractive tourist area in the center of Sapa.
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