Bao Son Paradise And Hoan Kiem Lake - A Day With My Family

Today I would like to introduce to you two famous places in the capital Hanoi - Vietnam. If you have a trip to Vietnam, you can visit here. Hanoi is a cultural capital with a history of 1000 years with many traditions and special identities. Different from the strong development of other big cities of Vietnam such as Ho Chi Minh City, Danang City, Hai Phong City, Hanoi has a classic, elegant and ancient look.

Bao Son Paradise

In the morning, we visited Bao Son Paradise, this is the only entertainment area that combines both economic and tourism fields and it is a place where tradition and modernity are harmoniously combined. Bao Son paradise has a total area of 22ha, located in a new urban area in An Khanh commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi city. Like its name, is a paradise of culture, art, ecology, technology, entertainment and cuisine.

This is an entertainment place for all ages with the Safari entertainment complex, Magic ocean, World wonders film studio, hobbit restaurant, thrilling games, old town and cultural village, unique festivals,..There are 22 games for kids and adults alike, for those who like the thrill of playing: flying fox, roller coaster, swing carousel challenge, sky drop, alpine coaster, 360-degree head swing, ..If you accompany your family with children, don't miss the magic ocean tour with more than living 40,000 ocean creatures or Zoo.

This place is very large so you need to do is getting a map of Bao Son Paradise right at the entrance to move easily and arrange a reasonable journey.

Hoan Kiem Lake

After playing in Bao Son paradise both morning and afternoon, we went to Hoan Kiem Lake - another famous tourist destination.

Hoan Kiem Lake (name in English means: lake for returning sword) is located in the center of Hanoi city. Hoan Kiem Lake (or Ho Guom) has a total area of 12 hectares, which is a natural freshwater lake, surrounded by Dinh Tien Hoang, Hang Khay Street, Le Thai To, about 1800m long. Hoan Kiem Lake will be a great place for you to discover the history of Vietnam, this place has been associated with a legend about King Le Loi returning the sword to the turtle god. To Hanoians - this is the soul of city. Hoan Kiem Lake is also associated with many other historical places such as: Hanoi 36 streets ( 36 phố phường Hà Nội), Turtle Tower ( Tháp Rùa), Ngoc Son Temple ( Đền Ngọc Sơn) , The Huc Bridge ( Cầu Thê Húc), Dai Nghien ( Đài ghiên), Tower Pen ( Tháp Bút) ...

Around the 15th century, China invaded Vietnam, they massacred and killed, plundered everything of the Vietnamese people. Then King Le Loi picked up a magic sword, then he and his soldiers drove the invaders out of our country and gained independence for our country. A year later, while the king was enjoying the view on Hoan Kiem Lake, a glittering tortoise emerged from the lake and wanted to get his sword back. Then the king thanked and returned the magic sword to the turtle god, the turtle took the sword and disappeared. Hoan Kiem Lake has a green color and flowers bloom all year round. In spring, there are peach blossoms and chrysanthemums in full bloom creating a very poetic scene. In summer, there are red silk flowers blooming in front of Ngoc Son temple, the phoenix flower blooms red with the giant crape-myrtle flower create a picture of brilliant flowers. In winter, there are willow trees branches sway reminiscent of young girls combing their long hair.

Do you see the turtle tower in my photo? It’s illuminated after dark. This place is located in the middle of the Hoan Kiem lake and there is no bridge to conect the tower. The Turtle Tower was the place where the god turtle appeared to get the sword backs from King Le Loi.

In my opinion, the best time to see Hoan Kiem Lake is early morning, you will see the daily life of the people around here, that are runners, walkers, and tai chi enthusiasts limber up. In the evening you will see many people walking around the lake and enjoying the cool breeze, young couples often seek privacy on benches half-hidden among the willows.

My daughter was so happy and excited about that outing, I know she wanted to stay here but we still had to go home.

Thank you for reading my post. Have a nice day and good luck, stay healthy!

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