Hoi An Highlights

Hoi An is known as one of the destinations in Vietnam you cannot miss during Vietnam Tours. Located right next to Thu Bon River, Hoi An was a well-known town named Faifo which used to be a trading area of numerous businessmen from Japan, China, Spain, and Italy, etc. In 16th, 17th century. At that time, Hoi An had become a prosperous trading port, huge and crowded commercial zone of Southeast Asia and one of the main harbor of merchant ships in the Far-east. Many foreign traders chose this town as a second hometown to settle down then, built houses, temples, and pagodas with the typical style of their own native land. That mainly created a unique combination of culture and architecture from other countries like Japan or China in Hoi An. After that, due to unexpected events, Hoi An gradually was taken its favorable position from Danang port. However, what a blessing in disguise! Not being urbanized, Hoi An still mostly kept its tiny streets and alleys, tiled-roof houses, ancient assembly halls, and Cau Bridge, etc. which are famous tourism sites attracting many tourists nowadays. Visiting Hoi An, tourists can have an opportunity to witness sparkling and fanciful scenery of the Lantern Festival associated with traditional handicrafts for a thousand years. This festival annually takes place at nights in the middle month based on Lunar Calendar especially the Mid- Autumn Festival and 7 nights of Tet Holiday are most monumentally organized. February to May is the best time to visit Hoi An since the weather becomes very favorable with low humidity, moderate temperature, less rain, and warm sunshine. Furthermore, on the same occasion, tourists can visit other nearby destinations like Cua Dai Beach, An Bang Beach and Da Nang.