The most beautiful islands of Vietnam (part 1)

As a coastal country with such a long, beautiful coastal line, Vietnam is not only well known for its magnificent beaches but amazingly exotic islands, which can make whoever comes here feel like lost in a wonderful paradise. So I guess a list of ideal islands of Vietnam is definitely something that can’t be missed in anyone’s manual for a memorable and fantastic tours to Vietnam, right!

That’s why I’ll show you a list of most beautiful islands of Vietnam now.

1. Con Dao Island

Men are mesmerized by the beauty of nature, and men want to keep the nature for their own. However, here in Con Dao Island, men cannot change the beauty of this wonderful island but can only watch and adore. For anyone has the opportunity to visit Con Dao, one can adore the white beach spreads for miles enfolded by the crystal ocean. Following the white beach, long lines of coconut trees create the amicable green of paradise.

Con Dao Island with untouched sceneries

Coming to Con Dao Island, not only one can admire the beauty of nature, one can also taste and never forget the taste of nature. The saltines in the ocean’s culinary, the freshness of coconut milk, and many things more are awaited.

Con Dao prison

Meanwhile, there are so many activities can do here in this island. Miles of untamed beach are awaited one to discover. While one can dive oneself in the blue ocean, play with sea turtle or even dolphins, there are more about this island that one must know. The island is also a part of Vietnam history. It served as a prison camp in the French colonization, and also in the Vietnam War. Now, it is a footnote of history, a proof of what had happened in the past. This island is also the bury place of Vo Thi Sau, a hero in the war against the French before 1945.

2. Phu Quoc Island

While Con Dao is untamed and also the witness of history, on the west coast of Vietnam, Phu Quoc Island is more poetic. The island is like a dreaming girl in the vast ocean. The island is protected by a chain of smaller islands off the coast, so the waves are pacified while the sun is shining and the sand is white. Further inland, the tropical forests with their biological diversity spread even farther.

Phu Quoc island or Pearl Island

Meanwhile, food is an inseparable part of any tropical island. As the pearl of the crown jewel of islands in Vietnam, Phu Quoc has an extensive culinary list. Here, one can taste the boldness of the sea, the lightness of coconut or the explosion of flavors of the pineapple. As these are the tropical island must-have, Phu Quoc has the cuisines that no other places have. Cuisines like no other will stay with one forever, and rush one to come back for more. Tuna soup cake, sea urchins cocktail, grilled herring with lemon, herring rolls, boiled crab with lemon-pepper-salt sauce, crab bologna, grilled scallops, bare grilled Grouper and many more are cuisines that one cannot taste at anywhere else, and cannot forget.

3. Ly Son Island

Ly Son Island with such huge tourist potentials​

Ly Son Island is a part of Quang Ngai Province. Coming to Ly Son, one will see a graceful land where mountains and the seas are almost merged into one entity, where the sea and the sky have the same crystal and eternal blue. Ly Son is the place where the sky and the sea and the earth become one. But Ly Son has more to see. Here in the island of Ly Son, one can discover its amazing cuisines, the charm and holiness of temples deep in the mountains, the renowned wind graves, and for the most part, the warm and friendliness of the local people.

Well, sound exciting, right! So why don’t you take a trip there to really get to know what is real paradise is?

However, these destinations are just 3 on 10 gorgeous islands that Vietnam tourism have luck to possess. And if you’re curious about what the other islands are, follow me to my NEXT articles.