Tay Ninh - weekend destination in the Southeast Region

About 100 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh is an interesting destination for weekend.

Conquering the roof of the Southeast

Ba Den Mount.

About 11 kilometers northeast of Tay Ninh City is the Nui Ba relics spanning 24 km², including the three mountains named Heo (Pig) – Phung (Phoenix) - Ba Den.

There are many temples in this area, including Ha, Trung, Thuong, Hang and some temples inside caves. In order to visit these temples, visitors can walk or use the cable car system or slide pipes.

For those who love exploration, to go to the roof of the Southeast region at the elevation of 986m, the only means are their legs.

Tay Ninh Holy See

Located in the district of Hoa Thanh, about 5 km south east of Tay Ninh City, Tay Ninh Holy See has unique architecture.

The campus is up to 1.2 km2 with a lot of religious architectures connected with each other by wide roads, with rubber trees alongside.

The Holy See building is 140m long, 40m wide, with three 36m towers, two bell towers of 25m high and dozens of towers of 30m high.

Inside the building are two rows of dragon-shaped pillars. On the ceiling are nine skies with clouds and stars.

Dau Tieng Lake

About 20km from the city of Tay Ninh, Dau Tieng Lake covers an area of over 27,000 hectares and contains 1.5 billion cubic meters of water. The lake not only provides water to hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land but it is also a tourist attraction.

There are many small islands in the lake. With beautiful natural landscape and the cool air, the lake is a favorite destination for nature lovers and photographers.

Enjoy the specialties of Tay Ninh

Trang Bang rice cake is the most well-known specialty of Tay Ninh.

Other must-try cuisines include banh canh gio heo (pork noodle) and Nui Ba snails.

You can also buy some specialties of Tay Ninh such as shrimp salt or rice cakes.