Located in the northwest of Vietnam, Sa Pa town at an altitude of 1,600 meters above sea level, 33 km from Lao Cai and 317 km from Hanoi. Beside the main road from Lao Cai city, to Sa Pa, there is another traffic, 4D highway connecting Binh Lu, Tam Duong, Lai Chau. Although most of the inhabitants of Sa Pa are ethnic minorities, the town mainly focuses on Kinh people living on agriculture and tourism services.
Although located in the North of Vietnam, should have brought a tropical monsoon climate, but due to its high terrain and near the tropics Sa Pa has a subtropical humid climate, temperate air around year. In the summer, the weather in the town is one day as there are four seasons: the morning is the spring, the midday is the sun, the sunshine, the cool air, the afternoon clouds and dew drops The feeling is as cold as the sky and the night is the cold of winter. The annual average air temperature of Sa Pa is 15 ° C. In summer, the town does not suffer from the harsh sunshine like the coastal plains, about 13 ° C - 15 ° C at night and 20 ° C - 25 ° C during the day. Winter is often cloudy and cold, temperatures sometimes drop below 0 ° C and snow. The annual average rainfall ranges from 1,800 to 2,200 mm, most concentrated in the period from May to August.
Sa Pa is one of the places where snow falls in Vietnam.
This is the residence of the population of 6 ethnic groups Kinh, H'Mong, Dao Red, Tay, Giay, Xa Pho.
All ethnic groups in Sa Pa have their own cultural festivals
The busy market in Sa Pa on Saturday evening stretches to Sunday every week. Sapa market has special appeal for tourists from far. It is also known as Sa Pa love market because here young men and women from H'Mong ethnic group, Red Dao can use the sound of the horn, flute, lip, leaf or song to find or meet with your partner.
Sa Pa has many beautiful natural scenery such as Silver Falls about 200 m high, Cloud Bridge is a historical relic of the people, Heaven Gate is the highest point that the road can go to watch Phan Xi Pang peak, Truc forest, Ta Phin cave, Sa Pa ancient rock reserve in Muong Hoa valley. Ham Rong is a place to grow a lot of flowers, colorful colors and are planted on a campus. There are also orchid garden with many rare flowers.
Sa Pa has a peak of Xi Pang 3143m high on Hoang Lien Son Range.
Sa Pa is the "kingdom" of flowers, such as peach blossom, yellow peach, yellow peach, plum plum, plum purple, plum blossom, plum blossom, plum blossom, peach blossom, chrysanthemum pink ... especially immortal flowers live forever with time ...