Map of Da Nang, Vietnam

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Accommodation 1: Bamboo Green Central Hotel 2: Duy Hoang Hotel 3: Green Plaza Hotel 4: Hoa Hong Hotel 5: Modern Hotel 6: Orient Hotel 7: Vinapha Hotel	Eat and Meet A: Apsara Restaurant B: Bakery Coffee House C: Gia Lang D: Quang Trung St cafes E: The Cool Spot F: Truc Lam Vien	Attractions and Activities 1: Cao Dai Temple 2: Cathedral 3: Cham Museum
Transport 7: Train station 9: Vietnam Airlines	Vital Information 4: Hospital 5: Internet cafe 6: Post office 8: Vietcombank	Other No entries

Travelfish on Da Nang

According to one tourism industry local, Da Nang has been asleep for 15 years. And while the city's cyclos still move along the leafy avenues at a sleepwalker's pace, there is definitely some stirring going on. Glossy new apartment complexes and shopping malls line the riverfront, where the scent of new paint seems to mingle with the salty harbour air. Some of the city's more important avenues have been widened, while buildings and hotels are continually being torn down and rebuilt -- don't be surprised if you show up somewhere to check out a room, and find the lobby covered in scaffolding.

The name Da Nang will have a familiar ring to anyone acquainted with America's military action in Vietnam, as it was home to one fifth of all US servicepeople, and a transit or R&R spot for most of the rest, making it one of the most occupied -- and heavily defended -- cities in South Vietnam. Eventually however it fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975 with hardly a bullet fired. ... read more about Da Nang on Travelfish