Things to do in Ha Long city

Try Halong's traditional cuisines

As a coastal city, Ha Long is famous for many delicious dishes made from seafood. They are not so new, but their tastes are always significantly distinguished. Once tasted, it will be unforgettable.

‘Gat gu’ cake - Nodding cake

The recipe for this cake is similar to ‘banh cuon’. The special feature here is the flour, when grinding the rice, locals add a little cold rice to make the cake more porous, puffy, smooth, and flexible, served with a special dipping sauce made from chicken fat distilled with minced meat, fried onions, fish sauce, chili and Kiu Nyuk (stew pork with pickled cabbage) (Tien Yen specialty).

You can easily try this unique food in these markets: Ha Long night market, Ha Long 1 market, or Ha Long 2 market.

‘Chao Ha’ - Sea-acorn porridge 

If you are into exploring local cuisine, sea-acorn porridge is a must-try specialty of Ha Long.

Although the price is affordable, sea-acorn porridge has extremely high nutritional value.
A well-known addresses to try out this special dish: 42 Tran Hung Dao, Bach Dang, Ha Long, Quang Ninh.

There are also countless other dishes that you can try such as squid rolls, seafood vermicelli,...

Visit famous places in Ha Long city

Quang Ninh museum

Quang Ninh Museum not only possesses unprecedented and unique architecture but is also considered a cultural center, containing many spiritual values ​​of the mining land, like a mysterious black pearl.

Ha Long Park

It is considered the largest amusement park in Ha Long, visitors can both participate in games at Sun World Quang Ninh and combine with the Ha Long tour to be immersed in the gorgeous natural scenery here. 

Visit the seaside fishing village

Ha Long city also makes tourists long for it because of the peaceful and unobtrusive coastal fishing villages of Cua Van, surrounded by majestic limestone mountains. Visitors will feel the quiet and peaceful atmosphere here and experience the activities of casting nets, fishing for shrimp, and rowing like the local fishermen. 

Bai Tho mountain

Go shopping at Ha Long night market

Address: Ha Long Night Market, Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Hung Thang Ward, Ha Long city.
Ha Long night market also known as Bai Chay night market, has an area of up to 5,000 m2, and 335 business booths, including all kinds of items from souvenirs to fashion, and local cuisine,…Visitors should go to the night market around 21-24 pm because it’s time for the stalls to be most active.

Above are the suggestions that Sealife would like to introduce to you, hoping that they will be helpful for your journey to discover Ha Long city. If you want to experience a discovering journey to indulge the heritage beauties in Ha Long Bay that is extensively different from the experience in the city, check out 5* tours of Sealife:
4-hour tour to explore Ha Long with Sea Octopus here
6-hour tour to explore Ha Long with Sea Octopus here