If the summer months are for the “sea-loving team”, the winter months are dedicated to the “mountain-loving team”, especially the northern mountainous region. Winter this year is forecasted to come earlier, the temperature also drops deeper than every year, have you prepared for yourself a plan to destroy the winter island? Let’s choose with Vinlove for yourself a perfect destination when traveling to the Northern in winter!

1. Hanoi

Referring to the winter tourist destination in the North, Hanoi is definitely not to be missed. Because the cold of winter in Hanoi is very strange, it is not the type of wind that blows in the wind, nor is it as bitter as Sa Pa in the frosty season, it is a very strange cold, cold but also warm. , making both people living in Hanoi and those who fall in love with Hanoi sob and look forward to.

Sword Lake is engulfed in a misty winter morning. Image: @ganshuu

Daisies are one of the “winter specialties of Hanoi”. Image: Internet

Traveling to Hanoi in winter, take the time to walk around Hoan Kiem Lake in the early morning to feel the bitter cold at the beginning of the day, when the fog is covered, making the whole space quiet and peaceful, in contrast to the hustle and bustle. the hustle and bustle of everyday streets. Or take a walk around West Lake to enjoy the monsoon, and bury yourself in a roadside shop, sipping each bitter drop in a cup of hot, fragrant coffee.

Sip a cup of hot, fragrant egg coffee on a winter day in Hanoi. Image: Internet

In addition, winter is also a great time for you to enjoy the countless delicious specialties of Hanoi. In the midst of the cold winter days, while rubbing, slurping, slurping, sipping smoky dishes, there’s really nothing like it. Don’t hesitate to try a bowl of hotcakes with wood ear, minced meat smothered in a rich dipping sauce; a bowl of fragrant rice cakes filled with black sesame or crushed green beans, warm with fresh, sweet ginger flavor; a bowl of vermicelli noodles with sour and salty, iridescent yellow; a bowl of cassava tea just scooped out of the pot; or simply a few potato cakes, corn cakes, yellow banana cakes, crispy. All will make you fall in love with Hanoi winter.

Enjoy countless winter delicacies in Hanoi. Image: @khanhhuyenh2

2. Moc Chau

The climate of Moc Chau plateau is cool all year round, the early morning and late afternoon will be cold and foggy. However, in the last months of the year, it will be much colder. Moc Chau in November will have strong cold winds, accompanied by heavy fog, light drizzle. At this time, the northeast monsoons take turns to pull the temperature down significantly and gradually appear cold spells. In December, when the cold cuts the skin, cuts the market, the whole sky, mountains, and forests are covered in fog. However, this is considered one of the most beautiful times of Moc Chau, because this is the time when Moc Chau returns to his “mountainous nature”.

Canola flowers cover Moc Chau in winter. Picture: Hoang Tuan Anh

The Canola flower is considered the most beautiful flower in Moc Chau. Picture: Chan La Ca

If you belong to the “team that love Moc Chau”, then surely you all know that winter comes is also the time when the white cabbage fields stretch across the valleys, rising up the hillsides, surrounding the villages of Moc Chau. At this time, you can go to the pine forest after Ban Ang, Ban Ba ​​Phach and Ngu Dong Ban On area to fully admire the pristine, picturesque paradise of white canola flowers.

Not only white canola flowers, Moc Chau winter also has yellow canola flowers. Picture: Le Hai

In addition to white cabbage, if you come to Moc Chau in early winter, you will be immersed in the color of wild sunflowers. Unlike wild sunflowers in Da Lat, wild sunflowers in Moc Chau do not have large wild sunflowers, not bright yellow, but mixed with mountain mist, crept into the green tea hills, wild sunflowers flicker in the trails in the mountains. remote villages, or the gray-blue roads of the Northwest mountains, making this place become warm and strangely charming.

Moc Chau wild sunflowers in winter. Image: @jane_s_giang

3. Ta Xua

Winter comes is the most suitable time for you to hunt clouds and catch the wind in Ta Xua. If in other seasons of the year, the ability to “spray” clouds is very high, in the winter, from about November to March next year, the ability to hunt clouds is up to 80%.

Ta Xua in winter is covered with clouds. Image: Internet

In Ta Xua, all 4 directions are covered by a sea of ​​white clouds, overwhelming. Standing from the “dinosaur spine” Ta Xua looking down, you will feel like you are lost in the fairyland of the misty land only in fairy tales and myths. Moreover, Ta Xua cloud valley is shielded by majestic mountains, overlapping, hidden from the wind, so until noon it is still cold, the clouds have not melted, still floating gently.

Ta Xua dinosaur spine. Picture: Hoang Linh Ha

Ta Xua wind peak. Picture: Hoang Linh Ha

In particular, Ta Xua is the natural boundary between the two provinces of Yen Bai and Son La, so this is a destination that combines cuisine and culture between these two beautiful lands. You can find small restaurants in the center of Ta Xua to enjoy the delicious and rich flavor of kitchen buffalo meat, Yen Bai sausage, Muong Lo roasted mum, Tu Le sticky rice, black rice cakes, honey. longan, bamboo shoots, Luc Yen banana cake, buffalo skin salad, rice lam…

Enjoy the specialties in Ta Xua. Image: Internet

4. Sapa

Sapa in winter is really cold, the sky is no longer clear, the clouds also become strangely silver. The average winter temperature in Sapa is only about 3 to 5 degrees Celsius, there are even days when the temperature drops to below 0 degrees Celsius. Although the weather in winter is very harsh, this is the season. Sapa’s tourist peak.

Sapa is covered in clouds on winter days. Image: @adriananhtuan

One of the most special experiences in Sapa in winter is watching the white snow and frost cover the hills and valleys. The snowfall was only a few short days, but it was enough to cover every roof, every alley, every corner of the town. Each branch between the leaves or the drops of morning dew just landed on the branches, before they melted, they were frozen and white. The feeling of holding the frozen snow in your hand, rubbing it and then breaking it like powder, was strangely enjoyable. It is true that the most beautiful white snow dream in Vietnam is nowhere else but Sapa.

Snow-covered Sapa white. Image: Internet

Frost appeared on the top of Fansipan. Image: Internet

In addition to admiring the snowfall, winter Sapa tourism has countless other interesting experiences. This is conquering the top of Fansipan, seeing the beautiful Muong Hoa valley, Silver waterfall with white foam, mysterious ancient stone beaches, stone churches, love markets and peaceful villages located at the foot of the mountain. Above all, winter cuisine in Sapa is also “not the right kind”. Here, there are many delicious dishes waiting for you such as: Thang Co, underarm pork, salmon, grilled fish, etc. Especially on cold days, you can enjoy a hot pot of salmon emitting smoke. there really is nothing better.

Special salmon hotpot in Sapa. Image: Internet

5. Ha Giang

Traveling to the North in winter, it is definitely impossible to “ignore” Ha Giang. Although we know that Ha Giang is always beautiful all year round, winter is considered the most beautiful because this is the time when Ha Giang is at its most brilliant because of the long buckwheat flower fields. The buckwheat triangle covers the valleys, the buckwheat triangle covers the hillside, crept even on the craggy rocky slopes, blushing in the faint sunlight of winter. Traveling to Ha Giang in winter, visit Lung Cam, Sung La district, Dong Van district, at the foot of Ma Pi Leng pass, you will admire and immerse yourself in the endless triangle color.

Nho Que River is covered with clouds in winter days. Image: @summerin11_

Winter is the season of many kinds of flowers in Ha Giang. Image: @thaoquyetlinh

Not only buckwheat flowers, winter in Ha Giang is also the season of orange chrysanthemums, brilliant flowers blooming on cat ears rock sessions, rising vigorously to proliferate and grow all over the road. On the way from Pho Cao, Pho Bang to Dong Van town, at the foot of Ma Pi Leng Pass, to the way back to Meo Vac, Son Vi, Khau Vai, you can see bright wildflowers everywhere. Sometimes it’s just a small flower bush precariously on the rocky shore looking down at the blue Nho Que stream. Sometimes there are some flowers soaked with night dew on the stone fence of a certain house. Sometimes there are a few flowers leaning in the cold wind. Sometimes the flowers bloom next to the fields of purple and pink buckwheat flowers.

Ha Giang buckwheat flower field. Image: Internet

Orange chrysanthemum flowers. Picture: Son Vuong Tung

6. Mau Son (Lang Son)

If you belong to the “snow-loving team” and like to experience and explore new and unique lands, you should definitely not miss Mau Son peak, in Lang Son province. Mau Son has a diverse topography with a population of 80 large and small mountains, with an average altitude of 800 – 1,000m above sea level. Winter here is extremely cold, the average temperature is from 6-13 degrees Celsius, when the temperature drops to about 0 degrees or minus 1.2 degrees, the top of Mau Son begins to snow. The snow makes the scene more fanciful than ever, the branches become sharp claws, the brilliant petals turn into white snowflakes reflecting the golden sunlight.

Mau Son (Lang Son). Picture: Hai Anh

Mau Son is not only a snow hunting spot but also one of the most beautiful cloud hunting spots in Vietnam. The most beautiful cloud season in Mau Son is from December of last year to March of next year. At this time, the temperature is extremely ideal for cloud accumulation. Not only that, the clouds in this season are very still, you can admire a beautiful scene created by thousands of clouds that dissolve very slowly.

Snow-covered Mau Son. Image: @tranthuyhai

Scenery like Europe. Image: @vvhoangphii

The Mau Son mountain region is also home to the Dao, Nung, and Tay ethnic groups. Traveling to Mau Son in winter, take the time to visit Khuoi Level village, this is a place where the Dao people live for a long time, preserving intact their own cultural identities, customs and practices. from eating, living habits, costumes, worshiping customs, festivals…

Do not forget to visit the villages when traveling to Mau Son. Image: Internet

Every place in the North is worth checking out this winter, right? What are you waiting for, schedule an appointment now!