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Below the town, the Muong Hoa valley is carved into rice terraces, home to Hmong, Red Dao and other ethnic minority villages.\r\n\r\nThe town itself has become busy and built up, but the valleys and homestays are the reason to come.\r\n\r\nThree days is right, with at least one night in a village homestay.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting there | Sleeper bus from Hanoi, 5\u20136 hours\r\nGetting around | On foot\r\nLanguages | Vietnamese, Hmong and Dao\r\nTipping | For guides\r\nTap water | Not drinkable\r\nHow long to stay | Three days","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Sapa town has the hostels, restaurants and transport, on a hillside above the valley. For the rice terraces, stay in a homestay in the Muong Hoa valley villages, such as Ta Van or Lao Chai, a few hours' walk or a short ride down.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"1","hw_hub_city_areas":"Town | First-timers | Hostels, restaurants and transport, on the hillside above the valley. | 22.3364 | 103.8438 |  | \nTa Van | Homestays | A valley village among the terraces, about 10 km down. | 22.3080 | 103.8830 |  | \nLao Chai | Homestays | A Black Hmong village on the classic trek, closer to town. | 22.3150 | 103.8700 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would take, in the order we would take them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Sapa","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Trekking through the Muong Hoa valley is the reason to come: rice terraces carved into the mountainsides, and villages of Black Hmong, Red Dao and Giay people. The classic route walks from Sapa down through Lao Chai to Ta Van, about 12 kilometres, and many people stay overnight in a homestay to walk further the next day. Go with a guide from a registered company or a local Hmong-run outfit; the paths are muddy and unmarked in places.\r\n\r\nFansipan, at 3,143 metres the highest mountain in Indochina, can be reached by cable car, followed by a funicular and a final climb of stairs to the summit, or on a hard two-day trek. Clear mornings are rare, so check the forecast.\r\n\r\nCat Cat village, a short walk below town, is the most visited and most commercial; it charges an entry fee. O Quy Ho Pass, the highest road pass in Vietnam, has views over the Hoang Lien Son range, with Silver Falls and Love Waterfall nearby.\r\n\r\nOn Sundays, Bac Ha, two hours away, holds the region's biggest market, where Flower Hmong come to trade buffalo, horses and textiles.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Valley trek | Lao Chai to Ta Van, about 12 km\r\nFansipan | 3,143 m, by cable car or a 2-day trek\r\nO Quy Ho Pass | Vietnam's highest road pass\r\nBac Ha | The Sunday market, 2 hours away","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Sapa","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Sapa","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Walking the trails around town and through the villages is free, though some villages charge a small entry fee, and a guide is worth paying for on longer routes.\r\n\r\nSapa Lake and the town's stone church, built by the French, are free to see, and the market in town is lively in the mornings.\r\n\r\nThe views are free: from the town's viewpoints on a clear day, the terraces and Fansipan's ridge stretch across the valley.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Village trails | Some villages charge small fees\r\nSapa Lake | Free\r\nStone church | Built by the French\r\nViewpoints | On clear days","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Sapa","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Sapa","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Sapa's speciality is food from the mountains: grilled meat skewers, sticky rice cooked in bamboo tubes over charcoal, and thang co, a strong Hmong stew traditionally made with horse. Salmon and sturgeon are farmed in the cold streams, and hot pot is the dish for cold evenings.\r\n\r\nIn homestays, families cook a dinner of several dishes, often with home-brewed rice wine. The town has plenty of restaurants for travellers.\r\n\r\nA meal is \u20ac2 to \u20ac6.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Bamboo rice | Sticky rice cooked in bamboo\r\nSkewers | At the street grills\r\nHot pot | With salmon from the streams\r\nA meal | \u20ac2\u20136","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Sapa","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Sapa","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Sapa is quiet at night and cold for much of the year. Evenings are spent around the street grills near the market, where skewers and corn are roasted, or in a few bars in town.\r\n\r\nIn the villages, nightlife means rice wine with the homestay family.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac3.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Street grills | By the market\r\nRice wine | With homestay families\r\nA beer | \u20ac1.50\u20133\r\nQuiet | And cold","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Sapa","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Sapa","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Sapa is in the far north, near the Chinese border. Sleeper buses and limousine vans from Hanoi take five to six hours on the expressway, dropping you in town. The alternative is the overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai, about eight hours, then a bus or minibus up the mountain, about an hour.\r\n\r\nIn town, everything is walkable. Motorbike taxis and Grab reach Cat Cat, the viewpoints and the cable car station.\r\n\r\nBuses run from Sapa and Lao Cai to Bac Ha for the Sunday market, and to Ha Giang.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"From Hanoi | 5\u20136 h by bus or van\r\nTrain | Overnight to Lao Cai, then 1 hour\r\nTo Bac Ha | About 2 hours\r\nAround | On foot, Grab and motorbike taxi","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Sapa","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Sapa costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Sapa is cheap. Dorms start around \u20ac5 and a careful day is \u20ac18 to \u20ac28; a homestay with dinner and breakfast is usually \u20ac8 to \u20ac15.\r\n\r\nA guided trek is the main cost, around \u20ac15 to \u20ac35 a day depending on the route and group. The Fansipan cable car is the most expensive thing in Sapa, roughly \u20ac30 or more return. Cat Cat and some other villages charge small entry fees.\r\n\r\nThe currency is the Vietnamese dong (VND); prices here are euro equivalents, at roughly 30,000 VND to the euro. There are ATMs in town but not in the villages.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | From about \u20ac5\r\nHomestay | \u20ac8\u201315 with meals\r\nGuided trek | \u20ac15\u201335 a day\r\nFansipan | Roughly \u20ac30+ return","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Sapa","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Sapa","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Sapa is safe. The weather is the thing to plan for: it is cold from November to March, sometimes close to freezing, and mist can make trails slippery. Bring a warm layer and proper shoes.\r\n\r\nOn treks, local women often walk alongside you for hours and then ask you to buy textiles. A polite, early no is kinder than letting them walk with you all day.\r\n\r\nUse registered guides on longer treks and on Fansipan; paths can be confusing in fog.\r\n\r\nEmergency: 113 police, 115 ambulance, 114 fire.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Cold | Near freezing in winter\r\nMist | Slippery trails\r\nSellers | Say no early, kindly\r\nEmergency | 113 police, 115 ambulance","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Sapa","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Sapa","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A Sunday market, the roof of Indochina and valley villages.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Bac Ha | About 2 hours | Bus | The Sunday market, where Flower Hmong trade buffalo, horses and textiles. |  | 1305204\nFansipan | Half a day | Cable car | The highest peak in Indochina, 3,143 m. |  | 1305205\nTa Van | About 1 hour | On foot or motorbike | A valley village on the classic trek, with homestays. |  | 1305206","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Sapa","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"September to November, and March to May. The terraces are green from June to August and golden in September.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Cool and often foggy.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 12 | 2 | Cold\r\nFebruary | 14 | 2 | Cold\r\nMarch | 18 | 4 | Spring\r\nApril | 21 | 4 | Good\r\nMay | 23 | 4 | Good\r\nJune | 24 | 3 | Green terraces\r\nJuly | 24 | 3 | Green terraces\r\nAugust | 24 | 3 | Wet\r\nSeptember | 23 | 5 | Golden terraces\r\nOctober | 20 | 5 | Excellent\r\nNovember | 17 | 4 | Good\r\nDecember | 13 | 2 | Cold","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Harvest season turns the terraces gold in September.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Sapa","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/asia\/vietnam\/sapa\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Rice harvest | September | Muong Hoa valley | Golden terraces. |  | \nTet | January or February | Sapa | The lunar new year. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Prices are in dong locally; these are euro equivalents. Excludes guides.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10\r\nMiddle of the road | 12 | 10 | 5 | 20\r\nComfortable | 25 | 18 | 10 | 35","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Sapa","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"The top-rated places to stay in Sapa right now, live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Sapa","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/asia\/vietnam\/sapa\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Sapa travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Do I need a guide to trek? | For the short walk to Cat Cat, no. For the valley villages and longer routes, a guide from a registered company or a local Hmong-run outfit is worth it: paths are muddy and unmarked, and you learn far more.\r\nWhen are the rice terraces best? | In September and early October, when they turn gold before the harvest, and in May and June, when they are flooded and reflect the sky.\r\nHow do I get to Sapa? | By sleeper bus or limousine van from Hanoi, five to six hours, or by overnight train to Lao Cai and then an hour by bus.\r\nIs it cold? | From November to March, yes, sometimes close to freezing, and it has occasionally snowed. Bring warm layers.\r\nHow many days do you need? | Two or three: one for an overnight trek and homestay, one for Fansipan or Bac Ha.\r\nWhen is the best time to visit? | September to November for clear skies and golden terraces, or March to May for spring flowers.\r\nIs the Fansipan cable car worth it? | On a clear day, yes: the views over the range are extraordinary. 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