Bai Chay Resort is located along the coast of Ha Long Bay, with year-round sea breezes and an average annual temperature of over 20°C. Thanks to that, Bai Chay always attracts a large number of tourists from all over the country and even foreign tourists.
Bai Chay is not a destination for those who like wild tourist destinations because this place was precisely built by humans. In Bai Chay, in addition to the sandy beach stretching over 500m and hundreds of meters wide, there is also a strip of hills running gently towards the sea, with rows of ancient pine trees creating a natural beauty for this place.
Bai Chay tourist area has been planned to become the most beautiful tourist area in Ha Long city, including restaurants, water puppetry and traditional music performances, Royal international park, windsurfing and motorcycling services on the sea.
There are many legends about the name Bai Chay. Many people often say that Bai Chay is the place where the Yuan-Mongol army’s food ships led by Truong Van Ho invaded Vietnam and were burned by Tran Khanh Du and the Tran Dynasty’s army and people and drifted ashore. Because many enemy ships were burned, the northeast wind blew the fire to the western shore of Cua Luc, burning the dry forest. That burned forest became Bai Chay today.
There is also another folk legend that in the past, boats often anchored on the beach west of Cua Luc. The bottom and sides of the boats often had barnacles clinging very firmly and could destroy the boats, so the fishermen had to burn casuarina leaves around them. From Hon Gai and other places, looking in there, one could always see the fire burning brightly, so this place was called Bai Chay.
Means of transport to Bai Chay
Because it is one of the central areas of Ha Long and tourism here is very developed, so transportation to Bai Chay is not a big problem.
From Hanoi you have 3 options to travel to Bai Chay.
Motorcycle/car
Route Hanoi – Bac Ninh – Ha Long: 155 km. By motorbike it will take you about 5 hours, and by car it will only take about 3 hours to get there.
– Hanoi on route 5 – Sai Dong intersection: 10 km.
– Sai Dong via Highway 1 – Bac Ninh: 23 km.
– From Bac Ninh, follow Highway 18 – Pha Lai – Chi Linh – Dong Trieu – Uong Bi – Ha Long: 122 km.
Route Hanoi – Bac Ninh – Ha Long: 160 km.
-Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi) via Noi Bai – Bac Ninh road (32km) to Bac Ninh.
– Connect to National Highway 18a via Pha Lai, Sao Do, Dong Trieu, Uong Bi to Ha Long.
Coach
This is the most popular means of transport when traveling to Bai Chay Ha Long. You can go to Luong Yen or My Dinh bus station, every 10 or 15 minutes there is a bus to Bai Chay, the ticket price is not expensive, only about 100,000 VND for a seated bus and 200,000 VND for a sleeper bus.
Train from Hanoi – Ha Long
In addition to buses or motorbikes, you can also buy tickets for the Halong Express train departing from Gia Lam station. The train departs at 7:05 a.m. and takes about 5 hours to get to Ha Long. Ticket prices are 5 USD/way/passenger (for Vietnamese guests) and 15 USD/way/passenger (for foreign guests).
In general, those who like to travel should go by motorbike, those who like to travel quickly and conveniently should go by bus. The means of transport are quite flexible so you can choose according to your plan.
If you are in Ho Chi Minh, just take a flight to Cat Ba airport and then take a Cat Ba – Ha Long tour.
Bai Chay used to be complained by many people that the beach was not clean and the prices were extremely expensive. However, in 2015, this beach was renovated, so now when you return to Bai Chay, you will see a green – clean – beautiful space, not as “unfinished” as before.
Coming to Bai Chay, of course, you have to swim in the sea. Although the beach here is not among the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam, it is still worth trying and experiencing.
In addition to Bai Chay beach, tourists often visit Ha Long night market. Here, souvenirs from the sea such as wind chimes made from seashells, seashells, paintings of the bay or coal art are sold. Coming here, you will find meaningful and lovely gifts for those at home.
Another destination that you must visit when traveling to Bai Chay is Bai Chay Bridge. Bai Chay Bridge is more than 1km long with 5 spans, 25.3m wide, divided into 4 lanes for motor vehicles and 2 lanes for non-motorized vehicles. Bai Chay Bridge is the bridge connecting Hon Gai and Bai Chay across Cua Luc River.
Bai Chay is a coastal area so the specialties here are definitely shrimp, crab, fish, mantis shrimp, clams, mussels, snails, horseshoe crabs… The food here is very fresh and delicious but not very cheap.
In addition, there is a specialty dish of Bai Chay which is squid cake. When you come here, you must definitely try this dish.
Overall, Bai Chay today is an ideal resort destination for families in the summer.
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