The fastest and most comfortable connection from Da Nang to Hoi An is by taxi. The ride for the about 30 km costs approx. € 20.
Da Nang
Da Nang is the third largest city in Vietnam and gained importance through its natural harbor. In former times, Da Nang belonged to the ancient kingdom of Champa. On the orders of Napoleon III, French troops landed here.
In the Vietnam war 1965, the first U.S. fighting forces went ashore at the China Beach. Later Da Nang was the northernmost airbase of the Americans and therefore of enormous strategic importance. During the war, the China Beach also served as a recreational beach for the fighters.
From 1967 – 1972, the German hospital ship Helgoland anchored in Da Nang, providing humanitarian aid to civilian victims on behalf of the German Red Cross and Maltese emergency service.
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Drive Da Nang to Hoi An
After a wonderful journey across the Ocean Clouds Pass by train, we are now at the main station in Da Nang and take a taxi to Hoi An.
The driver purposefully drives through the street canyons to the Nguyen Van Linh, which leads directly to the Dragon Bridge (Cau Rong), that crosses the Song Han river.
The Song Han is a tributary of the Bay of Danang and leads straight from the docks through the city.
The Song Han runs south to the Song Thu Bon, which in turn leads through Hoi An to the sea.
From the Dragon Bridge, the road continues directly to China Beach. The fantastic sandy beach stretches as far as Hoi An.
We drive past elegant beach sections, where we would have liked to jump into the water.
Luxury hotels and resorts, golf courses, restaurants and shopping centers line the street.
Yet there are some vacant lots, but building site fencings are already set up. Latest after 10 years, also the last ones will have disappeared.
Halfway to Hoi An, we pass the Marble Mountains; Five Hills, which serve both as a viewing platform and with its many small temples as a meditation center.
The mountains also provide the basic material for many stonemasons who have
settled on this stretch of road. Who always wanted to have a meters high stone lion of marble in the garden is exactly right here. But there are also smaller ones.
Hoi An
Hoi An became famous as Japanese and Chinese trade center, which was later used by the European trading companies. But first, we notice nothing about it because we are taken directly to the Royal Riverside Hotel.
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