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{{Expand Vietnamese|Đà Lạt|date=April 2021}}

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| name                            = Da Lat
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| nicknames                       = City of Thousand Flowers, City of Thousand Pines, City of Eternal Spring, City in the Fog, No Traffic lights City,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.viettravelmagazine.com/2018/08/dalat-only-city-in-vietnam-without.html|title=The only city in Vietnam without traffic lights|website=www.viettravelmagazine.com}}</ref> Little [[Paris]]
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'''Da Lat''' or '''Dalat'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Dalat {{!}} Vietnam Tourism|url=https://vietnam.travel/places-to-go/central-vietnam/dalat|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406102403/https://vietnam.travel/places-to-go/central-vietnam/dalat |archive-date=2020-04-06 |access-date=|website=Vietnam National Administration of Tourism}}</ref> ({{lang-vi|Đà Lạt}}; {{IPA-vi|ɗâː làːt̚|-|Da Lat.ogg|listen|help=no}}), is the capital of [[Lâm Đồng Province]] and the largest city of the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]] region in [[Vietnam]]. The city is located {{convert|1500|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level on the [[Langbian Plateau]]. Da Lat is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vietnameasyrider.com/da-lat-the-city-you-should-not-miss-in-vietnam-1|title=Da Lat - The city you should not miss in Vietnam|website=vietnameasyrider.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://highlandsporttravel.com/blog/see-do-eat-guide-to-dalat-vietnams-city-of-eternal-spring-6.html|title=See, Do & Eat Guide to Dalat – Vietnam's City of Eternal Spring|website=highlandsporttravel.com}}</ref>

Da Lat's specific sights are [[pine]] woods and twisting roads full of [[tree marigold|marigold]] (Vietnamese: ''hoa dã quỳ'') and [[acacia dealbata|mimosa]] blossom in the winter. The city's [[temperate]] weather stands in contrast to Vietnam's otherwise [[tropical]] climate. Mist covering the valleys almost year-round leads to its name "[[City of Eternal Spring (disambiguation)|City of Eternal Spring]]".

Residents and tourists have said that Da Lat has all four seasons in one day: spring in the morning, summer at noon, autumn in the afternoon and winter at night, from the sunset to the sunrise.

Da Lat is also known as an area for scientific research in the fields of [[biotechnology]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Creating Technological Capability and Tourism Potential|url=https://www.dalattrip.com/creating-technological-capability-and-tourism-potential/|access-date=2022-02-19|language=en}}</ref> and [[nuclear physics]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-03-31|title=Vietnam resort town concerned nuclear reactor could hit tourism|url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnam-resort-town-concerned-nuclear-reactor-could-hit-tourism-24996.html|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Thanh Nien Daily|archive-date=2022-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219075124/http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnam-resort-town-concerned-nuclear-reactor-could-hit-tourism-24996.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

With its year-round cool weather, Da Lat supplies huge amounts of temperate agriculture products for all over Vietnam, for example: [[cabbage]], [[cauliflower]], [[artichoke]], [[tea]], [[wine]], [[persimmon]], and [[coffee]]. Its flower industry produces three characteristic flowers: [[hydrangea]] (Vietnamese: ''cẩm tú cầu''), [[rose|Da Lat rose]], and [[golden everlasting]] (Vietnamese: ''hoa bất tử'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dalat Flowers : The Development of Flower Industry|url=https://www.dalattrip.com/dalat-flowers/|access-date=2022-02-19|language=en}}</ref> The confectionery industry offers a wide range of ''mứt'', a kind of fruit preserve that closely resembles [[varenie]], made from [[strawberry]], [[mulberry]], [[sweet potato]], and [[rose]].

Da Lat is known regionally for avocado ice-cream, [[bánh tráng nướng]], and its large garment market, with a broad selection of cool-weather clothing.

==Name==
[[File:Petit Guide illustré de Dalat (Coat of Arms).svg | thumb|220x124px | left | Colonial coat of arms of Dalat]]
According to some sources, the name is derived from the acronym of the Latin phrase 'Dat Aliis Laetitiam Aliis Temperiem' ("It Gives Pleasure to Some, Freshness to Others"), which the French colonial government used in their official emblem of Da Lat. In reality, however, the name {{lang|vi|Đà Lạt}} is derived from the language of the local ethnic group [[Koho people|Lạt]] and its original meaning is "Stream of the Lạt", and the above acronym is in fact a [[backcronym]]. {{lang|vi|Đà Lạt}} got its name from [[Koho language|Koho]] ''daa'' (“water”) + ''Laac'' (the indigenous people of Da Lat).

==History==
{{Main|History of Da Lat|Timeline of Da Lat}}
[[File:Da Lat ca. 1925 (1).jpg|thumb|left|250px|Da Lat ca. 1925]]
[[File:Emplacement de l'hotel du Lang Biang 1920s.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Da Lat in the late 1920s, the area near today's [[Dalat Palace Hotel]].]]
=== French era ===
[[File:Itinéraires touristiques autour de Dalat.jpg|thumb|left|Map of Da Lat in 1942]]
During the 1890s, explorers in the area (including the noted [[bacteriologist]] [[Alexandre Yersin]], protégé of the renowned French chemist [[Louis Pasteur]]), which was then part of the French colony of [[French Cochinchina|Cochinchina]], asked the French governor-general, [[Paul Doumer]], to create a resort center in the highlands, and the governor agreed. The original intended site for the [[hill station]] was Dankia, but Étienne Tardif, a member of the road-building expedition of 1898–99, proposed the current site instead. In 1907, the first hotel was built. Urban planning was carried out by [[Ernest Hébrard]].<ref>Crossette, Barbarạ ''The Great Hill Stations of Asia''. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998. pp 207-219.</ref>

[[File:A street of Da Lat ca. 1925.jpg|thumb|left|A street of Da Lat ca. 1925]]

Many Europeans used to travel up to Da Lat to escape the heat of the lower coastal areas and Mekong delta. 

The French endowed the city with villas and boulevards, and its Swiss charms remain today. Hébrard included the requisite health complex, golf course, parks, schools, and homes but no industry. The legacy of boarding schools where children from the whole of Indochina were taught by French priests, nuns, and [[expatriate]]s still existed as late as 1969. In 1929, the [[Christian and Missionary Alliance]] established [[Dalat International School|a school]] which later shortly relocated to Bangkok, Thailand, due to the Vietnam War and has been located in [[Penang]], [[Malaysia]], since the 1970s. There were seminaries of [[Jesuit]]s (such as [[Pius X Pontifical College]]) as well as other orders.

In the 1920s and 1930s, there were ideas of making Da Lat the 'summer capital', 'administrative capital', and 'federal capital' of [[French Indochina]]. During the [[French Indochina in World War II|World War II]], Governor-general [[Jean Decoux]] (r. 1940–1945) supported this project.{{sfnp|Jennings|2011|page=228–230}}

=== South Vietnamese era ===
{{Further|Battle of Da Lat}}

The [[South Vietnam]]ese [[Vietnamese National Military Academy|National Military Academy]] graduated its first class of future leaders in 1950. There was also an aviation school at [[Cam Ly Airport]].

In the mid-1950s, the [[Vietnamese Scout Association]] established their national training grounds at Da Lat.

The [[Battle of Da Lat|only major involvement]] Da Lat had during the [[Vietnam War]] was during the 1968 [[Tet Offensive]]. Fierce battles raged from January 31 to February 9, 1968. Most of the fighting took place between the South Vietnamese/American MP units stationed in Da Lat and the [[Viet Cong|Việt Cộng]] (VC) forces. Defeats and victories alternated between the two during the sporadic-yet-intense battles.

=== Communist Vietnam ===
[[File:Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute 01.JPG|thumb|Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute (''Viện Nghiên cứu Hạt nhân Đà Lạt'')]]

South Vietnam eventually fall under communist rule and was merged with the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]], where the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was constructed and also experienced the [[Đổi Mới]] reforms along with the rest of the country.

During the communist era of Vietnam (the Socialist Republic of Vietnam), places like Da Lat as well as [[Hội An|Hoi An]] and [[Da Nang]] were regularly regarded as amongst the most romantic tourist places in Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite news|last=VnExpress|title=Da Lat, Hoi An among Vietnam's most romantic places for Valentine's Day |url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/places/da-lat-hoi-an-among-vietnams-most-romantic-places-for-valentines-day-4426803.html|access-date=2022-02-19|newspaper=[[VnExpress|VnExpress International]]|language=en}}</ref> Da Lat has also become the hub of [[:vi:Viện Nghiên cứu Hạt nhân Đà Lạt|nuclear research]] and biotechnology.

==Geography==

Da Lat is located {{convert|1500|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level on the [[Langbian Plateau]] in the southern parts of the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]] (in Vietnamese: ''Tây Nguyên'').
{{wide image|Ho Xuan Huong - Huy Phuong 2.jpg|1000px|Xuan Huong Lake in the morning}}
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===Geology===

Da Lat is a source area for [[pyroxene]] from [[meteorite]]s from the [[Australasian strewnfield]].<ref name="MaAggrey">{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.gca.2004.03.026 | bibcode=2004GeCoA..68.3883M | volume=68 | issue=19 | title=Beryllium-10 in Australasian tektites: Constraints on the location of the source crater | journal=Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | pages=3883–3896| year=2004 | last1=Ma | first1=P. | last2=Aggrey | first2=K. | last3=Tonzola | first3=C. | last4=Schnabel | first4=C. | last5=De Nicola | first5=P. | last6=Herzog | first6=G.F. | last7=Wasson | first7=J.T. | last8=Glass | first8=B.P. | last9=Brown | first9=L. | last10=Tera | first10=F. | last11=Middleton | first11=R. | last12=Klein | first12=J. }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Administrative===

Da Lat is divided into 11 wards numbered from 1 to 11, and 4 communes: Tà Nung, Xuân Trường, Xuân Thọ and Trạm Hành.<ref>Da Lat Travel Guide [http://vietnamtravelgo.com/da-lat/ VietnamTravelGo]</ref>

===Climate===
{{climate chart
| Da Lat
| 11 | 22 |  9
| 11 | 23 |  20
| 13 | 25 |  64
| 14 | 25 |  170
| 16 | 24 |  212
| 16 | 23 |  203
| 16 | 23 |  232
| 16 | 22 |  238
| 16 | 22 |  283
| 15 | 22 |  244
| 14 | 21 |  93
| 13 | 21 |  36
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Da Lat features a [[subtropical highland climate]] under the [[Köppen climate classification]] (''Cwb'') and is mostly mild year round.

Da Lat's year-round temperate weather, standing in contrast to central & southern Vietnam's otherwise-tropical climate, has led it to be nicknamed the “City of Eternal Spring”.<ref name="lpviet">Lonely Planet Vietnam, (Lonely Planet, 2007), {{ISBN|1-74059-677-3}}, pp. 290–305.</ref> The average temperature is {{convert|14|to|23|C|F}}. The highest temperature ever in Da Lat was {{convert|32.1|C|F}}, and the lowest was {{convert|-0.6|C|F}}.<ref name=climate /> Mist covers the adjoining valleys almost year-round. Its temperate climate also makes it ideal for agriculture. Indeed, Da Lat is renowned for its [[orchid]]s, [[rose]]s, vegetables, and fruits. There are nascent wine-making and flower-growing industries in the region.

There are two separate seasons in Da Lat. The rainy season lasts from May to October, and the dry season lasts from November through April of the next year. The average annual precipitation is 1,750&nbsp;mm.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Da Lat|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/149338/Da-Lat|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=22 September 2012|year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nature|url=http://www.lamdong.gov.vn/en-US/home/DaLatcity/Pages/Nature.aspx|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.lamdong.gov.vn}}</ref>

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|Jan record high C = 30.0
|Feb record high C = 31.0
|Mar record high C = 31.5
|Apr record high C = 32.1
|May record high C = 30.6
|Jun record high C = 30.5
|Jul record high C = 32.1
|Aug record high C = 30.0
|Sep record high C = 30.2
|Oct record high C = 30.0
|Nov record high C = 29.2
|Dec record high C = 29.4
|year record high C = 32.1
|Jan high C = 22.3
|Feb high C = 23.9
|Mar high C = 25.1
|Apr high C = 25.3
|May high C = 24.7
|Jun high C = 23.6
|Jul high C = 23.0
|Aug high C = 22.7
|Sep high C = 22.9
|Oct high C = 22.8
|Nov high C = 21.7
|Dec high C = 21.4
|year high C = 23.3
|Jan mean C = 15.9
|Feb mean C = 16.9
|Mar mean C = 18.1
|Apr mean C = 19.0
|May mean C = 19.5
|Jun mean C = 19.2
|Jul mean C = 18.8
|Aug mean C = 18.6
|Sep mean C = 18.5
|Oct mean C = 18.2
|Nov mean C = 17.5
|Dec mean C = 16.4
|year mean C = 18.0
|Jan low C = 11.7
|Feb low C = 11.9
|Mar low C = 13.0
|Apr low C = 14.7
|May low C = 16.2
|Jun low C = 16.4
|Jul low C = 16.2
|Aug low C = 16.2
|Sep low C = 16.0
|Oct low C = 15.3
|Nov low C = 14.6
|Dec low C = 13.2
|year low C = 14.6
|Jan record low C = -0.1
|Feb record low C = -0.6
|Mar record low C = 4.2
|Apr record low C = 4.0
|May record low C = 10.0
|Jun record low C = 10.9
|Jul record low C = 10.4
|Aug record low C = 10.6
|Sep record low C = 10.0
|Oct record low C = 8.1
|Nov record low C = 4.4
|Dec record low C = 2.6
|year record low C = -0.6
|Jan rain mm = 9.1
|Feb rain mm = 20.5
|Mar rain mm = 64.1
|Apr rain mm = 170.3
|May rain mm = 212.3
|Jun rain mm = 203.5
|Jul rain mm = 232.7
|Aug rain mm = 238.3
|Sep rain mm = 283.4
|Oct rain mm = 244.7
|Nov rain mm = 93.5
|Dec rain mm = 36.2
|rain colour = green
|year precipitation mm = 1814.9
|Jan humidity = 81.2
|Feb humidity = 77.7
|Mar humidity = 78.1
|Apr humidity = 83.3
|May humidity = 87.2
|Jun humidity = 88.8
|Jul humidity = 89.7
|Aug humidity = 90.4
|Sep humidity = 90.2
|Oct humidity = 88.6
|Nov humidity = 85.4
|Dec humidity = 84.2
|year humidity = 85.5
|Jan rain days = 2.2
|Feb rain days = 2.5
|Mar rain days = 5.8
|Apr rain days = 12.8
|May rain days = 20.5
|Jun rain days = 21.2
|Jul rain days = 23.8
|Aug rain days = 23.1
|Sep rain days = 24.0
|Oct rain days = 20.0
|Nov rain days = 11.5
|Dec rain days = 5.9
|year rain days = 176.8
|Jan sun = 237.4
|Feb sun = 231.1
|Mar sun = 240.2
|Apr sun = 199.2
|May sun = 195.5
|Jun sun = 150.3
|Jul sun = 146.9
|Aug sun = 134.4
|Sep sun = 126.5
|Oct sun = 139.8
|Nov sun = 168.5
|Dec sun = 198.7
|year sun = 2147.8
|source 1 =  Địa chí Đà Lạt (extremes 1918–1940, and 1964–1998)<ref name= climate>{{cite web
| url = http://www.dalat.gov.vn/web/books/diachidalat/phan2/C1-6.htm
| title = KHÍ HẬU
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130302052005/http://www.dalat.gov.vn/web/books/diachidalat/phan2/C1-6.htm
| archive-date = 2 March 2013
| publisher = City Of Da Lat
| language = vi
| access-date = 26 January 2015}}</ref>
|source 2 = Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology,<ref name=IBST>{{cite web|title=Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology|url=https://datafiles.chinhphu.vn/cpp/files/vbpq/2022/10/02-bxd.pdf |lang=en}}</ref> The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933 and 1950-1951)<ref>[https://seadelt.net/Asset/Source/Document_ID-247_No-01.PDF  The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)]</ref><ref>[https://seadelt.net/Asset/Source/Document_ID-254_No-01.pdf Archived copy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510221613/https://seadelt.net/Asset/Source/Document_ID-254_No-01.pdf |date=10 May 2021 }} </ref> 
}}

== Education ==
*[[Dalat University]] ([[:vi:Trường Đại học Đà Lạt|Trường Đại học Đà Lạt]]'')''
* Yersin University ([[:vi:Trường Đại học Yersin Đà Lạt|Trường Đại học Yersin Đà Lạt]]'')''
* [[Lycée Yersin|The Pedagogical College of Da Lat]] (''[[:vi:Trường Cao đẳng Sư phạm Đà Lạt|Trường Cao đẳng Sư phạm Đà Lạt]]'')
*[[Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture]] – Đà Lạt Campus (''[[:vi:Trường Đại học Kiến trúc Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh#Cơ sở tại Đà Lạt|Trường Đại học Kiến trúc TP.HCM – Phân hiệu Đà Lạt]]'')

== Architecture ==
{{split section|Architecture of Da Lat|date=April 2019|discuss=Talk:Da Lat#Architecture article split request}}
[[File:Rock garden at Da Lat Station.jpg|thumb|right|A Vietnamese [[Hòn Non Bộ]] in front of the [[Art Deco]]-influenced [[Da Lat Railway Station]] of vernacular French architecture.]]
The [[architecture]] of Da Lat is dominated by the style of the French [[Colonialism|colonial]] period. [[Da Lat Railway Station]], built in 1938, was designed in the [[Art Deco]] architectural style by French architects Moncet and Reveron, although it incorporates the high, pointed roofs characteristic of the ''Cao Nguyen'' communal buildings of Vietnam's Central Highlands. The three gables represent an art deco version of Normandy's [[Gare de Trouville-Deauville|Trouville-Deauville Station]].<ref name="deauville">{{cite web|title=Paradise by the Dashboard Light|url=http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/paradise-by-the-dashboard-light|work=Air Canada enroute|access-date=22 September 2012|author=Samantha Coomber|date=1 January 2008|archive-date=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228194417/http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/paradise-by-the-dashboard-light|url-status=dead}}</ref> The station's unique design — with its roofs, arching ceiling, and colored glass windows — earned it recognition as a national historical monument in 2001.<ref name="ann-lilparis">{{cite web|url=http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?sec=10&id=4134|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615153924/http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?sec=10&id=4134|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2011-06-15|publisher=Asia News Network|author=Minh Thu|title=Little Paris charms visitors|date=2009-02-22|access-date=2010-07-16}}</ref><ref name="footprintvn">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/vietnamhandbook00cole|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/vietnamhandbook00cole/page/252 252]|title=Vietnam handbook|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|year=2002|isbn=978-1-903471-31-9|author=John Colet, Joshua Eliot|access-date=2010-07-28}}</ref> 
They designed the [[Lycée Yersin]], which opened in 1927.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saigon-vietnam.fr/dalat_fr.php |title=Dalat (Da Lat)|work=Saigon Vietnam|language=fr|access-date=2015-11-07}}</ref>
[[Domaine de Marie (Da Lat)|The Dominion of Mary]] Church and [[Convent]], home to [[Roman Catholic]] nuns of the Mission of Charity, were built in 1938 with a similar pointed-roof style.

[[File:HangNgaCrazyHouse1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Hang Nga guesthouse|Hằng Nga guesthouse]] is decorated with twisting organic forms.]]
Of particular note is the unconventional architecture of the [[Hang Nga guesthouse|Hằng Nga guesthouse]], popularly known as the “Crazy House”. Described as a “fairy tale house”, its overall design resembles a giant [[banyan]] tree, incorporating sculptured design elements representing natural forms such as animals, mushrooms, spider webs and caves. Its architecture, consisting of complex, organic, non-rectilinear shapes, has been described as [[Expressionist architecture|expressionist]]. Its creator, Vietnamese architect Dang Viet Nga (also known as Hằng Nga), who holds a PhD in architecture from [[Moscow State University]], has acknowledged the inspiration of [[Catalan people|Catalan]] [[Spanish people|Spanish]] architect [[Antoni Gaudí]] in the building's design. Visitors have variously drawn parallels between the guesthouse and the works of artists such as [[Salvador Dalí]] and [[Walt Disney]].<ref name="untrvdest">{{cite web|title=The Crazy House|url=http://www.unusual-travel-destinations.com/Crazy_House.html|work=Unusual Travel Destinations|publisher=Unusual-Travel-Destinations.com|access-date=24 September 2012|author=Fida Wild|year=2009–2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626161621/http://www.unusual-travel-destinations.com/Crazy_House.html|archive-date=26 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="globe">[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article639415.ece Madame Hang Nga's Crazy House]. Maggie Huff-Rousselle. The ''Globe and Mail''.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707031743/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article639415.ece |date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref> Since its opening in 1990, the building has gained recognition for its unique architecture, having been highlighted in numerous guidebooks and listed as one of the world's ten most “bizarre” buildings in the Chinese [[People's Daily]].<ref name="nhandan">{{cite news|title=Da Lat 'Crazy House' joins bizarre global list|url=http://en.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Da-Lat-Crazy-House-joins-bizarre-global-list/20099/2693.vnplus|access-date=24 September 2012|newspaper=Vietnam Plus|date=22 September 2009|agency=Vietnam News Agency (VNA)}}</ref><ref name="vnnet-06">{{Cite web|url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2006/07/596670/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612131041/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2006/07/596670/|url-status=dead|title=Da Lat's "Crazy House"|archive-date=June 12, 2008}}</ref>  While superficially amusing, the compound is let down by the construction debris and household refuse behind the facades, and the lack of attention to safety issues.
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[[File:Dinh Bảo Đại, Đà Lạt (3).JPG|thumb|The Third Mansion]]
Da Lat is also well known for a series of three Mansions of the Vietnamese Last Emperor. The First Mansion was built in 1940 by the French millionaire Robert Clément Bourgery and was bought by Emperor [[Bảo Đại|Bao Dai]] in 1949. It was used as a summer mansion for President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] and following presidents of the Republic of Vietnam until 1975. The Second Mansion was built in 1933 as the summer mansion for the Governor of French Indochina Jean Decoux. Built in 1933–1938, the Third Mansion was the residence of Emperor Bao Dai and his family. The mansion has attributes typical European style since both its front and backyard have flower gardens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lamdong.gov.vn/vi-VN/dukhach/danh-lam-thang-canh/Pages/dinh-1-2-3.aspx|title=Các Dinh I, II, III|website=www.lamdong.gov.vn|access-date=2019-02-10|archive-date=2019-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011234/http://www.lamdong.gov.vn/vi-VN/dukhach/danh-lam-thang-canh/Pages/dinh-1-2-3.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Third Mansion is currently open for tourists who wish to have a look back in time when Queen [[Nam Phuong]] resided during her lifetime.

==Festivals==
* [[Dalat Flower Festival]] (Festival Hoa Đà Lạt)
* Dalat Tea Culture Week (Tuần lễ văn hóa Trà Đà Lạt)
* Cherry Blossom Festival (Lễ hội Hoa Anh Đào)
* "Đồi cỏ hồng" Festival
* Rain Festival (Lễ hội Mưa)
* Gong Festival (Lễ hội Cồng chiêng)

==Tourism==
[[File:Dalat market, Vietnam.jpg|thumb|Da Lat Center Market]]
Da Lat is one of the famous tourist cities of [[Vietnam]] which was included in the list of Asia's most overlooked places by CNN in 2017.
<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/asia-underrated-attractions/index.html|title=Asia's overlooked places: 9 for your travel list.|website=CNN|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> Da Lat attracts both domestic tourists and foreign tourists, with more than 1,500,000 tourists and about 300,000 foreign tourists visiting the city every year. It is also the most favorite honeymoon location in Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://danduongdi.com/dalat-tourist-information-center/|title=DALAT TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>

Hoa Binh Area is in the center downtown of Da Lat and attracts numerous visitors. Some popular sites located in the Hoa Binh Area are Coi Xay Gio bakery, Lien Hoa bakery, Windmills coffeehouse and Tung coffeehouse. Coi Xay Gio was known as a perfect selfie spot thanks to its remarkable yellow wall, though in 2021 the wall was repainted to discourage selfies due to danger from road vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.kenh14.vn/buc-tuong-vang-nay-chinh-la-dia-diem-check-in-hot-nhat-da-lat-hien-tai-20170728031319577.chn|title=This yellow wall is the hottest check-in location of Da Lat right now (Vietnamese)|website=Kenh14}}</ref>

===Popular tourist places===
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* Xuan Huong Lake
* Lam Vien Square
* Hoa Binh Walking Town (Hoa Binh Area)
* [[Lycée Yersin|The Pedagogical College of Da Lat]]
* [[Cho Da Lat|Dalat Center Market]]
* [[Da Lat Railway Station]]
* The Palace of Bao Dai King
* Clay Tunnel of Da Lat
* Tuyen Lam Lake
* Smurf Village (Làng Xì Trum)
* Truc Lam Monastery
* [[Hang Nga guesthouse]]
* [[Linh Sơn Pagoda]]
* Dalat Flowers Garden
* Dalat Cathedral (Chicken Church)
* [[Domaine de Marie (Da Lat)|Domaine de Marie]]
* Valley of Love
* Dreamlike Hill (Mộng Mơ Hill)
* Langbiang Peak
* Prenn Waterfall
* Golden Stream Lake (Suối Vàng)
* The Maze Bar
* Vuon Yen Coffee
* Vinh Tien Tea & Wine Company
* Vu Thi Village
* Dalat Heaven Gate
* Linh Quy Phap An Pagoda
* Infinite Lake (Vô Cực Lake)
* Zoodoo Garden
* Flowers Garden and Coffee (F. Garden)
* [[Minions (film)|Minions]] Themed Village
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==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|File:javatuan_dalat_golf.jpg|A [[golf course]] in Da Lat
|File:Golden Valley in morning fog.jpg|Golden Valley in the morning mist
|File:HangNgaCrazyHouse3.jpg|[[Hang Nga guesthouse]]
|File:Dalatvila.JPG|A villa in Dalat's [[pine]] forest
|File:Hydrangea in Dalat, Vietnam (Tú cầu Đà Lạt).jpg| A [[hydrangea]] flower in Da Lat
|File:Terraced Coffee Plants in Vietnam.jpg| Coffee terrace near Da Lat
|File:Artichoketea.jpg|[[Artichoke]] tea, a product of Dalat
|File:Da Lat night.jpg|Da Lat Center Market during nighttime
|File: View_of_Da_Lat_02.jpg|View of Da Lat|Lam_Dong_Library_02.jpg|Lam Dong Library
|File: Truong_Cao_dang_Su_pham_Da_Lat_-_Tran_Huy_Phuong_1.jpg|Dalat Teacher's College}}

==See also==
*[[Da Lat–Thap Cham Railway]]
*[[Dalat Palace Hotel]]

==References==
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* {{cite book |last1=Jennings |first1=Eric T. |title=Imperial Heights: Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina |date=2011 |publisher=University of California Press |url=https://www.ucpress.edu/ebook/9780520948440/imperial-heights |isbn=9780520948440 }}

==External links==
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*[https://dalat.lamdong.gov.vn/ Official website of the provincial government] <small>([[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]])</small>

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