Travel Notes

Notes From the Road

Timing tips and suggested itineraries, learned from driving guests every day.

A four-day Da Nang itinerary with room to breathe

Four days covers the main sights and still leaves one day for Hoi An, Hue, My Son — or for doing nothing at the beach.

Is the climb hard, how long does it take, and in what order — plus why Huyen Khong cave is best between 9 and 11am.

A 67-metre statue, an arhat garden and a full view of the bay — free, and twenty minutes from the centre.

Sorted by the kind of experience and by how many days you have, rather than as one long list of names.

Fifteen dishes worth planning around, with how to order them, what they cost and the hour they are actually sold.

Three days, three themes: beach and city, Ba Na Hills, then the Marble Mountains and Hoi An — with real timings and variations by group.

Linh Ung Pagoda, Ban Co Peak, red-shanked douc langurs and clear-water coves — twenty minutes from your hotel.

The story behind the stone hands, the best angles, when to walk it, and an honest answer to whether it is worth the trip.

What it costs, when to leave, an hour-by-hour plan, what to wear — and the mistakes that cost people half a day in a queue.

When to come, where to stay, how to get around, what to eat and what it costs — written by the drivers who run these routes every day.

The same place at 8am and at noon gives two different photographs. Here are the hours and the angles that work.

Half-price rooms and empty streets, against fog at Ba Na and a rough sea. How to build an itinerary rain cannot ruin.

March to May is the sweet spot — but the answer changes if you are coming for the beach, for photographs or for a bargain.

What to book, where to stay, what to pack, what to budget — and the four things independent travellers most often overlook.