Da Nang City Shots

A boat on the Han River in Da Nang

Da Nang is a seaside city we remember for its gorgeous beaches and amazing food. Tourism isn’t the primary industry in Da Nang, so accommodations can be found that are cheaper and more backpacker-friendly and there aren’t a lot of pushy travel agents and salespeople on the streets. The open-air restaurants lining the streets down to the beach are a mix of traditional Vietnamese and seafood eateries, a dream for those here to eat the ocean. AND it had our favorite boba and banh mi places in all of Vietnam. If we were to come back to Vietnam, it would be to visit this city and Da Lat again.

Well-enforced motorbike laws.

Fresh vegetables grow in a plot in the middle of a Da Nang neighborhood.

A man waters his vegetable plot.

Locals take photos on a closed-off bridge, before being chased off by guards.

Men stand on their boat on the Han River with Da Nang’s cityline in the background.

A man transports balloons on his motorbike.

A woman hangs a Vietnamese flag on her house for Reunification Day.

A woman waits with a delivery at one of Da Nang’s open-air restaurants.

A man looks over a streetside restaurant along Nguyen Van Thoai Road.

A man grills pork for banh mi at our favorite banh mi stall.

Our favorite banh mi in all of Vietnam: a few slivers of cilantro and onion, but mostly pure grilled pork meat and pate.

Stoytcho sits at a tiny table in a local boba stand.

The Da Nang Dragon Bridge.

A toad hides along the Han riverbank.

A man pulls a boat ashore after rowing visitors out to see the city lights.

Da Nang’s Dragon Bridge spouts fire for onlookers at its weekly show.