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Largest island in Vietnam
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Phú Quốc (pronounced fú-kwóg) is a large tropical Vietnamese island off the coast of Cambodia. It is only accessible from Vietnam. In the Gulf of Thailand 45 km west of Ha Tien on the Vietnamese mainland and 15 km south of the coast of Cambodia, Phú Quôc is ringed with some of the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam and offers the best seafood in the country. The island is undergoing rapid change as high-rise resorts and other tourist amenities spring up all over the island.
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A 30-min cable car trip takes you 7.9 km over several island and pearl fishing farms to the Sunworld Hon Thom Water Park. Beautiful views.
The prettiest beach on the island, with a restaurant/cafe and beach lounging.
Beautiful beach to watch the sunset. Most of it is managed and cleaned by some resorts, but you can lie on the sand with your towel no questions asked, or go to the partially rocky part on the north end, away from the resorts.
This is a major attraction when it has been raining. There is barely any water during the dry season from Nov-Apr, but the rock exposed by the river is interesting, and you can hear the sounds of the forest. You can plunge into the pool under the 2-m waterfall at the end of the path.
Nhà tù Phú Quốc
Historical prison built by French and used during Vietnam War for POW.
A modern water theme park (opened in 2019) with massive water slides, swimming pools restaurants, and a beach offer snorkeling and scuba diving. A free buggy takes you from the cable car to the beach (turn right after you exit the cable car).
Archipelago explorations by boat, snorkelling, fishing, day and multiday trips to islands, motorbike tours, bouldering, bird-watching, hiking and cultural tours around Phu Quoc.
The only dive company on Phú Quôc that is a PADI resort and also a SSI center. Staffed by instructors from both organizations, they can provide training from beginner level to all the way up to divemaster. They are also environmentally aware and organize clean up days, actively try to raise awareness of divers and enforce a "no-touch" policy while diving.
Snorkelling.
Snorkelling.
Formerly Rainbow Divers (as evidenced by the inherited marketing text and the recommendation by Rainbow Divers Nha Trang). The longest established dive centre on Phú Quôc. PADI-courses, snorkelling and diving are available in most European languages and in Vietnamese. Friendly staff and great and safe trips.
Snorkeling.
Operates dives to the north and south of the island depending upon the conditions. They do not offer PADI courses.
English & Vietnamese tour guides taking you to the island hotspots by land and sea. Services include camping, kayak+camping, and National Park trekking.
Later, try wandering around the night market where locals mingle with tourists, a place that offers a selection of goods, pearls, seafood, and a playground for children. There are many options for food at the market, with fresh seafood laid out next to each restaurant for you to check out while you're making your choice of place to sit and eat.
Serves good burgers and pizzas, as well as a range of Western, Vietnamese, and seafood dishes. Watch live sports, play pool, or darts, or just listen to live music. You can book dive and snorkelling trips there with Rainbow Divers and Anh Tu. They have cold beer, mixed drinks and cocktails and a friendly English-speaking staff.
The food is OK, but not quite up to the standards you can experience in countries like the UK or Australia.
Offers a great selection of fresh seafood dishes and Vietnamese dishes. The beach is beautiful and metres away from your table. The caramelised fish hotpot for lunch or dinner is a treat.
From 18:00 there are lots of small restaurants open on the street of the night market. It's the place to go for seafood.
Excellent service and food. The seafood is fresh and cooked to order and the staff are highly trained and attentive. Michelle, the owner, speaks to every customer about their meal and keeps a photo and book of comments from all patrons.
As you walk past on the beach the Aussie owner, Rory, will tempt you with promises of ice cold beer ("Too cold to hold!") using his loud hailer. He delivers, with two draught beers on tap. There's plenty of room to sit and relax on the deck, around the bar or on the beach-front. Prices are mid-range with draught beer around 35,000 dong, cocktails hovering around 100,000 dong and meals averaging 120,000 dong.
English-speaking staff, outdoor seating, air-conditioned indoors and free wifi. Western and Vietnamese specialties. A selection of big screens showing sports, pool table, a Professional UK darts board, regular poker games, a NES Classic with 30 classic games, Jenga, and Connect 4. Also serving Guinness, Magners’ Cider and many more Western and local beers, fine whiskeys and signature cocktails.
Immaculate bungalows with hot/cold water, air-con, fridge, satellite TV, queen bed in each. On the beach and it has Amigos Restaurant and bar. Free Internet and weekly promotions ongoing. There is a children’s play area.
15 concrete "cottages" with direct or partial sea views, and four wood houses built in the old Phu Quoc fisherman style. All the rooms are close to their private beach. They use solar panels and are surrounded by gardens and trees. Restaurant serves organic food and lots of vegan options (40,000-140,000 dong). Kayaking and snorkeling for free, motorbikes for rent.
Cassia has seaview and garden cottages.
Resort with one dozen bungalows, in a pretty remote location on the coast at the mouth of the Cua Can River, about 15 km north of Dương Đông and the airport. Access partly on slow, unpaved roads. There is a swimming pool, restaurant, bar, gardens. There is no beach, but small sandy islands at the mouth of the river are a short swim or boat ride away. Kayaking and canoeing. Good for a quiet short holiday, without no crowds nearby.
The spacious guest rooms feature a contemporary design, with a largish bed, flat 32" TV (lots of channels, but most with quite poor picture quality), side table/desk, 2 armchairs, minibar/fridge, air conditioning and a balcony. The bathroom has a bathtub. The main building has elevators, which are nice if your room is on the 3rd floor. The resort is along a sandy beach and ocean, with a restaurant poolside and a small bar. There is free Wi-Fi, and a small gym. The site has nice smallish gardens. The beach south of the resort is undeveloped (there are a couple unfinished older buildings a short distance away, and occasionally some small fishing boats at the beach). The beach north of the resort is being developed to villas and is under construction (as of Dec 2011), and about 200 m further north there is another large hotel, with a line of bungalows close to the beach. The views from the rooms on the northern side are not particularly good. The beach at the hotel is clean and suits well to sunbathing and swimming. There aren't many trees to provide shade. Provides transport to and from the airport.
There are only two hostels on the most beautiful beach, Sao Beach, and this one offers air conditioning and hot showers. On a full-moon evening you can watch the moon rise from the sea as Sao Beach is on the east side of the island.
Just south of Dương Đông town, the hotel has bungalows placed around its pool garden. There are trees all around ensuring shade all day long. Close to restaurants and Dương Đông town, some 500 m to the beach. Rooms have air conditioning and Wi-Fi. 26 rooms.
Fourteen stylish, high quality thatched villas dotted around gardens on the beach, fully equipped with sun loungers. There's no fridge in the villas and no pool, but air-con, safe, tea/coffee maker, beach towel furnished, free Wi-Fi in lobby and restaurant. The restaurant menu is good. Breakfast included.
A peaceful resort between the sea on one side and a forest preserve on the other. The resort beaches are small, but the adjoining beach is as yet undeveloped for tourism and features a decent reef for snorkelling. This is a low-key resort, where the lawns are mowed by a herd of cows with wooden cowbells, and the spa opens directly onto the lawn running down the sea. Bungalows are set back from the sea and separated from each other. There is a vegetable and spice garden on the property, and much of the food served is grown there. There are several styles of bungalows, each with its own connected outdoor bathroom.
Nice staff, very friendly owners, and one of the cheaper resorts. Owned and run by a French/Vietnamese couple, both professors, who enjoy running a hotel and having guests. Food is great and prices all rather reasonable. If there is no room at Paris Beach, try Beach Club Resort right next door and vice versa.
On the quiet northern shores of Phu Quoc, Peppercorn has eight spacious air conditioned luxury bungalows sitting just metres from the beach. All bungalows have terrific views of the Cambodian and the Vietnamese mainland in the distance.
The oldest large hotel on the island, close to the center of Dương Đông and most of the tourist restaurants.
43 rooms and villas spread around a pool and French-style colonial building.
Mosquito nets, hot showers. Free Wi-Fi (only front bungalows).
121 deluxe rooms, villas and a presidential suite, all with contemporary architecture.
By plane
There is a wide variety of transport options available on arrival.
By boat
There are ferries and hydrofoils between Phú Quôc and Rạch Giá (pronounced: Rad-Ya), Hà Tiên and Hon Chong. Operated by Superdong and Phu Quoc Express.
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