What Is The White Palace (Bach Dinh Or Valla Blanche) In Vung Tau?
Vung Tau (Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province) is only about 100 km away from Ho Chi Minh City (known as Saigon). It is the nearest place with the beaches for tourists from Ho Chi Minh City. This place is a good choice for a short day trip. Obviously, Vung Tau is a perfect choice due to its near location. Coming to Vung Tau does not mean only swimming, there are many landscapes and attraction to be explored. Among all of them, Bach Dinh (White Palace) and Jesus statue are outstanding places.
White Palace is one of the most historic places, which draw more local and oversea tourists to visit.
How To Get To The White Palace In Vung Tau?
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Situated at 4 Tran Phu Street, on the slop of Big Mountain, White Palace was constructed in 1898 as a summer holiday villa of French Governor General Paul Doumer. This palace was named after his lovely daughter. It was used as a resting place for the lifetime of the Governor General of Indochina, President, Prime Minister and other senior generals during the French colonial period and later, under the Republic of Vietnam. Today, The Palace has a large collection of thousands of artifacts recovered from sunken ships at sea Hon Cau, Con Dao 17th century.
How Is Architecture Of The White Palace In Vung Tau?
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Because of being designed and constructed by French, this three-floor building was strongly influenced by French and a little bit Greek style with the height of 19 meters and length of 25 meters, high 27 meters compared to sea level. Once visiting the White Palace, you will be attracted by its antique and glamorous structure, white appearance since the outside walls were decorated with beading and the Hellenic statues, painted white.
Coming to the inside, you can notice that everything from the furniture to the decoration were all constructed and designed really carefully and also they are all preserved and cleaned everyday so the building looks like a brand-new villa although it stands centuries years old.
What To Experience At The White Palace In Vung Tau?
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The building overlooks Front Beach with the crystal clear and cool beaches along the coast as well as the Small Mountain where it has the Statue of Jesus Christ.
The building is surrounded by a small forest with many trees especially trees porcelain, making you feel fresh and peaceful. Those who love photographing should not forget to take lots of art photos with this historic and magnificent building or to walk around the small forest.
The White Palace opens daily from 7:30 to 11:30 and serves again from 13:30 to 17:30. The entrance fee costs 5000 VND for each person. You can get there by lots of means of transportation, from bike, motorbike, to bus or private car.
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