Hoi An · Things to do

One ticket admits you to the protected old town: 80,000 VND covers the shared streets, one major monument (the Japanese Covered Bridge or Quan Công Temple) and two other sites; 120,000 VND covers a major monument, the museum system and three further sites. Bought once, it is valid for up to three days of your stay.

Ruined Cham brick towers in a valley 45 km from Hoi An, built and rebuilt over roughly a thousand years and damaged by bombing during the American war. Traditional dance performances run to a posted schedule; tickets online at mysonticketonline.vn, hotline 0235 3731 309. Go at opening time, as the site has almost no shade.

Herb-growing village about 3 km from the old town beside the Cổ Cò river, named a Best Tourism Village by UN Tourism in 2024. Twenty minutes by bicycle; you can join a cooking class, work the beds with the growers or take a herbal foot bath. February to April and September to December are the comfortable months.

Island group off the coast with coral reefs, snorkelling, diving and a handful of homestays, reached by speedboat from Cửa Đại pier in about 25 minutes or by wooden cargo boat in about 90. Effectively cut off by rough seas from October to February, so treat it as a March-to-September trip.

The swimming beach for Hoi An, about 4 km north of the old town on a flat, easy cycle. Loungers come with a drink order, the sea turns rough in the October-to-December monsoon, and Cửa Đại to the south has lost most of its sand to erosion.