In itself, it is of little interest to foreigners, except for the colorful morning market and brightly painted fishermen’s boats. Nearby Phan Thiet also does not stand out in anything special. But between them stretches a 10-kilometer beach, for which everyone comes here to relax.
Some people call this resort Mui Ne, others Phan Thiet, but in fact we're talking about not about populated areas, but about the coastal zone between them. Further in the article the word “Mui Ne” is used in this meaning.
The resort is popular among two categories of tourists: lovers aquatic species sports and people from the CIS. The first come because of the waves and the constantly blowing wind: Mui Ne has excellent conditions for kitesurfing and windsurfing.
Tourists from former USSR choose a resort because of the widespread use of the Russian language: almost every restaurant, store or travel agency has Russian-speaking employees, so knowledge in English for a holiday in Mui Ne is not necessary.
The resort's infrastructure is not very developed - everything you need is there, but, for example, there are no large supermarkets or shopping and entertainment centers. Hotels, restaurants, shops and travel agencies are located along the only road running from Mui Ne to Phan Thiet, parallel to the beach. Between the road and the shore there are reputable resorts with access to the sea, and across the road there are simpler hotels.
During the day, tourists spend time on the beach, and in the evenings in bars and restaurants with live music. Those who don’t need anything else will like it in Mui Ne. But with excursions, attractions and cultural program it’s tight at this resort: it’s not that it’s not there at all, but compared to, for example, it’s much less.
There is no airport in Mui Ne. The nearest is in Ho Chi Minh City, 200 km away. From Ho Chi Minh City Airport you can take a taxi to Mui Ne. A fair price is 2,200,000 dong ($100) per car, but initially they quote much more ABOUT a larger amount, so you need to bargain.
A bus ticket costs 150,000-220,000 VND, depending on the greed of the intermediaries. The easiest way to buy tickets is at tourist area: on Pham Ngu Lao and Bui Vien streets.
When is the cheapest time to fly from Moscow to Ho Chi Minh City?
Intercity buses in Vietnam are comfortable, so the five-hour journey to Mui Ne will not be tiring. It is not recommended to travel to Mui Ne by train: the station is located 35 km from the resort.
Buy air tickets to Ho Chi Minh City
The high season in Mui Ne begins in November and lasts until April, then the rains begin. The beach at the resort is a ten-kilometer strip of sand, which is conventionally divided into separate parts to make it easier to navigate. Along the entire length of the beach there are different areas - clean or with natural debris, wide or narrow, with sand or with concrete slabs on the shore.
The coast of Mui Ne has two features: firstly, it is almost always windy and there are waves on the sea, so you need to stay in a resort with a swimming pool, in case the waves are too big. Secondly, the current washes sand from the shore, so there are places with exposed concrete slabs that were laid to protect the beach line from washing away.
In general, for inexperienced swimmers and swimming with a small child, you will have to find appropriate place along the coast, because b ABOUT The majority of the beach is not very suitable for these categories of vacationers.
The four-star resort was built near the village of Mui Ne. This is a quiet area with a calm atmosphere. The beach next to the hotel is shallow and great for small children. The lively main beach can be reached via a free shuttle.
Muine Bay Resort has a tropical garden with gazebos for spa treatments and a restaurant. There is a playground for children.
The hotel is located some distance from the resort center, accessible by free shuttle. A free tour of the fishing village and a visit to the local attraction - the red stream - are also provided free of charge.
Pandanus Resort has a very large area planted with palm trees and exotic flowers. The paths from the hotel buildings lead to a private beach, where sun loungers are provided for vacationers. The beach is clean and well maintained. Guests can also swim in the hotel's swimming pool.
This is a small boutique hotel, 2 star category. In the courtyard there is a swimming pool and a terrace, in the rooms there are designer furniture and paintings on the walls, outside the window there are palm trees and the sea. There is a restaurant on site, and a food market and several cafes are just steps away.
La Marina Hotel is in the center resort area, near the main road. The shore near the hotel is not suitable for swimming, but the nearest beach is easy to walk to.
The resort is surrounded by greenery: the main building and cottages are surrounded by blooming garden, each bungalow has a small courtyard with tropical plants; instead of concrete paths and asphalt areas, there are lawns with fresh grass. A wonderful place to relax alone with nature.
Bamboo Village Beach Resort & Spa is located on the seashore, where guests have a terrace with sun loungers and umbrellas. The beach area near the hotel is one of the best on the entire coast of Mui Ne.
A very pleasant hotel, with well-kept green areas and an equipped area on the beach. Located away from the noisy areas of the resort, on the outskirts of the tourist area. Around the hotel there is everything a visitor needs: shops, cafes, massage parlors, etc.
Little Muine Cottages Resort has an outdoor swimming pool, restaurant, gym, massage room, currency exchange, tour desk. Each of the rooms has a small terrace with wicker furniture for evening gatherings in the fresh air.
There are many restaurants and cafes in Mui Ne. The vast majority of them are simple establishments with a simple interior. The most common dishes are Vietnamese and Russian cuisine, as well as seafood. Places to visit for dinner:
Sand dunes are the main attraction of the resort. They are, of course, smaller in size than the dunes in the Sahara, but they look impressive. The sand dunes vary in color: there are red and white. They are located not far from each other, near the village of Mui Ne.
Minuses: few attractions; there is no airport, so you have to get there by bus; inconvenient layout – the resort is stretched along one street; It’s not easy to get to the beach from the second line, because... the first line is densely built up and the passages to the sea are blocked.
pros: spreading palm trees and lush greenery on the first line of the beach; calm atmosphere and silence in the evenings (except for a few popular restaurants); delicious and inexpensive seafood dishes; You can do without English - Russian-speaking staff are often found.
Greetings, dear readers! This will be a stunning overview of the most controversial resort in Vietnam, and even throughout Asia. You will read the most truthful story about him from a man who lived in different places Vietnam for more than 7 years and you will finally understand why Phan Thiet Mui Ne causes so many conflicting reviews and opinions on the Internet.
Our correspondent in Mui Ne shared her thoughts about life. She already started talking about it earlier, and today there will be a detailed report about this place.
There are two types of resort reviews and information you can find online. Either these are standard articles ordered by various travel agencies and written by novice copywriters, or the other extreme is travel notes from untraveled tourists who, after spending a couple of days there, believe that they have seen everything there and their review is the most genuine.
For example, you can find an extremely negative article by one traveler who spent a couple of days there, as she herself writes, completely inadequate and nevertheless claiming to have an objective opinion about a place that she does not know at all.
Take, for example, her statements that Phan Thiet is a “proud French name” assigned to a growing resort and prices there are higher than in Mui Ne. Neither one nor the other is completely true.
The name Phan Thiet is modest and since ancient times, even before the arrival of the French, it has been the local “district center”, and there are practically no resorts there. The most luxurious resorts like Anantara are located at the beginning of the only street Nguyen Ding Chieu and in fact this stretch is not called Mui Ne, and certainly not Phan Thiet, but Ham Tien. But let's start in order
Phan Thiet is a city, the capital of Binthuan province, where the resort itself, known to all of us as Mui Ne, is located. There are also hotels and resorts in Phan Thiet, but since leaving their territory, a person finds himself in the center of an ordinary provincial Vietnamese town with hundreds of moped riders, I will not consider it as a place to relax and I do not advise you to.
We only go there to buy groceries at the big market or Lotte Mart. There are literally two or three decent resorts there, if you don’t mind going beyond them. For example, if you have a lot of small children or you really love golf (or maybe both?), then Ocean Dunes Resort with its huge grounds and beach is at your disposal. Everyone else - welcome to Mui Ne!
This is a string of resorts stretching along the coast for about 15 km. The main street on both sides of which there are hotels and restaurants is called Nguyen Din Chu, and that part of the resort area that we used to call Mui Ne is actually called Ham Tien. Mui Ne is located a little further and is a real fishing village.
There are two main ways - transfer directly from the airport, or bus from the city center. The second one is much cheaper (about 5-6 dollars) and longer. After all, first you need to take a taxi from the airport and get to the backpacker area of Pham Ngu Lao.
By the way, when I first came to Vietnam, I was pleasantly surprised by the local taxis. They are all equipped with counters, and the big ones even have displays, and they are very easy to find. They are waiting for you at every major building, they will stop if you raise your hand on the street, or they will arrive a couple of minutes after you call.
The most reliable and trusted companies are Vinasun (they operate only in Ho Chi Minh City) and Malinh Taxi (throughout the country, including Mui Ne). Now they are already starting to accept credit cards! Taxi drivers speak little English, but are very polite, always ready to wait for you and help you with your bags and stroller. It’s better to write the address on a piece of paper and show it, rather than try to pronounce it - they’ll definitely misunderstand and take you to the wrong place!
Transfer by car costs from $80 and takes 3-4 hours. If we get lucky. The Vietnamese are building a great expressway, but all good things, as we know, take a while. Travel time is getting shorter every year.
How is your mom small child, I count every second on the way. And again, as the mother of a child who made this difficult journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Mui Ne for the first time when she was 2 days old, I will say that the path is tiring, but worth it!
I would advise taking a transfer there, and on the way back, stop for a couple of days in Ho Chi Minh City, catch your breath before a long flight, buy souvenirs, and go to the Mekong Delta. This is a very pleasant and memorable excursion, and going there from Ho Chi Minh City is much closer and cheaper than from Mui Ne.
By the way, a third, super fast (and expensive...) method has appeared - now a seaplane flies in Mui Ne. If you are willing to pay for comfort and speed, you will be there within 30 minutes of flight.
In Mui Ne a good choice restaurants for every taste and budget. There is European, Russian and, of course, local food and seafood. The basic rule is that the farther from the “center”, the cheaper the food and the simpler the atmosphere.
For seafood lovers and those wishing to try Vietnamese cuisine, I can safely recommend the Nem restaurant, located at Nguyen Ding Chieu 42, near the Swiss Village resort bought by the Russians. It's very tasty and very reasonable prices.
Be sure to try their signature dish – spring rolls (nem in Vietnamese), after which the place is named. By the way, for more than 4 years of living here, I personally have never heard the songs of Baskov and Kirkorov, as they write in the reviews. Perhaps I simply do not have the same hostility toward Russians as some of their compatriots do, and I did not focus on this.
If you are still not happy with the prospect of hearing Russian speech all evening, you are tired or it’s raining outside and you don’t want to leave your room, then you can order food delivered directly to your door. Check it out to this site, if you want to enjoy sushi, pizza, shrimp or kebab.
Nightlife is mainly represented by two establishments - Pogo Beach Bar and Dragon Beach. Both are located right on the shore and have a relaxed surfer atmosphere, there are sun loungers and sofas, and during the season DJs come from Saigon. If you want glamor, high heels and champagne, it’s better not to waste time on this article and go to St. Tropez. Everything is simpler here, but beer is also cheaper.
What to buy in Mui Ne and Phan Thiet? If you are staying in Ho Chi Minh City, then only souvenirs and practically nothing else. Prices here, as at any resort, are slightly higher than in city markets. The Vietnamese do not really like to bargain and are reluctant to give up a dollar or two.
But shopping in Mui Ne is almost the main entertainment in the evenings, and vacationers happily walk along the only street after dinner. In general, prices are still low and it’s hard to resist buying a beautifully packaged tea or coffee as a gift, treating yourself to a python leather wallet or an excellent ski set.
Have a nice holiday! And even wintering...
Still, the most The best way To find out what it’s like there is to fly there yourself and live for a couple of months. Just like we did, for example, when we went to.
Phan Thiet (Mui Ne) is a South Vietnamese resort, which is located on the shores of the South China Sea, which is 200 km from the capital of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). The population of the city itself is only 350 thousand people. Very often, when the resort of Phan Thiet Vietnam is mentioned, they mean Mui Ne. The tourist resort of Mui Ne is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Vietnam, it is not only a resort, but also a cape, and partly a peninsula, and the name of the city. Mui Ne Beach is located 22 km from the city of Phan Thiet and is essentially a small fishing village. The resort destination is not the cities of Phan Thiet and Mui Ne themselves, but the coastal area between these two cities, the so-called Mui Ne Beach.
Mui Ne has a very funny story. There used to be a small fishing village here. The wind constantly blows from the neighboring desert, so kitesurfers and windsurfers settled in this place 15 years ago. The village has become overgrown with hotels and restaurants. And everything was good and cool, a youth party of surfers. But then they heard about Mui Ne in Russia and now hundreds of package tourists are going to hotels on the seashore in Mui Ne. The Vietnamese quickly caught on to the trick, learned a couple of Russian words, and now Mui Ne is the tourist capital of Vietnam.
But there is one peculiarity among Russian people: they do not like national identity and do not want to integrate into the local culture. Instead, they prefer to create their own community of Russian speakers and stick to it. And this attracts even more Russian speakers who want to earn extra money in Asia, serving other Russian tourists. As a result, all foreigners are simply amazed by such places, because they do not understand how “Asian Rus'” appeared in Southeast Asia. This has its own specifics: citizens of “Asian Rus'” live as visarans and hide their work from the migration service; for many, the tourist season is a season of increased work load; the rest of the time you can master water sports and diving, get a certificate so that you can next season serve a new batch of Russian tourists as an instructor. The crisis in Russia has led to a reduction in the number of people working remotely, but it has also increased the number of people wanting to earn dollars by working as a guide, tour guide, instructor, photographer, etc.
Phan Thiet, aka Mui Ne, as you understand, is very popular among Russian tourists. Restaurants on the coast have Russian menus, staff in hotels and street shops speak some Russian, you can see signs in Russian on the streets, and agencies sell Russian-language excursions. In a resort town Mui Ne you can even see broadcasts of Russian-language films in restaurants. The tourist area is located along the entire Mui Ne Beach, and hotels are located right on the beach.
When leaving the hotel, you will immediately see the snow-white mui ne beach. Beach Phan Thiet Mui Ne is public, each hotel has its own beach area, but it is not fenced, it is not forbidden to relax in any place you like. On Mui Ne beach developed infrastructure for tourists, however nightlife near Mui Ne Hardly ever. On the beach Mui Ne you can find a huge number of establishments: a local bar street with many cafes, bars, restaurants and massage parlors, and a little away from Mui Ne beach, You can visit natural, historical and cultural attractions. On the beach Mui Ne There is everything for lovers of surfing and other water sports, and for lovers of land sports, there is, for example, a golf course. Phan Thiet Mui Ne photo:
What to visit in Vietnam Mui Ne? Phan Thiet, also known as Mui Ne, attracts surfers, windsurfers and kitesurfers from all over the world. Phan Thiet-Mui Ne resorts are considered, compared to others in Asia, to be very attractive for sports, and some consider them the best. The most popular, famous and promoted resort in Vietnam is Nha Trang, while Phan Thiet is only slightly inferior to it. Many tourists are faced with a difficult choice: what to choose, Nha Trang or Mui Ne-Phan Thiet, while the first is more interesting for lovers of nightlife and entertainment than the second. Nha Trang is big city, in which hotels are located right within the city on beach area, in Phan Thiet-Mui Ne the beach is located some distance from the big city, which, of course, is a big plus. There are more tourists in Phan Thiet and more young people who come here in search of best place for surfing. Nha Trang is a resort city, and Phan Thiet, on the contrary, is a resort on the seashore. To decide for yourself which Vietnam resort you prefer, study the reviews about Nha Trang and Phan Thiet, and you will certainly find what you like. You can go on vacation to southern Vietnam all year round, the tourist season here never ends. The so-called “high season” in Nha Trang and Phan Thiet lasts from November to April, and during the Vietnamese New Year (in February) all the hotels and beaches are crowded with the Vietnamese themselves.
Phan Thiet weather now
Mui Ne is a small village in the south of Vietnam, but it is very attractive to Russian tourists. Why? One street is about 5 km long, along which there are hotels, cafes, bokehs (restaurants with live seafood), and souvenir shops. The sea is rough, quite powerful waves and always strong wind. It’s not for nothing that Mui Ne is called a paradise for surfers (and kitesurfers): they feel good here. But why do tourists come to Mui Ne expecting beach holiday, we don’t understand this.
Nevertheless, we experienced this calm, peaceful atmosphere of Mui Ne: here you don’t want to fuss, life flows calmly and measuredly. Maybe this is precisely why our compatriots come here, neglecting the interesting, bright and beachy, but noisy and restless Nha Trang? One thing we know for sure: we couldn’t survive more than a week in Mui Ne; it’s good for recharging, but not for long-term living. Of course, this is our personal opinion, based on our rhythm of life and our interests.
Phan Thiet on the map of Vietnam:
Message Vietnam borders the South China Sea, but it behaves differently in different coastal areas. As I wrote above, this sea in Mui Ne is choppy.
The peculiarity of the location of the village is that the wind always blows here, all year round. Stronger than the wind blow in winter - this time is called “season”. In fact, it is the season for kitesurfers and surfers, who are primarily attracted to Mui Ne by this constant wind, which allows them to ride every day.
Kitesurfing schools in Mui Ne at every turn
But for ordinary tourists, the sea in Mui Ne is not very suitable: strong waves make it dangerous for swimming with children, plus kitesurfers and surfers are constantly spinning around swimmers, which is why there is a threat of getting hit on the head with a board.
In the off-season (that is, in summer), the sea in Mui Ne is calmer and the winds are not so strong. However, the sea is somewhat turbid. After rains, a lot of garbage washes up on the shore, making the beach very dirty.
The beach in Mui Ne lasts along a single street. From the beginning of the street (we will consider the part closest to the Red Dunes as the beginning) and approximately until the middle, the beach looks extremely unpresentable: just steps into the sea, without a strip of sand. There are low tides, during which you can see a thin strip of wet sand, but mostly vacationers in hotels in this area have to swim, entering the sea from the stairs.
During the day the sea reaches the steps
The other part of Mui Ne beach (which is located closer to Phan Thiet) looks pretty good: a wide strip of sand, sun loungers and umbrellas. We were on this beach in the off-season, in June, which is why the beaches are so deserted.
Every evening in Mui Ne we watched the tides, during which many beautiful shells appear on the shore.
We also noticed that there are a lot of jellyfish in Mui Ne, but in Nha Trang there are much fewer of them, and they appear quite rarely, mainly in the fall.
Despite the fact that during our stay in Mui Ne the sea was quite calm, we had no desire to go into it and swim. Fortunately, our hotel on the shore had an excellent pool. By the way, we noticed that almost all hotels on the beach in Mui Ne have a swimming pool. Maybe all the tourists vacationing in the village, like us, are saved by the pool overlooking the sea?
To be fair, it is worth saying that you can find a decent beach in Mui Ne. We read that one of these is available at the Sea Links Hotel (the same one on whose territory the Wine Castle is located).
You can choose and book a hotel in Mui Ne with good discounts here:
Mui Ne is located 220 km from Nha Trang, Phan Thiet is a little further - 240 km.
Road from Nha Trang to Mui Ne on the map:
The easiest way to get from Nha Trang to Mui Ne is by intercity bus - slipbus. A ticket for it can be bought at numerous street travel agencies in Nha Trang or at bus stations of Sinh Tourist, Hanh Café, Futa Bus, Nam Phuong. We bought a ticket from The Sinh Tourist company, the ticket for one person cost 109,000 dong ($4.6).
The bus journey takes about 5 hours, but they fly by very quickly: in the slipbus you can sit comfortably, practically lying down, sleep, read, watch interesting videos(there is free Wi-Fi). The bus makes 2 stops of 15-20 minutes each, during which you can go to the toilet, have a snack in a cafe or just stretch your legs.
Slipbus Nha Trang-Mui Ne
Traveling from Nha Trang to Mui Ne on a bike is quite difficult, and we strongly advise against overcoming this route in this way. It’s not just about fatigue, but also about the huge trucks that drive along the highway at breakneck speed, under the wheels of which our Russian guys who travel between cities on their own very often die. The Vietnamese deal with trucks very carefully; there is an unspoken rule: the larger the vehicle, the more important it is. Russians are accustomed to equal rights on the roads, and perhaps that is why everything ends tragically.
From Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet - 191 km, to Mui Ne - 214 km.
Road from Ho Chi Minh City to Mui Ne on the map:
You can get there the same way as from Nha Trang - by slipbus. Travel time and ticket price are the same: about 5 hours and 110,000 dong ($4.6).
For us, the answer to this question is obvious: of course Nha Trang! Mui Ne has only one single advantage - sparseness of people, and as a result, peace. For some, another advantage of Mui Ne, compared to Nha Trang, is the cheapness of housing. This is really true: remove small house possible for just $ 150−170.
You won’t find such prices in Nha Trang; for this amount per month you can only rent a room in a guest house. But for us this plus is not a plus, since we don’t want to live in small “Vietnam style” houses, but modern apartments V European style in Mui Ne simply not.
You can, of course, live not in Mui Ne, but in Phan Thiet itself. This city is quite modern, slightly smaller in size than Nha Trang, but with developed infrastructure: apartment buildings, shopping centers and places for walking.
Deserted main street in Mui Ne, and it's already lunchtime
Where are all the people?
And this is Phan Thiet: it’s more lively here
But all the same, Phan Thiet (and even more so Mui Ne) loses to Nha Trang by many criteria:
Gas station with chickens on the way to Phan Thiet
Phan Thiet has some nice bridges
To summarize, we see how much more advantages Nha Trang has over Mui Ne. I understand that there are people who dearly love Mui Ne for its peace and tranquility; we ourselves liked it for its tranquility. But we ourselves would choose Mui Ne only for a short-term vacation, when you just want to relax by the sea or pool. But not for a busy vacation, much less for a long life.
Watch a short video from Mui Ne:
Mui Ne is a wonderful beach holiday in a fishing village surrounded by a riot of greenery. Endless beaches, clear sea, kitesurfing... True, Russian cafes sober up from the idyll, but let’s not talk about that. The route from Mui Ne to Phan Thiet and back was definitely experienced by every tourist who vacationed in these parts. Well, I’m no exception.
There are 2 buses from Phan Thiet to Mui Ne, No. 1 and No. 9. I came across exactly 1 route every time I went to Phan Thiet, so I know exactly its route from edge to edge. In terms of travel time, the trip will take approximately 40-60 minutes, depending on where to get on and where to get off.
As such, there is no bus station in Mui Ne, so the bus from Phan Thiet reaches the Peace resort hotel, turns around and goes to reverse side. The Peace resort hotel is located on the outskirts, but is still considered part of the Mui Ne resort area:
Then the bus travels along the coast, you can board it near the hotels Full Moon Village, Mui Ne Village Resort, MaDam Cuc. Here there is no concept of a stop at all, where you stop the bus is where you get on, but with disembarkation things are more complicated. There is a conductor in the cabin, it is he who needs to be approached during stops and the more often, the more reliably. Drivers and conductors do not speak English, much less Russian. It would be appropriate to write the name of the place or hotel on a piece of paper and show it to the conductor.
Let's get back to the route. Then the bus, passing by Hon Rom, Sandunes Beach Resort along Đường Xuân Thủy, turns onto Đường Nguyễn Hữu Thọ and exits at Huỳnh Thúc Kháng. And then again along the sea through the village of Ham Tien, through numerous hotels and a golf club, the bus enters Phan Thiet. A stop near the Co.opmart shopping center is especially popular in the city:
Almost everyone gets off here, but the route does not end there; the bus then goes to the Phan Thiet Railway Station:
The final stop is the bus station:
Buses run every 20-30 minutes, sometimes less often, from 5:30 to 20:30.
The fare is paid to the conductor inside the bus.
Travel from edge to edge costs 16,000 dong (0.6 euros), from the center of Mui Ne to the center of Phan Thiet - 13,000 dong (0.5 euros), within Mui Ne - 9,000 dong (0.3 euros), within the beach area - 6,000 dong (0.2 euros). But the conductors give change at their discretion and usually charge 13,000 dong for the fare; it is impossible to explain that you need to travel 1 km.
You can rent a car in Vietnam only with a driver in travel agencies. But to travel to Phan Thiet it is easier to take a taxi, the main thing is to bargain.
The most convenient and, one might say, the only way to get from Mui Ne to Phan Thiet is by bus. From my own experience I can say: I have never seen crowded buses. There are no other ways to get there, except by sea, but this should be negotiated with the owners of boats and boats.
