Hello everyone! How is everyone today? Hope everyone is fine and good luck in the new week. Coming to Da Nang, everyone must think of Son Tra peninsula, visiting Son Tra peninsula surely, no one should ignore the place known as the roof of Da Nang city. This is a place that evokes a bit of nostalgia during modern city life, here you will be immersed in nature. Son Tra peninsula is the pearl of Da Nang, this place is favoured by nature with many beautiful natural landscapes, many romantic beaches. Especially on the top of Son Tra mountain, there is a mysterious chessboard, which is the highest point of the Son Tra peninsula. To get to Ban Co Peak, you will have to move to the Son Tra peninsula. The top of the Chess Board has located about 20 km from the centre of Da Nang city to the west. Ban Co Peak is a famous tourist destination of Da Nang city. This place attracts a lot of young people from near and far. Not only impressed by the sincerity, simplicity, and rusticity of the local culture but also the historical legends surrounding this place, also aroused the interest of many people. The reason this place has such a name is that on the top of the mountain there is a legend, two fairies came down from the sky to play chess at the top of this mountain, there was a difficult move on the chessboard that day. There was a fairy who turned to heaven. And today, on the top of the mountain, there is a statue of a fairy sitting contemplatively playing a game of chess. Only on the chessboard did people find the solution. And from then on, this mountain will be called the top of Ban Co to this day.
Ban Co Peak is located on the top of the famous Son Tra peninsula of Da Nang, about 20 km west of Da Nang city centre, in Tho Quang ward, Son Tra district. Do you know how high the top of the Chess Board is? Ban Co Peak is Not as high as Fansipan peak, only about 700m above sea level, but this place is still considered the highest place of Da Nang city. Due to its beautiful location, this place quickly becomes a favourite place of tourists when visiting Da Nang city. This place is great to see the whole of Da Nang and is also the place to watch the most beautiful sunset and sunrise in the coastal city of Da Nang. This peak of Son Tra attracts not only Vietnamese tourists but also foreign tourists. So what is the top of the English nameplate? The answer is Ban Co Peak or many foreigners still call this place Ban Co Peak with the statue of De Thich. Currently, to get to the top of the chessboard, you will circulate traffic with many different vehicles. Be it by Taxi and Bus, or even self-driving motorbike. One small thing to note is that when coming here by motorbike, you can only use motorbikes with automatic transmission. Because the road to the top of Ban Co is quite steep, on the top of Son Tra mountain many years ago, there have been many traffic accidents. Motorcycles with automatic transmissions when travelling on this road often encounter problems with brake failure, so Da Nang city has now banned this vehicle from going to Son Tra Island. At the foothills of the Son Tra peninsula, there will be guard stations to control vehicles, allowing traffic to the top of the mountain. There are many foreign tourists when coming here often use motorbikes with automatic transmission, and this vehicle is not allowed to move further up the mountain. But don't worry, at the guard stations, there will be bus routes running at fixed times every day. You will be able to visit all the attractions of Son Tra peninsula by bus, if you do not know the way, the bus is the most expensive option for you. If you move to the top of Ban Co, you will have two different paths to reach the roof of Da Nang city. The first option is from Thuan Phuoc bridge down Yet Kieu street, then turn into the People's Army Barracks of Naval Region 3 and finally follow the trail and continue to go up to the top of the mountain. Going this way, you will see the scenery of primaeval forests along the path. This path will not be as beautiful as the path on the second road. The second option is that you will go in the direction of Linh Ung Pagoda, this road is quite bumpy due to the steep incline and bends, but the scenery along the mountainside is quite different. This road is very beautiful. You will start from the Hoang Sa sea route, you can ask people how to go to Linh Ung pagoda on Son Tra peninsula, from there follow the Hoang Sa road and at the end of this road there will be a road on the left-hand side. , to lead you to the top of the Chess Board. Depending on your preferences and physical condition, you can move in different directions to reach the top of the mountain. If you want to explore and experience the whole scenery along the way, I have advice for you, that you should go to the top of the Chessboard by the Yet Kieu road and down the mountain by the second route, this route will help you. bring many unforgettable memories in the journey to discover the Son Tra peninsula for you
After a distance of 10km from the foot of Son Tra mountain, through high slopes and dangerous bends, I also started to reach the top of Son Tra mountain in more than 60 minutes by motorbike. The way to the top of Ban Co is very beautiful and I stopped many places to take pictures. 100m from the top of the chessboard, there will be a fairly steep slope, up this high slope you can get a stone board with the words Ban Co peak, located on the right-hand side. I parked my motorbike at the bottom of Ban Co peak attraction, this area has a lot of monkeys. If you bring food and leave it on your motorbike, put food and water in your backpack if you don't want the monkeys to eat all your food. Next to the board showing the top of the Chessboard, there will be a set of stone steps. Going all the steps you will reach the top of Ban Co, the steps are quite steep and there will be houses for visitors to rest to continue climbing to the top. When climbing to the top of the Chess Board you will see a stone statue of an old man playing chess, the position of this chess game is very difficult, so look at the old man thinking thoughtfully. Visitors are very excited to take pictures with the fairy playing chess, the weather at the top is quite cool, sometimes misty clouds are passing by, making you feel cold. Strong sunlight will make the fog melt and you can easily see the whole scene around the top of Ban Co. Looking down from the top of the mountain, you will surely be overwhelmed by the enchanting beauty of the sea. Waves patted the mountainside and curled accordingly, blending with the green of the mountains and white clouds. The clouds are hovering around the high mountains, creating a romantic and impressive image. Zooming your eyes away from heaven and earth, you can admire the majestic image of Son Tra mountains and forests. In the distance, you will see the skyscrapers of Da Nang city and the bridges over the Han River, ships floating on the sea... Standing from the top of the mountain, you will enjoy a different view. The clouds will change continuously, creating a unique experience for visitors when standing from the top of Ban Co.
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