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Visit Hai Phong Astronomical Hill

Van Dau Ward, Kien An District, Hai Phong city, VietNam

Hai Phong Thien Van Hill is one of the familiar check-in places visited by many tourists. To have more Hai Phong travel experience, let’s learn about “miniature Da Lat” of the port country in the article below!

Celestial Hill

Not only possessing poetic nature, Hai Phong city also has  Thien Van hill  – a place known as a poetic land with countless beautiful ideal check-in corners. If you are planning a trip  to Hai Phong , do not forget to immediately note the extremely detailed experience of discovering Thien Van hill below.

1. Thien Van Hill – The pride of the port people

In the eyes of domestic and foreign tourists, Hai Phong is always an ideal destination in the summer with many fun activities and discoveries at famous landmarks such as Cat Ba or Do Son,… But this port town Not only the sea, in the heart of Hai Phong, there is also a very quiet place ideal for those who need a place to stop and relax, which is  Thien Van Hill .

Celestial Hill

For a long time, this Thien Van Kien An hill has been very attractive and is  a familiar check-in point in Hai Phong  for many tourists. People here also have a folk song to talk about famous landmarks in this port country: “Kien An has Ong Voi mountain, Van Uc river has Thien Van hill”. With only two short verses like that, it is enough to list how proud the people of Hai Phong are for their homeland. 

Not only that, this hill is also one of the landmarks associated with famous historical and cultural stories in the port country. With a location right in the middle of peaceful natural scenery, this place promises to be a destination not to be missed by anyone.

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2. Where is Thien Van Hill in Hai Phong?

About 10km from the city center,  Thien Van hill is located in Kien An district of Hai Phong city . According to many tourists, to get here you can choose to start from Kien An crossroads and go straight to Tran Thanh Ngo street, continue 100m to reach the Dragon gate. After that, just follow the small path towards the top of the hill, you will come to Thien Van hill. 

Because the journey up to Thien Van hill will give you many special feelings like entering a completely different world with cool, pleasant air and the silence of the pine forest. So, if you have the opportunity, try to choose the way to walk to the top of the hill to get the most complete experience.

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3. What is Thien Van hill tourism?

3.1. Visiting Phu Lien Observatory at Thien Van Hill

At Thien Van hill, there are many attractive places for tourists to explore. Among them, first of all, it is located on the top of the hill, at coordinates 113m. It is known that this place was built in 1902 when Vietnam was a colony of France. 

Over the past 120 years, until now, this work has contributed a lot to hydrological forecasting activities for the whole North of our country and is called by the local government with the name Hydrometeorological Station of the Eastern Region. North.

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Visiting the Observatory, visitors will discover the beauty of architecture built in the ancient architecture of this historical work. In particular, when standing on the Meteorological Station, you can fully admire the beautiful scenery of Thien Van Hill as well as enjoy the cool, fresh and very pleasant air.

3.2. Explore Vietnam’s astronomy museum on Thien Van hill

Located right next to the above hydrometeorological station is the Vietnam Astronomy Museum. This is the place to store a lot of valuable documents of our country that you certainly won’t find easily anywhere else.

This museum area is also likened to a panorama of the process of changing with the historical flow of the meteorology industry. With continuous development, surely any visitor to this scientific work will feel proud and admired for what our ancestors built in the past. Therefore, if you are a person who loves to explore and learn about history, this will be the ideal place that you should visit when coming to Hai Phong.

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3.3. Cycling and camping on Thien Van hill

Thanks to its cool, green pine hill and cool fresh weather like Da Lat, Thien Van Hill will be a great suggestion for you and your family to come here to visit as well as camp on hot summer days. painting. No need to wonder  what Hai Phong has to offer , coming to this hill you will be free to experience interesting activities such as cycling or camping. 

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You can contact your hill manager for bike rentals as well as hill camping. Surely the feeling of being in harmony with fresh nature when cycling uphill or experiencing with friends and family gathering together to have fun and chat on the weekend will make you more comfortable than ever. 

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