Lam Vien Square in Dalat: Location, History and Architecture

Lam Vien Square in Dalat or Da Lat Square is one of the most interesting and fascinating places to visit in Dalat. This place is a gathering place for all local people and tourists on the weekends in Dalat City. In this Square, there are many fun activities. As well as having a lot of street vendors, selling a variety of delicious snacks. This can be said to be unique site in this mist city.

• Address: Tran Quoc Toan Street, Ward 1, Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province
• Opening hours: Open all day
• Entrance Fee: Free of Charge
• Area: 72,405 square meters

History of Lam Vien square Dalat:

Lam Vien Square Dalat is one of the massive constructions in Lam Dong. One of the best attractions of this thousand-flower city. Square was built for 6 consecutive years to be officially put into operation. Almost anyone who has ever been to Dalat has come to this square once. This place was voted as one of the top tourist attractions not to be missed.

Lam Vien Square is built next to Xuan Huong Lake in Dalat . This place is one of the most attractive tourist attractions that visitors cannot miss when coming to Dalat. Dalat Square was built in 2009 with a total investment of 681 billion VND. It was not until 2016 that this massive work was completed. The total area of Lam Vien square is 72 thousand square meters.

The most popular point of the square that visitors love is the two massive buildings above the square. It was a giant wild flower and a giant artichoke bud. These two buildings are designed and built with colorful glass panels that look very special.

What Activities/Things to Do in the Square?

Up to now, this square is the place to organize many large and small activities in Dalat city. Such as Flower Festival , music shows, sports activities. In 2017, Lam Vien Square installed a 40 m² led screen to serve locals to watch football and cheer for the U23 Vietnamese soccer team.

On June 16, 2018 at the square, an extremely spectacular and vibrant EMD music night was held. Lam Vien Square can accommodate up to several tens of thousands of people. It can be said that the square is a place you cannot ignore when coming to Dalat. This place also has a lot of extremely beautiful photographic backgrounds.

Most tourists come to the square to admire the scenery. Enjoy a fresh and pleasant atmosphere after hard working days. In addition, Lam Vien Square is also one of the wonderful virtual living cities that you cannot ignore. Some tourists come to the park’s square to exercise, take their children out or go shopping, etc.

Architecture of Lam Vien Square in Dalat:

This square is designed and built into 4 different large and small building blocks. That is the theater building, the square and the park, the commercial and service areas. Dalat square can accommodate up to 60,000 people at a time. The surrounding square is decorated with many unique flowers with different colors.

• Giant Wild Funflower Architecture:

This can be said to be the highlight of this square project. The giant wild sunflower block is made of glass with a height of about 18 meters. The area of this cotton block is 1200 m². Based on the design, this project is designed in the form of curved roofs. The shape of the structure will be inclined to one side and the pistil will be round in the middle.

The outer edge of the flower is designed with many different yellow glass panels forming the wild sunflower petals. Visitors looking from afar will immediately realize that it is a wild sunflower. A Dalat icon that everyone loves.

Wild sunflowers are beautiful, vigorous flowers. This flower is a typical flower of this city. The inner charge of the wild sunflower block is the place for performing arts. It can accommodate up to 1,500 people at the same time. In addition here is also built and arranged a lot of very nice cafes.

• Artichoke Flower Bud Architecture:

Take a look to the side visitors will see a huge block of artichoke bud. This artichoke block is designed with many layers of thick glass with many different colors. Inside the artichoke bud block is Doha coffee shop with spacious space. These flower buds are the most beautiful object at night. The lights here will be turned on very shimmering to amaze many diners from afar.

What’s more amazing when visitors can come here to enjoy the hot cup of coffee. See the beautiful, poetic scenery of this foggy street again. Combined with a chilly atmosphere, it is just like  Korean movies . When you come here you are lost in this square. Have fun, take photos and forget the way home.

How to Get to Lam Vien Square in Dalat?

It is not too difficult to find Lam Vien square. Because it is located right in the city center. Featured with very large yellow wild sunflowers. And opposite the romantic Xuan Huong Lake.

If from the direction of Da Lat station, visitors just need to go through Quang Trung, Nguyen Trai and Yersin streets about 5 minutes to Lam Vien square. If you go from Dalat flower market, go through Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street. It only takes 5 minutes to go to Tran Quoc Toan Street where the square is located!

Adventure Journey

See Also:

• Dalat Vietnam Travel Guide - Things You Need to Know
• Best Things to Do and Places to Visit in Da Lat Vietnam