Why this ride
A 137 km round trip from Da Nang - roughly 2 h 13 in the saddle. It goes by way of Hoi An Ancient Town, My Son Sanctuary, back through My Son Sanctuary and back through Hoi An Ancient Town.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Da Nang afternoon · My Son Sanctuary
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 137 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 13
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Hai Van Pass
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 30 km this is Hai Van Pass, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 31 km
- Named road
- Hai Van Pass
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Da Nang
Da Nang is a port city on Vietnam's central coast, with a long beach, a wide river and a skyline that has changed dramatically in a generation. Where fishing boats and a French colonial quarter once stood, towers and bridges now line the Han River, and the Dragon Bridge, opened in 2013, spans the water in the shape of a golden dragon that breathes fire and water on weekend evenings. Behind the city, the green mass of the Son Tra peninsula rises above the sea.
Read the complete Da Nang write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Da Nang is where the day begins. Next is Hoi An Ancient Town.
2. Hoi An Ancient Town
Hội An is the one old port in Vietnam that was neither flattened by war nor remodelled in concrete, and that is why people tolerate the crowds. The town lies on the Thu Bồn river a short way from the sea, about twenty-five kilometres south of Da Nang. From the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries it was a trading hub where Chinese, Japanese and later European merchants waited for the monsoon winds to turn. They left their marks in the architecture: yellow-walled Chinese assembly halls, narrow merchant houses with wooden beams, and the Japanese Covered Bridge, a small humped span that has become the town's emblem. The silt in the river eventually killed the harbour, and Da Nang took over the shipping. The decline saved the old streets, and UNESCO listed the town in 1999.
Read the complete Hoi An Ancient Town write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hoi An Ancient Town comes up 17 km in.
3. Hoi An Ancient Town
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hoi An Ancient Town write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
34 km in you reach Hoi An Ancient Town. Next is My Son Sanctuary.
4. My Son Sanctuary
My Son is a valley ringed by green hills in Quang Nam province, and the first thing that strikes you is the quiet. After the traffic of Da Nang and the tourist streets of Hoi An, a muddy path leads into a hollow where red-brick towers lean out of the trees. The temples were built by the Cham, a seafaring Hindu kingdom that ruled much of central Vietnam for over a thousand years, and who used this valley as a place for royal ceremonies and worship of Shiva.
Read the complete My Son Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
My Son Sanctuary, about halfway. Next is My Son Sanctuary.
5. My Son Sanctuary
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete My Son Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
My Son Sanctuary sits at 67 km, about halfway. Next is back through My Son Sanctuary.
6. back through My Son Sanctuary
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete My Son Sanctuary write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through My Son Sanctuary comes up 84 km in. Next is back through Hoi An Ancient Town.
7. back through Hoi An Ancient Town
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hoi An Ancient Town write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
101 km in you reach back through Hoi An Ancient Town. Next is back through Hoi An Ancient Town.
8. back through Hoi An Ancient Town
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hoi An Ancient Town write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Hoi An Ancient Town, late in the day. Next is Da Nang.
9. Da Nang
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Da Nang write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 137 km.
Leg by leg
Da Nang to Hoi An Ancient Town
Da Nang → Hoi An Ancient Town is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hoi An Ancient Town to My Son Sanctuary
Hoi An Ancient Town → My Son Sanctuary is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through My Son Sanctuary to back through Hoi An Ancient Town
back through My Son Sanctuary → back through Hoi An Ancient Town is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hoi An Ancient Town to Da Nang
back through Hoi An Ancient Town → Da Nang is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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