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Tuần
Châu Island
On
the south-west side of Hạ Long City it is Tuần Châu Island, a
schist island, very pretty, with a luxuriant forest. It has an
area of 220 ha, and to the east and south are two beaches endowed
with very white and fine sand. In 1962, Hồ Chí Minh visited Hạ
Long Bay and made a stop here for vacation. Nowadays, Tuần Châu
Island is one of the most attractive destinations in Hạ Long
City.
Tuần
Châu is in an important position at the entrance of the waterway
system of Thăng Long, Bặch Đằng and Vân Đồn, and
this is why it was formerly a military watch station. The Office
of Feudal Customs was also installed there.
The
island also has many archaeological sites pertaining to the
ancient Hạ Long culture from 3,000 to 5,000 years ago.
One
can go to Tuần Châu Island via the 2-km cement road from the
mainland. Investments have been poured into the island to turn it
into a modern tourist resort. It includes such fascinating extras
as the dolphin, sea lion, and seal-performing club, animal circus
club, golf court, cultural-sports center, beach, rural market,
ornamental fish lake, villas in Hill 1 and Hill 2, guesthouses,
five 80-room villas by the beach. The ensemble of five restaurants
and one round house built in the pagoda motif can serve up to 500
guests at the same time.
In
Tuần Châu, the octagonal house where President Hồ Chí Minh
rested when he visited Hạ Long now became his memorial site. Tuần
Châu Island is expeditiously putting the finishing touches to its
construction works so that they can be made available for the 2003
Hạ Long Tourism Year.
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