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Some 8 km away from the Băi Cháy
Tourist Wharf, Tuần Châu is a sandy
artificial beach which stretches over 3
km.
Heading to the holiday resort in Tuần
Châu Island Resort, besides swimming,
tourists can enjoy such fascinating
extras as sightseeing, entertainment,
and sports activities, including
climbing or camping in the eco-tourism
zone.
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
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