Dalat is a mountain city where the Vietnamese go for a holiday. Set in the middle of the coffee plantations the city reminded me more of a ski resort than an asian city as most vietnamese people were walking round in jackets and bobble hats as the air is cooler in the mountains.
Of course, it makes a refreshing change of climate for westerners. We could still walk around in shorts and T-shirt as their cold is our hot summer evening.
The only night life recommendation I would make is to go to a bar called Saigon Nite. This is run by a local man and his daughter, Tan, serves behind the bar. They were the nicest people we met in a month in Vietnam.Tan also spoke near perfect English which made a change after 3 weeks of hand actions and speaking slowly.
I advise spending at least a day of your holiday there.
Its well worth hiring a bike rider guide to drive you to Na Trang but make sure they have a helmet for you. Its a bit expensive at $40 a day but they will take you deep into Vietnam that are never visited by westerners. We went to a village where the children couldn't believe the size of our wrists. We must have looked like giants as we were all over six feet!
In my opinion, take a day or so in Dalat before getting a guide to take you elsewhere. Dalat is a curious town unlike any other in Vietnam and well worth a visit.
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