My goal with this review is simple ... I do not want one more person to make the same ( simple) mistake I made. It is easy while traveling to sit down, order a beer, and then ask the price after the fact. I got into this routine. So upon entering the Bac Ha market , there was a lady... More

The market of Bac Ha is located about 50 minutes of Sapa. It has multiple parts, sale of animals, blacksmiths, meat, fruits and vegetables as well as prepared foods, and finally, crafts, what the tourists like the most. Particularly, I love weavings and embroidery by hand. So I bought beautiful handbags, hats, bedspreads, cushion covers... Also bought a complete women... More

We visited Bac Ha market just after we arrived in Lao Cai station by the night train. We chose the local bus which is cheap, not so comfortable, but driving slowly across that land... Well, worth that. It was still early in the morning when we arrived in Bac Ha. There were only a couple of tourists then, mainly local... More

The Sunday Bac Ha market was the highlight of our 3 weeks trip to Vietnam. The swarms of Flower Hmong tribe wearing their spectacular costume is a breathtaking sight. This market offers fresh produce, meats, rice wine, livestock, pets, tribal wares and great market food too. I would highly recommend incorporating a visit to the Bac Ha market into your... More

It’s a 3 hour harrowing ride from Sapa, it’s a true experience of local culture. Rice terraces that look as if you drove into a postcard and then you start climbing up high into the hills on little one lane roads holding your breath around every corner. Come with a tough stomach as you will see a bit of everything... More

It was fun to see Bac Ha filled with the colorful costume of the flower Hmong people. The ride up to Bac Ha was not as scenic as Sapa but the market was definitely much bigger and better than the Sapa Saturday market. Sapa market was a huge disappointment with only the size of a football field and the vendors... More

We visited the Bac Ha Market as the part of our 4-days stay in the mountains. Although it was quite far from SaPa, we liked it very much! You can find there some typical souvenirs for turists but you can also find the typical market for the usual people living in that region. You can see colorful costumes of members... More

A place far from Sapa but happy to saw it, i prefered visit the catcat village because it was more quiet and authentic, there is too many people on that market and it's a market, all based on tourism (a tourist trap) where they seems to sell the same things i saw in Sapa. it was nice to see people... More

Along with many of the market tours, a boat trip is included. You are dropped off at a small village, where you can walk to a riverbank where boats are waiting to take tourists down a sandy river. Not much to see. You can avoid the walk by opting for a wooden cart pulled by a water buffalo. Skip it! More