Mui Ne
A kite surfer takes to the air, Mui Ne
A view up the beach, Mui Ne
Fishing boats in Mui Ne Village
The sand dunes, Mui Ne
Sunset on the beach
Mui Ne holds a lot of memories for me as it is the perfect escape from Saigon when the traffic and the noise all gets too much - if only it was just a little bit closer!
A beautiful beach with an ever-growing strip of resorts lining the coast, Mui Ne strikes a good balance between having sufficient entertainments to justify a long weekend and being overcrowded. The hotels lie between the sea and the road, with many restaurants lining the opposite side of the road.
Fortunately the majority of the resorts are low rise and well covered by plenty of lush green foilage - most have tried hard to create attractive gardens around their bungalows, and the result is that from the beach there is not too much evidence of the booming growth in hotels - it still manages to look secluded and peaceful, without a concrete block in sight.
It has a wide range of restaurants, with the local shacks providing some of the freshest, cheapest and tastiest seafood you will find in Vietnam, as well as many high-class restaurants selling top notch Italian, European, Indian and Thai cuisines.
There's plenty of bars too, and hot competition means you can often find two cocktails for $2 around sunset - a perfect way to end a gorgeous day. Some, like Jibes and Wax bar, are well connected with the watersports community and often run big beach parties on Saturday nights. The quality of music being played seems to be on the up too and it is one of the few places I have seen expats shrug off their cool and have a good dance.
There are watersports a plenty as Mui Ne has consistently good winds, and it has become the kite surfing capital of Vietnam. There's plenty of windsurfing too, and for the less adventurous of us it means plenty of visual entertainment as you watch people flying 20-30 ft into the air while sipping a cool cocktail and enjoying the breeze.
No trip to Mui Ne is complete without a trip to the sanddunes, where young children with exceptional English skills encourage you to slide down the dunes at great speed on plastic mats - its great fun but don't forget to tip the kids - the fishing village of Mui Ne is very deprived.
There's also a sandstone 'canyon' at the back of the dunes to explore, a 'fairy stream' to discover and some wild, secluded beaches if you drive up past Mui Ne to the headland, where you can see the fisherman braving the waves in their corracles.
Best hotels in Phan Thiet
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Cham Villas Hotel Phan Thiet (32 Nguyen Ninh Chieu Street Area 1 Ham Tien Ward Phan Thiet)
L'Anmien Mui Ne Spa & Resort Phan Thiet (Khu Pho 1 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St. Phan Thiet City Binh Thuan Province Vietnam)
Novotel Coralia Ocean Dunes Hotel Phan Thiet (1 Ton Duc Thang Street)
Princess D'annam Resort Phan Thiet (Ke Ga Phan Thiet Phan Thiet Vietnam)
Sailing Mui Ne Club Phan Thiet (24 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street Ham Tien Ward Mui Ne Phan Thiet VietNam.)
Victoria Beach Resort Phan Thiet (Km 9 Phu Hai)
Blue Ocean Resort Phan Thiet (54 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ham Tien)
Dynasty Beach Resort Phan Thiet (140A Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street Ham Tien Ward)
Hoang Ngoc Resort Phan Thiet (152 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ham Tien- Mui Ne Phan Thiet Vietnam)
Little Mui Ne Cottages Phan Thiet (Km18 Ham Tien Binh Thuan)
Novotel Coralia Ocean Dune Hotel Phan Thiet (Km 11.8 Ham Tien Phan Thiet City Vietnam)
Novotel Ocean Dunes & Golf Resort Phan Thiet (1 Ton Duc Thang Street)
Ocean Star Resort Phan Thiet (22 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street)
Pandanus Resort Phan Thiet (Mui Ne Phan Thiet Binh Thuan Vietnam)
Phu Hai Resort Phan Thiet (Km 8 Muine)
Romana Resort Phan Thiet (Km8 Phu Hai Ward Phan Thiet Vitenam)
Sai Gon Mui Ne Resort Phan Thiet (56 - 97 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ham Tien Ward)
Seahorse Resort Phan Thiet (Km 11 Ham Tien)
Sunny Beach Resort (61-66 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St - Ham Tien Phan Thiet Vietnam)
Terracotta Resort Phan Thiet (28 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ham Tien Ward Phan Thiet Vietnam)
White Sands Resort Phan Thiet (Mui Ne Phan Thiet Binh Thuan Province Vietnam)
Apricot Resort Phan Thiet (Ke Ga Hamlet Tan Thanh Commune Ham Thuan Phan Thiet Vietnam)
Bamboo Village Beach Resort Hotel Phan Thiet (Km 11.8 Ham Tien Phan Thiet Vietnam)
Bamboo Village Beach Spa & Resort Phan Thiet (38 Nguyen ?inh Chieu; Ham Tien)
Beach Resort Hotel Phan Thiet (18 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street)
Bon Bien Resort Phan Thiet (30 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ham Tien (Mui Ne Beach))
Coco Beach Resort Phan Thiet (58 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ward Ham Tien)
Hai Au Resort Hotel Phan Thiet (Km 18/2 Ham Tien Mui Ne Than Thiet Vitnam)
Malibu Resort Hotel Phan Thiet (Quarter 5 Mui Ne)
Palmira Resort Phan Thiet (Km 11 Ham Tien Village 3)
Saigon Mui Ne Hotel Phan Thiet (Km 12.2 Ham Tien Phan Thiet City Binh Thuan Vietnam)
Sailing Club Resort Phan Thiet (24 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ham Tien)
Sealion Beach Resort & Spa (12 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ham Tien Mui Ne Phan Thiet 062 Vietnam)
Sunsea Resort Boutique Hotel Phan Thiet (50 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Ham Tien Ward Phan Thiet City Vietnam)
Swiss Village Hotel Phan Thiet (Km12 Mui Ne Phan Thiet Binh Thuan province)
Vinh Suong Resort Phan Thiet (Km 10 N. 46 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street Mui Ne Phan Thiet Vietnam)
The Palms Hotel Phan Thiet (The 10th Green Ocean Dunes Golf Club Phan Thiet)
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