Long Dien Son Park captivates visitors with its romantic scenery.

From a four storied bar inside a man-built mountain to children’s games, the Long Dien Son Tourist Park is focused on entertainment, the bonus is the natural beauty of its setting.

It is a beautiful, calm sight that makes one want to watch it without doing anything else.

Thu Thao has visited the place twice. “At Long Dien Son [tourist park], the most beautiful part is the bridge at night. From a distance it looks like there are two twinkling bridges. It looks very romantic.”

The lake with reddish yellow water, a specific characteristic of basalt soil in this area, stands in the center of the park.

The bridge connects the mainland with the artificial Long An Mountain that is itself lit with lights that cast a yellow glow on the green trees that surround it.

Inside the artificial mountain is a four-story high bar that can host 500 guests at a time. This place is most crowded on Saturdays and Sundays.

The bar entertains guests with laser lighting and dance music that appeal particularly to young people.

In contrast to the bar, nha ruong (a timber house with carvings on the pillars and rafters) stand at the foot of the mountain. Here the ambience is soft, from the lighting to the music, and these houses are a good place to unwind from the stress and worries of everyday work.

It takes about 10 minutes by bus from the center of Tay Ninh Town to get to the Long Dien Son Tourist Park, Ba Den Mountain and the Tay Ninh Holy See. These are places that have made Tay Ninh Province a popular tourism and entertainment hotspot.

Sprawled over 26 hectares, the Long Dien Son Tourist Park is clearly the most famous resort in Tay Ninh.

It offers wide open green spaces to go camping and enjoy several outdoor activities.

Apart from the mountainside bar, the park serves more than 300 Vietnamese, Asian and European dishes, including specialties like the baked banana cake; the mountain-gecko spring roll and steamed snail with ginger.

Food and beverages at the park are very reasonably priced, ranging from VND8,000-30,000 (US$0.45- 1.70) for drinks and VND5,000- 50,000 ($0.30-2.80) for cooking.

Long Dien Son has a buffet on Saturday and Sunday evenings that has proved to be very popular.

One guest said, “Dishes here are delicious. And the cutlery is clean, making us feel good when eating here.”

Nguyen Van Nung, general director of Long Dien Son Tourist Park, said, “Buffet is a focus point of the park. On weekends, many visitors come here to enjoy and relax.”

The 100-room Hoa Sen Hotel in the Long Dien Son Tourist Park is a comfortable place to stay. Each room has an area of 35 square meters and is elegantly designed.

There are two kinds of rooms: a superior room is priced at VND320,000 ($18) and a deluxe room at VND427,000 ($24) per night. At present, the park is offering a 40-percent discount for visitors.

The Long Dien Son Tourist Park also organizes weddings, banquets and conferences.

At the entrance to the Long Dien Son Tourist Park stand 12 animals statues of the Chinese zodiac holding gold coins, symbolizing prosperity.

The park also has several games for children to keep them busy and hosts several concerts a week. Recently, it became the first place in the province to present flamenco music performances at night.

Reported by Nam Duong