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Đà Lạt is the capital of Lam Dong Province, located 1500 m (4,920 ft) above sea level on the Langbian Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen). According to a myth from the French colonial era, the name derives from the acronym of the Latin phrase 'Dat Aliis Laetitiam Aliis Temperiem’ ("Giving Pleasure to Some, Freshness to Others), which the French colonial government used in their official emblem of Dalat. In reality the name derives from the language of the local ethnic group Lat and its original meaning is "Stream of the Lat".
Dalat's most famous former resident was the last Nguyen emperor, Bao Dai, whose summer palace exists today as a tourist attraction. Today Dalat is used by Vietnamese as a favorite honeymoon destination and a popular tourist destination - highly appreciated for its temperate climate, beautiful sights such as waterfalls and lakes and its abundance of flowers and vegetables. Dalat has many former colonial villas as guest houses, nice restaurants, and eighteen-hole golf course, is in the process of being transformed by the Vietnamese government into an international tourist destination.
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Dalat City History
Discovered by Dr Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943), a
protégé of the renowned French chemist Louis Pasteur who was the first person to identify the plague bacillus.
The city itself was established in 1912 and quickly became popular with Europeans as a cool retreat from the sweating heat of Saigon and Mekong Delta. In the local Lat language, Dalat means “River of the Lat Tribe”
Dalat City Climate
Dalat city is often called the City of Eternal Spring.
The average temperature is 15°C, and does not exceed 24°C in the
hottest season. Early mornings, the city arises to mystic fog over the
lake. Its temperate climate is ideal for agricultural production. The dry season runs from December to March. The rainy season is from April to November, but it is sunny most of the time. Dalat City is renowned for its orchids, roses, vegetables and fruits.
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