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When exploring Da Lat, besides enjoying the scenic views and savoring unique cuisines, it's a must to pick up some meaningful souvenirs for your loved ones. Let's check out the enticing and meaningful gift ideas.
1. Fire-painted and wood-engraved artworks
Fire-painted and wood-engraved artworks showcase the artistic talent of Da Lat locals. With just a small saw and a piece of wood, artisans can create intricate depictions of natural landscapes. You can also request custom engravings based on your preferences. These artworks are widely available in the Hoa Binh area. Note that when buying Da Lat souvenirs, it's recommended to visit specialized stores for the most beautiful and unique pieces.
Fire-painted artwork, a cherished souvenir from Da Lat (image source)
Explore the best places to buy souvenirs in Da Lat specializing in fire-painted, wood-engraved, and embroidered artworks:
Kỷ Vọng Embroidery: 10 Trương Công Định, Da Lat City
Thu Ha Embroidery: 2 Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Da Lat City
2. Silk from Da Lat
Silk from Da Lat (image source)
One of the must-have souvenirs from Da Lat is silk. This gift embodies the essence of the highland region. The soft and smooth silk fabric adds beauty to clothing or warm scarves. It's a meaningful souvenir expressing affection for your loved ones. When buying Da Lat silk, rest assured about the authenticity as most of it comes from the silk of silkworms raised in the Lâm Viên highland. The Da Lat market offers a wide variety of silk with diverse designs and affordable prices.
3. Da Lat Fruits
Strawberries from Da Lat are a popular choice among tourists (image source)
Along with Da Lat souvenirs, you can buy fresh and delicious fruits as gifts for your loved ones. Renowned for freshness, the varieties like peaches, avocados, woolly peaches, strawberries, mulberries, and Laba bananas are irresistible specialties after every visit to Da Lat. To purchase fresh fruits at reasonable prices, wake up early and stroll around the Da Lat market or visit fruit orchards to buy directly from the gardens.
4. Da Lat Preserves
Similar to fresh fruits, preserves are a distinctive gift from Da Lat. Blessed by nature and favorable weather for a variety of delicious fruits, there is a wide range of preserves available. Currently, Da Lat offers many types of preserves such as rose preserves, strawberry preserves, kiwi preserves, crunchy persimmon preserves, sweet potato preserves, and more.
Assorted Da Lat preserves are irresistibly tempting (image source)
Phuong Lan Strawberry Preserve Oven: 48 Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Da Lat City. Below are reliable shopping spots where you can purchase the most guaranteed preserves:
Kieu Giang Preserve Oven: 223 Bis Mai Anh Dao (Opposite Dream Hill Tourism Area), Da Lat City.
5. Dried Flowers
Known as the City of a Thousand Flowers, Da Lat offers a rich variety of dried flowers, with the most popular choice being vibrant bouquets, also known as everlasting flowers. These are expertly arranged, creating a sophisticated and colorful display. This is considered a souvenir from Da Lat closely tied to the image of the City of a Thousand Flowers.
Dried flowers are an essential souvenir when visiting Da Lat (image source)
In addition to buying pre-arranged everlasting flowers, you can also create your own bouquet to display or gift to loved ones. Dried flowers are available for purchase at the Da Lat night market and in Da Lat Park.
6. Artichoke Tea
Artichoke Tea is widely available at the Da Lat market (image source)
Artichoke Tea is a favored gift among many tourists. Cultivated in the outskirts of Da Lat, it is known for its diuretic properties beneficial for those with liver and gallbladder issues. This has prompted travelers to seek out this tea when visiting Da Lat. Artichoke Tea is sold abundantly at the Da Lat night market, Xuan Huong Park, providing convenience for visitors to explore and shop.
The go-to places for purchasing Artichoke Tea are the Da Lat market and the store Artichoke Tea Dat Viet located at 1C Nguyen Khuyen, Da Lat.
7. Woolen Items
Alongside preserves, woolen items are the most prominently displayed products at Da Lat market. The perennial cool weather in Da Lat makes it a hub for various woolen items, including beautiful souvenir pieces made of wool.
Da Lat offers numerous souvenir items made of wool (image source)
With a wide range of cute and diverse designs, including sweaters, gloves, socks, and scarves, woolen items in Da Lat are undoubtedly some of the must-have souvenirs if you want to gift your loved ones.
Popular places to buy woolen items include Dalat Market, New Dalat Market, and various shops along Bui Thi Xuan, Hoang Dieu, 3/2 Street, etc.
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8. Da Lat Wine
Becoming a local brand in Dalat since the late 90s, Da Lat wine is an unforgettable gift if you intend to buy something for your loved ones. Da Lat wine is made from strawberries, grapes, and some tropical fruits grown abundantly in Da Lat. Perhaps it is for this reason that Da Lat wine has become a famous brand that can be compared to some other wine brands worldwide.
Indulge in the unique specialty of Dalat wine (image source)
Enjoying Da Lat wine in the crisp weather makes tourists feel quite satisfied, prompting them to purchase the unique specialty of this mountainous city to share with their friends and family.
