﻿{"id":4809,"date":"2015-11-06T00:53:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T00:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T08:20:00","slug":"phu-quoc-pearl-island-of-vietnam-attractions-and-specialties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/phu-quoc-pearl-island-of-vietnam-attractions-and-specialties\/","title":{"rendered":"Phu Quoc \u2013 Pearl island of Vietnam. Attractions and specialties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Phu Quoc \u2013 Vietnam, Pearl Island<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Phu Quoc<\/b>\u00a0is known as the pearl island, it wins many tourists\u2019 favours to be called \u201cthe heaven on earth\u201d. the island is the largest island in Vietnam, formed in Kien Giang Province, located in the Southwest of the country, being about 120km from Rach Gia<\/p>\n<p><b>Phu Quoc island<\/b>\u00a0has cool weather all the year with an average temperature of around 28 degrees Celsius, a tropical monsoon climate \u00a0which is divided into two distinct seasons: the dry season and the rainy season. Gifted the beautiful weather, calm sea, and a few rainy days,\u2026 Phu Quoc is the ideal destination for those who are planing to go travel somewhere fantasic.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><b>Phu Quoc Landscapes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Dinh Cau<\/b>\u00a0is located on a cliff in a turtle shape facing the sea, 200m from Duong Dong bustling town. Dinh Cau is the holy place to the people on the island where is the top place to be discovered.<\/p>\n<p><b>Eastern Island<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2. Ham Ninh fishing village<\/b>\u00a0is an ancient village nestled at the foot of Ham Ninh towering mountains, facing the immense sea. Come to Ham Ninh you will experience life intacting pristine rustic cottages with bamboo walls, and warm hearted people here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/23_big.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4892\" src=\"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/23_big.jpg\" alt=\"23_big\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3. Painting stream<\/b>\u00a0is a famous tourist resort in Phu Quoc closed to Duong Dong town center 9km. Visitors can enjoy the picturesque charming natural or immerse in fresh and cool water, and even surrounded by green trees and fragrant grass\u2026 Perhaps this is the reson why the stream is known as Painting<\/p>\n<p><b>4. Phu Quoc fish sauce craft village<\/b>\u00a0where produce excellent fish sauce, which are popular in Vietnam and around the world. Coming to the village, you will be overwhelmed by the massive system of barrel house producing millions of liters of fish sauce every year.<br \/>\n<b>Northern island<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>5. Phu Quoc ridgeback dog camp<\/b>\u00a0is a place fostering the extremely precious and rare ridgeback dog which are endemic to Phu Quoc. The dog was dubbed the \u201cWest Fire wolf\u201d or \u201cdog king\u201d. Ridgebacks are famous for muscular body with bouncing breasts, and slim waist. Especially by owning the webbed feet like ducks, they have very good swimming ability.<\/p>\n<p><b>6. Phu Quoc Pepper Garden<\/b>, tourist can easily find out and visit the garden on the way to the north of the island, it is the largest pepper garden in the Mekong River delta. Pepper planted in Phu Quoc especially red pepper is extremely spicy and strong flavor than pepper grown in other countries, so this place is also known as the \u201ckingdom of pepper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>7. Phu Quoc National Park<\/b>\u00a0is one of the few National Parks of South remains intact primeval jungle, where even converging with the natural beauty of forests, ocean, streams, waterfalls mountains, and hills. Phu Quoc Nation Park has proved itself to be the good destination, an extremely interesting places that tourists should not miss when coming to the island.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>8. Ganh Dau<\/b>\u00a0is a very attractive tourist destination of Phu Quoc by natural characteristic of pristine mountains and forests, with gentle patting green waves, seen the bottom through pure water, the beach curving crescent moon shape with fine sand stretched for kilometers creating a peaceful scene, dispelling tiredness of the long journey of tourists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/baisao.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4856\" src=\"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/baisao.jpg\" alt=\"baisao\" width=\"550\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Southern island<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>9. Exhibition areas and pearl farming on Phu Quoc<\/b>. With the favorable conditions bestowed, Phu Quoc is the birthplace of the best pearls in the world. Visitors will have been stunned by the beautiful iridescent pearls from the essence of the sea and Phu Quoc.<\/p>\n<p><b>10. Phu Quoc prison\u00a0<\/b>(or\u00a0<b>Coconut Tree prision<\/b>) is a part of Vietnam history, a relic exhibiting many objects showing about Vietnamese prisoners suffering from French and American rule that you should not visit if you are timid. This prison is the place to detain Vietnamese revolutionary fighters. It has ever detained 40,000 soldiers. The prision used barbaric medieval forms of torture for important Vietnamese political prisoners such as: perforated teeth, tiger cages, crucified, baked, or buried alive \u2026<\/p>\n<p><b>11. Bai Sao beach\u00a0<\/b>(<b>Star beach<\/b>) in An Thoi town is the most beautiful beach in Phu Quoc Island, was considered one of the beautiful and pristine beaches in the world with fresh cool air from the sea and the white smooth as cream sandy beach, gently curved shape moon over 7km stretch what indisputably make the beach becoming the best beach all over the island.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/54b644b355754db87e5606177d931c7d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4855\" src=\"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/54b644b355754db87e5606177d931c7d.jpg\" alt=\"54b644b355754db87e5606177d931c7d\" width=\"480\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Phu Quoc Specialties<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Herring salad<\/b>\u00a0is the cuisine pride of Phu Quoc people, a very famous Phu Quoc\u2019s traditional food coming along with the special and common fish- herring. the dish served with Phu Quoc homemade rice paper and fish sauce creates the heaven taste for those who once try the herring salad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4600\" src=\"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vop1403680142.jpg\" alt=\"vop1403680142\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vop1403680142.jpg 800w, https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vop1403680142-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2. Nhum\u00a0<\/b>(<b>sea-urchin<\/b>) is tasty and healthy. It is not only a original dish of \u00a0Phu Quoc, but also virility and kidney tonic, \u2026 very good for men.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. Baked egg squid<\/b>\u00a0is idyllic and rustic dish of Phu Quoc people.<\/p>\n<p><b>4. Sim wine<\/b>, a specialty of Phu Quoc made from ripe red sim fruit only growing in Phu Quoc, is popular with a lot of the tourists who have ever visisted Phu Quoc Island as it provides the very fantactic taste which is pretty similar to cocktails.<\/p>\n<p><b>5. Crab pudding<\/b>, a very hot dish of the pearl island, it is worth for those who are gourmet to try.<\/p>\n<p><b>6. Ham Ninh swimming crab<\/b>, famous taste of Ham Ninh fishing village.<\/p>\n<p><b>7. Coi Bien Mai salt and chill grilled<\/b>: Coi Bien mai is the muscle layer connecting two pieces of Bien mai oyster shell, the cream of the species.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>8. Phu Quoc fish sauce<\/b>\u00a0is a delicious renowned specialty of this beautiful island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phu Quoc \u2013 Vietnam, Pearl Island Phu Quoc\u00a0is known as the pearl island, it wins many tourists\u2019 favours to be called \u201cthe heaven on earth\u201d. the island is the largest island in Vietnam, formed in Kien Giang Province, located in the Southwest of the country, being about 120km from Rach Gia Phu Quoc island\u00a0has cool weather all the year with an average temperature of around 28 degrees Celsius, a tropical monsoon climate \u00a0which is divided into two distinct seasons: the dry season and the rainy season. Gifted the beautiful weather, calm sea, and a few rainy days,\u2026 Phu Quoc is the ideal destination for those who are planing to go travel somewhere fantasic. Phu Quoc Landscapes 1. Dinh Cau\u00a0is located on a cliff in a turtle shape facing the sea, 200m from Duong Dong bustling town. Dinh Cau is the holy place to the people on the island where is the top place to be discovered. Eastern Island 2. Ham Ninh fishing village\u00a0is an ancient village nestled at the foot of Ham Ninh towering mountains, facing the immense sea. Come to Ham Ninh you will experience life intacting pristine rustic cottages with bamboo walls, and warm hearted people here. 3. Painting stream\u00a0is a famous tourist resort in Phu Quoc closed to Duong Dong town center 9km. Visitors can enjoy the picturesque charming natural or immerse in fresh and cool water, and even surrounded by green trees and fragrant grass\u2026 Perhaps this is the reson why the stream is known as Painting 4. Phu Quoc fish sauce craft village\u00a0where produce excellent fish sauce, which are popular in Vietnam and around the world. Coming to the village, you will be overwhelmed by the massive system of barrel house producing millions of liters of fish sauce every year. Northern island 5. Phu Quoc ridgeback dog camp\u00a0is a place fostering the extremely precious and rare ridgeback dog which are endemic to Phu Quoc. The dog was dubbed the \u201cWest Fire wolf\u201d or \u201cdog king\u201d. Ridgebacks are famous for muscular body with bouncing breasts, and slim waist. Especially by owning the webbed feet like ducks, they have very good swimming ability. 6. Phu Quoc Pepper Garden, tourist can easily find out and visit the garden on the way to the north of the island, it is the largest pepper garden in the Mekong River delta. Pepper planted in Phu Quoc especially red pepper is extremely spicy and strong flavor than pepper grown in other countries, so this place is also known as the \u201ckingdom of pepper.\u201d 7. Phu Quoc National Park\u00a0is one of the few National Parks of South remains intact primeval jungle, where even converging with the natural beauty of forests, ocean, streams, waterfalls mountains, and hills. Phu Quoc Nation Park has proved itself to be the good destination, an extremely interesting places that tourists should not miss when coming to the island. &nbsp; 8. Ganh Dau\u00a0is a very attractive tourist destination of Phu Quoc by natural characteristic of pristine mountains and forests, with gentle patting green waves, seen the bottom through pure water, the beach curving crescent moon shape with fine sand stretched for kilometers creating a peaceful scene, dispelling tiredness of the long journey of tourists. &nbsp; Southern island 9. Exhibition areas and pearl farming on Phu Quoc. With the favorable conditions bestowed, Phu Quoc is the birthplace of the best pearls in the world. Visitors will have been stunned by the beautiful iridescent pearls from the essence of the sea and Phu Quoc. 10. Phu Quoc prison\u00a0(or\u00a0Coconut Tree prision) is a part of Vietnam history, a relic exhibiting many objects showing about Vietnamese prisoners suffering from French and American rule that you should not visit if you are timid. This prison is the place to detain Vietnamese revolutionary fighters. It has ever detained 40,000 soldiers. The prision used barbaric medieval forms of torture for important Vietnamese political prisoners such as: perforated teeth, tiger cages, crucified, baked, or buried alive \u2026 11. Bai Sao beach\u00a0(Star beach) in An Thoi town is the most beautiful beach in Phu Quoc Island, was considered one of the beautiful and pristine beaches in the world with fresh cool air from the sea and the white smooth as cream sandy beach, gently curved shape moon over 7km stretch what indisputably make the beach becoming the best beach all over the island. Phu Quoc Specialties 1. Herring salad\u00a0is the cuisine pride of Phu Quoc people, a very famous Phu Quoc\u2019s traditional food coming along with the special and common fish- herring. the dish served with Phu Quoc homemade rice paper and fish sauce creates the heaven taste for those who once try the herring salad. 2. Nhum\u00a0(sea-urchin) is tasty and healthy. It is not only a original dish of \u00a0Phu Quoc, but also virility and kidney tonic, \u2026 very good for men. 3. Baked egg squid\u00a0is idyllic and rustic dish of Phu Quoc people. 4. Sim wine, a specialty of Phu Quoc made from ripe red sim fruit only growing in Phu Quoc, is popular with a lot of the tourists who have ever visisted Phu Quoc Island as it provides the very fantactic taste which is pretty similar to cocktails. 5. Crab pudding, a very hot dish of the pearl island, it is worth for those who are gourmet to try. 6. Ham Ninh swimming crab, famous taste of Ham Ninh fishing village. 7. Coi Bien Mai salt and chill grilled: Coi Bien mai is the muscle layer connecting two pieces of Bien mai oyster shell, the cream of the species. &nbsp; 8. Phu Quoc fish sauce\u00a0is a delicious renowned specialty of this beautiful island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[105,158,157,142,159,155],"yst_prominent_words":[589,585,593,591,578,580,579,490,487,417,491,587,328,581,577,369,584,342,582,380],"class_list":["post-4809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phu-quoc-travel-guide","tag-phu-quoc-island","tag-phu-quoc-island-pearl","tag-phu-quoc-pearl","tag-phu-quoc-tour","tag-phu-quoc-trvel","tag-phu-quoc-viet-nam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4809"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phuquocxanh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}