Explore Da Nang

Da Nang Cathedral, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is the seat of the Diocese of Da Nang on Trần Phú Street. The pink Gothic Revival church was built in 1923–1924 under Father Louis Vallet by craftsmen from Kim Bồng village and is locally called the Rooster Church after the weathercock on its tower; a grotto modelled on Lourdes dates from 1940.

The Museum of Cham Sculpture in Da Nang holds sculpture of the Champa kingdom, displayed by the sites where it was found, such as Mỹ Sơn, Trà Kiệu and Đồng Dương. Set up with the École française d'Extrême-Orient, it opened in 1919 in a building by Deleval and Auclair that uses Cham motifs, and was extended in the 1930s and in 2002.

Mỹ Khê Beach is a sandy beach on the East Sea along the eastern side of Da Nang, running south from the foot of the Sơn Trà peninsula. Before 1975 part of it was run by the US military as a recreation area for soldiers; today it is a central city beach for swimming, backed by a seafront road, hotels and seafood restaurants, with round coracle boats on the sand.

The Marble Mountains (Ngũ Hành Sơn) are five marble and limestone hills south-east of central Da Nang, named after the five elements: metal, water, wood, fire and earth. Visitors climb Thủy Sơn, the water mountain, by steps or lift to caves such as Huyền Không and Âm Phủ, pagodas and viewpoints; stone-carving workshops line the foot of the hills.