Experience the best of Qui Nhon

Quy Nhơn lies on the South Central Coast of Vietnam, in Bình Định province, around a curving bay, with a working fishing and cargo port and a long city beach. The area was once the heart of the Cham kingdom of Vijaya, and brick towers of the Cham, such as the Twin Towers in the city and the Bánh Ít towers on a hill to the north, still stand.

The coast north-east of town has rocky headlands, such as Eo Gió, a curved peninsula with a cliffside walkway, and Kỳ Co, a crescent beach with clear turquoise water. At Ghềnh Ráng, on the other side of the city, a shore of boulders is the resting place of the poet Hàn Mặc Tử. Bình Định is also known as the land of martial arts, tied to the Tây Sơn rebels of the eighteenth century.

Bánh xèo tôm nhảy, a crisp pancake with small shrimp, bún chả cá, noodles in fish-cake broth, and fresh seafood from the bay fill the eating houses. Rain falls mostly from September to December, and the beaches are at their best in the drier months before that.