Cua Dai beach is the 'seaside' area of Hoi An, famous for its Ancient Town and listed as one of Vietnam's five UNESCO World Heritage sites. The beach is about 5 kilometers from Hoi An, a long swathe of soft white sand. There's a good road from the town that ends at a 'T' junction - to the left is the Son Tra peninsula near Danang. To the right, the beach sweeps hundreds of kilometers southwards to Nha Trang via Quy Nhon, approximately half-way. The right-hand side of the 'T' junction was the first to be developed. The two best resorts, the four-star Hoi An Victoria Resort and Spa and the newly-arrived Golden Sands - Hoi An's first five star resort are a kilometer or so along the beach road. A few lower standard hotels cluster nearer the junction, located on the inland side of the coast road and tourists can book online at
Đặt khách sạn. Recently, development has extended to the left. Several new hotels and resorts are already built and operating and more are planned.
All this activity has been fueled by Hoi An's inscription on the World Heritage list a few years ago. From being a quiet backwater, it's rapidly risen to prominence as a major Vietnam tourism destination. However, it's unlikely to challenge Hue or Ha Long Bay because most of its visitors are foreigners - domestic arrivals are very low by comparison. As far as Cua Dai beach is concerned, that's probably a good thing. In common with most of Vietnam, there are no 'private' beaches at Cua Dai, even though they are advertised as such by some hotels and Vietnam tour operators.