10 Best Hotels in Da Lat — Vietnam's Misty Mountain Escape

We open our Dalat list with the most characterful stay in this misty hill town — Ana Mandara Villas Dalat Resort & Spa, a 5-star resort built from 17 French colonial villas of the 1920s-1930s, every one fully restored. Each villa keeps its period bones: fireplaces, claw-foot tubs and antique Indochine furniture. It sits on a hillside near Le Lai street, about 1.5 km from Xuan Huong Lake and Dalat Market — roughly a 20-minute walk downhill past old colonial houses, artichoke stalls and strawberry stands. There is a heated outdoor pool you can use even on foggy days, the full-service La Cochinchine spa, and Le Petit Dalat serving French-Vietnamese food where the set breakfast scores high. Lien Khuong Airport is about 28-30 km out and the resort runs transfers. Free Wi-Fi and free private parking round it out. Trip.com ranks it the #1 villa hotel in Dalat; real guests give it around 9.4, with rooms from about $86 a night.

Our #2 pick is the most complete lakeside resort in town — Terracotta Hotel & Resort Dalat, a large 4-star property with 315 rooms spread across a main building and bungalows on Tuyen Lam Lake, in the tourist zone south of the city. It sits right next to the Sacom Tuyen Lam golf course, about 6–7 km from downtown Dalat — a 15-minute drive to the market and Xuan Huong Lake. The draw is the natural setting: pine forest, lake, and a long list of facilities. You get an indoor pool, a health club with sauna, an outdoor tennis court, two restaurants, 24-hour room service, and a spa. It's a 3-minute drive to Truc Lam Zen Monastery and about 3 km to Datanla Waterfall, with the airport roughly 22 km out. Wi-Fi and valet parking are free; airport transfers cost extra. Guests rate it around 9.4, with rooms from about $51 a night — a strong pick for families and couples who want quiet over walkability.

Coming in at #3 is the classic downtown choice — Du Parc Hotel Dalat, a 4-star colonial hotel built in 1932 that spent years operating as the Novotel Dalat. The building blends French colonial architecture with Vietnamese character, and the most-talked-about feature is the original vintage elevator with old wrought-iron doors that still runs. It sits on Tran Phu street in the heart of town, right across from Dalat Cathedral, with Dalat Market and Xuan Huong Lake about 0.8 km away on foot. Rooms have wood floors, a safe, flat-screen satellite TV, a minibar and a kettle. There's a steam room, a gym, a restaurant serving local and international dishes, free Wi-Fi and a concierge. Real guest scores land around 8.1, with rates from roughly $40 a night — a fair price for a hotel pushing a hundred years old.

Ranked #4, Swiss-Belresort Tuyen Lam Dalat is a 4-star resort that delivers far more than its price tag suggests. It sits next to the 18-hole Sacom Tuyen Lam golf course in the Tuyen Lam Lake tourist area, about 6 km from downtown Dalat and roughly an 11-minute drive to the lake and its pier. The facilities are the draw: indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna, a spa with massage rooms, and a gym. The big convenience here is the free scheduled shuttle that runs to and from the city centre, which takes the sting out of the out-of-town location. The Truc Lam Zen Monastery is about 8.5 km away, free public parking is included, and breakfast comes with the room. Guests repeatedly praise the attentive service. Real-guest scores land around 9.4, with rooms from roughly $37 a night — a hard combination to find in Dalat.

Coming in at #5 is the central-Dalat value play: Kings Hotel Dalat, a 4-star hotel whose whole pitch is a downtown address at a price that stays low. It sits on Bui Thi Xuan street, about 1 km (roughly a 15-minute walk) from Dalat Market and Dalat Cathedral, and about 1.4 km from Xuan Huong Lake. The 95 air-conditioned rooms come with a minibar, an LCD TV and a bathroom that has both a shower and a bathtub with robes. On site there is the Buffet BBQ Hai San restaurant serving barbecue and seafood, a 24-hour reception, laundry and dry-cleaning, luggage storage, free parking and an airport shuttle. Linh Son Pagoda is about 1.1 km away. Real guest scores land around 8.1, with rates starting near $23 a night — a solid choice for anyone who wants a central base in Dalat on a modest budget.

Ranked 6th, this is the budget pick with a downtown address — La Xanh Hotel Dalat (sometimes listed as Green Leaves Hotel). It's a small 42-room budget hotel on 3 Thang 2 street in central Dalat, near the night market and just about 0.5 km from Dalat Market — a 5-minute walk — with Xuan Huong Lake roughly 0.9 km away. Rooms come with a work desk, a flat-screen TV, a private bathroom with shower, and some have a balcony. There's an on-site restaurant serving Vietnamese food, a bar, free Wi-Fi, and a concierge tour desk. One caveat: La Xanh is a fresh listing on Trip.com, so it has no guest scores yet, which means we judged it mainly on location and facilities. Rates start around $20 a night, and we'd point budget travelers who want a walkable, central base straight at it.

Coming in at #7 is the highest-rated hotel on the entire list — Diamond Hotel Dalat, a compact budget place that real guests rate around 9.8, higher than any of the bigger names above it. It sits on Hoa Binh Street in the market district, literally next to Dalat Market and the night market — about 0.2 km, a three-minute walk — and roughly 0.7 km from Xuan Huong Lake. Rooms come with flat-screen TVs, and many have fridges, daily bottled water and a small minibar. You get express check-in and check-out, free luggage storage at the counter, free Wi-Fi and free parking — a real perk in a market area where street parking is a headache. It is a small, well-run hotel rather than a resort, with that 9.8 guest score earned on cleanliness and value. Rates start around $21 a night. We'd point budget travellers who want a high-scoring base steps from the market straight here.

Sitting at #8 is the budget pick whose whole case rests on where it stands: Hotel Hoang Minh Chau Dalat, on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in the Hoa Binh quarter, right in the middle of Dalat. You're about 0.2 km from Dalat Market and roughly 0.8 km from Xuan Huong Lake, so the whole downtown core opens up on foot. The hotel runs a shuttle service, free Wi-Fi, a concierge, express check-in and check-out, and luggage storage at the desk. Check-in starts at 2:00 PM and check-out is by noon — and two things to file away: there's no breakfast and no pets. Real guest scores land around 7.5, with rates from about $37 a night. We'd point downtown-focused travellers here when the budget is tight and a missing breakfast isn't a dealbreaker.

Ranked #9, the Saphir Dalat Hotel is a 4-star French colonial building right in the middle of town on Phan Nhu Thach street. You're about 0.4 km from Dalat Market on foot and roughly 1 km from Xuan Huong Lake. What we like most is the set of features you don't usually find at this price — the hotel runs its own wine cellar, plus a restaurant, a coffee shop, a banquet hall, and a rooftop terrace that looks out over the city. There's free Wi-Fi and a tour-and-ticket booking desk, and plenty of guests single out the English-speaking staff. Real guest scores land around 7.7, with rooms starting near $27 a night. We'd point travelers here who want colonial character and a central address without paying a premium for it.

We close the list with a 3-star that earns its keep — Tulip Hotel 2 Dalat, a small hotel on Nguyen Chi Thanh street in the Hoa Binh area, right next to Dalat Market. It's about a 3-minute walk to the market and roughly 10 minutes to Dalat Cathedral, with Lam Vien Square about 1.4 km away. The case here is value: rooms come with cooked-to-order breakfast, in-room Wi-Fi, laundry facilities, a 24-hour reception, a concierge that books tours, and luggage storage. Rooms are clean and warm in a plain white-and-wood style, and guests single out the cleanliness, the location and the easygoing staff. Real guest scores sit around 9.0 (very good), with rates from roughly $31 a night. We'd point travelers here who want a clean, well-priced 3-star in the dead center of town.