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Rating: 3.6 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviews

Our own score, not an average of guest reviews

Rough seas cancel every island tour — and there is a bowling alley on the third floor of a mall on Trần Phú

City centre
Address
Two bowling alleys on the Trần Phú strip, at numbers 20 and 78-80; Jump Park at 200 Thống Nhất to the west
Opening hours
Mall hours, mostly 09:00–22:00; Jump Park publishes no clear hours, so ring ahead
Price range
Cheap (under 100k)
Best time to go
Rough days, October to December; go early, because rain fills every indoor place

Overview

Nha Trang sells the sea, so a rough day collapses the whole plan: the four-island tour is cancelled, diving is cancelled, the cable car may stop for wind. The windy months are October to December. This page lists what does not depend on the weather at all, and the most useful item is one that even locals forget.

There is a bowling alley inside a mall on Trần Phú, and almost no travel write-up mentions it. Power Bowl is on the third floor of number 20 Trần Phú — the building signed Nha Trang Center, and recorded on paper as TTTM Hoàn Cầu. On that same floor are a video arcade and a 5D cinema. The building is walkable from most hotels in town, so rain does not mean going far.

There is a second alley at Vincom Plaza Trần Phú, 78-80 Trần Phú, called SpeedBowl. Vincom keeps a page for it, so it certainly exists, but I could not confirm which floor — that page refuses access. The two buildings are about a kilometre apart on the same street, so if one is full, walk to the other.

With children, Jump Park is the clearest answer, at 200 Thống Nhất. It is the city's only trampoline park, over two thousand square metres, and beyond the trampolines there is a ball pit for small children, an indoor climbing wall and a Ninja Warrior-style obstacle course for older ones. It sits about a kilometre and a half west of the backpacker quarter, so budget a taxi.

Those three are what this page adds. The rest of a wet day the site already covers: the Oceanographic Institute with its whale skeleton, the cinemas — two of which sit inside the same buildings as the bowling above, a mud bath if you would rather be in hot water than merely indoors, and a foot massage if the group just wants to sit down.

Do this first

Three things to know first. Bowling is charged per game rather than per hour, so four people playing two games pay twice what the board says. Shoe hire is usually separate. And all three are enclosed and air-conditioned — a virtue in the rain, but it also means they are busiest on exactly the days it rains, so go early or ring ahead.

Some shops, with addresses

  • Power Bowl — tầng 3, 20 Trần Phú

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    3rd floor, TTTM Hoàn Cầu (Nha Trang Center), 20 Trần Phú, P. Nha Trang, Khánh Hoà

    The easiest alley to reach, and the thing this site's own shopping-centre page lists the building for while saying nothing about what is inside. Two first-party sources agree: the Power Bowl chain gives “3rd floor, TTTM Hoàn Cầu Nha Trang, 20 Trần Phú, Phường Nha Trang” on its own list of centres, and Nha Trang Center's own site lists “bowling, video games, 5D cinema” at the same address. Both already use the new ward name, which most directories have not caught up with.

    Reference photos from sources on the internet.

  • SpeedBowl — Vincom Plaza Trần Phú

    Vincom Plaza Trần Phú, 78-80 Trần Phú, Nha Trang, Khánh Hoà

    The second alley, about a kilometre from the first on the same street, so this is the fallback when that one is full. Vincom keeps a page for SpeedBowl in this building, so it certainly exists, but that page returns 403 and I could not confirm the floor — ask at the mall's information desk. A LOTTE Cinema is in the same building, so a wet afternoon takes two things.

  • Jump Park

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    200 Thống Nhất, P. Tây Nha Trang (Phương Sài former), Khanh Hoa

    Call 0258 6500 088

    The city's only trampoline park, over two thousand square metres: trampolines, a ball pit for small children, an indoor climbing wall and a Ninja Warrior-style obstacle course. About a kilometre and a half west of the backpacker quarter, so take a taxi. No opening hours are given: the only source I found says 05:30, which is almost certainly wrong for a trampoline park, so ring rather than trust it.

Addresses come from each shop's own Google Maps listing, and the Open map button opens that shop's pin rather than running a search. 18 shops on the site have no listing we could confirm, so they have no button: the address lookup returned a different business, and a button that points at the wrong place is worse than none. A Google score appears only when Maps carries both the score and the number of reviews — a bare average cannot be weighed, so this page leaves it out. Street-food stalls change hours and close without telling anyone; call ahead if you are travelling across town.

Worth knowing

  • Bowling on the third floor of 20 Trần Phú, beside an arcade and a 5D cinema
  • A second alley at Vincom Plaza, 78-80 Trần Phú, a kilometre away
  • Jump Park at 200 Thống Nhất is the city's only trampoline park
  • All three are enclosed and indifferent to the sea

Practical tips

  • Bowling is priced per game, not per hour — multiply before you are surprised
  • Shoe hire is usually charged on top of the game
  • A wet day is the busiest day everywhere indoors — go early
  • The two alleys are a kilometre apart on Trần Phú; if one is full, try the other

Frequently asked

Is there bowling in Nha Trang?

Yes, and both sit on Trần Phú inside malls. Power Bowl is on the third floor of 20 Trần Phú (signed Nha Trang Center) — the chain publishes that address itself, and the mall's own site lists “bowling, video games, 5D cinema”. SpeedBowl at Vincom Plaza, 78-80 Trần Phú is the second, though I could not confirm its floor.

What is there to do in Nha Trang when it rains?

The three on this page — bowling, arcades and the trampoline park — plus the Oceanographic Institute, the cinemas, a mud bath and a foot massage. For a whole wet day VinWonders has indoor sections too, though the cable car can stop in strong wind.

Which is best with children?

Jump Park at 200 Thống Nhất, the city's only trampoline park: trampolines, a ball pit for small children, a climbing wall and an obstacle course for bigger ones. It is about a kilometre and a half from the backpacker quarter, so budget a taxi. The arcade on the third floor of 20 Trần Phú is the walkable alternative, better for older children than for toddlers.

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