Skylight Nha Trang

Skylight occupies the upper floor of the Havana hotel at 38 Tran Phu, in the middle of the beach strip. The city has no other high viewpoint open to visitors: from here you get the whole six kilometres of Tran Phu beach, Hon Tre and the cable car across the bay, and to the west the ranges behind the city. That is what people pay to come up for.

The thing to check first is the hours, because the sources disagree. The venue's own listing gives 17:00 to 00:45, and closed on Mondays. Meanwhile several ticket sellers advertise a daytime window for the observation deck. From 8:00 or 8:30. Both cannot be true every day, so if you plan a daytime visit, ask before you go; in the evening, go by the venue's own hours.

There are two price levels, and it is worth picking the right one. The observation deck is the cheap one, around 50,000₫. Enough if all you want is to look at the city and take photographs. Entry to the rooftop club is about 190,000₫ and usually includes a drink. From late afternoon on this is a club in the full sense: loud, crowded, a pool in the middle, and not a place for conversation.

Said plainly so you don't spend in the wrong place: if you want a quiet evening looking at the sea, the beachside places suit you better. Skylight is for getting high up, taking a run of photographs as the light turns, and then deciding whether to stay. Arrive about forty minutes before sunset and you get both. Enough light to read the bay, and the city switching on while you are still there.

Same part of the evening: bars, karaoke and late cafés.