Where to stay

On Doc Let itself. Sand that shelves so gently you wade out waist-deep

On Bai Dai, about 4 km from Cam Ranh airport. The closest of this group

Twelve pools, a water park, an 800 m beach, a cinema and mini golf

08 Tran Phu at the southern end. Near the island port, with a jacuzzi suite

A small hillside resort at Bai Dong in the south. Genuinely private

Apartments with kitchens on the seafront. Not a hotel, and that is the point

86A Tran Phu. Most rooms face the sea, and there is a kids' club

Bai Dai, lot D4C. The top international brand on this beach

On the Tran Phu seafront among the five-stars, without the five-star rate

Bai Dai, 5 km from the airport. Spa included, breakfast whenever you like

277 rooms on the Tran Phu seafront. Step out onto the sand

South Nha Trang beside the Diamond Bay golf course. Nearer town than Bai Dai

Km11 Nguyen Tat Thanh on Bai Dai. Two pools, a private beach, a playground

Serviced apartments on the seafront. A kitchen, but a front desk too

14 Duong De. 105 rooms and villas, a private beach, and a brewery on site

Fifty bungalows on the Bai Dai sand. Low-rise, not a resort tower

An on-site water park, open in a morning and an afternoon session

Pham Van Dong. 40 m² at the smallest, a 600 m² pool, private sand onto the bay

12–14 Tran Phu. Indochine architecture, 125 rooms, nearly all facing the sea

72–74 Tran Phu, the same address as Sailing Club, and the sand below it

44 Tran Phu, 434 rooms. Every category has floor-to-ceiling glass and a balcony

200 rooms on Bai Dai. Much smaller than its neighbours, which is the point

A 27th-floor restaurant and a jjimjilbang, with apartment-style rooms too

1,221 rooms beside Vincom. The largest hotel here, and central

23 Hung Vuong. A 21st-floor sky bar and an infinity pool, in the backpacker quarter

5B Pham Van Dong. The smallest room is 28 m², and there is a shuttle into town

70 Dong Da. 107 rooms with balconies, a sky bar and a rooftop infinity pool

A private bay reachable only by boat. The most secluded option in the region

9 Hoang Dieu. One block back from Tran Phu, and still two minutes to the sand

96B Tran Phu. 145 rooms over 20 floors, two minutes from the sand

14 Hung Vuong in the backpacker quarter. Food the moment you step out

Bai Dai, 7 km from the airport. Beachfront villas with their own pools

10–12 Tran Phu at the southern end. Near the island port, away from the crowd

Bai Dai. 207 rooms and suites, 19 of them pool villas

78–80 Tran Phu, 895 rooms. The Vinpearl in town, not the one on the island

289 Nguyen Thien Thuat. Inland, beside where Nha Trang actually eats breakfast

A 6th-floor infinity pool, six restaurants and bars, and Vietnam's first cooking school

Small hotels and hostels from 200,000₫, three minutes' walk from the sand

Island villas, just a 7–10 minute boat ride from shore

Central, close to Tran Phu, sensibly priced

96/12 Tran Phu. In the lane just behind the seafront, with a rooftop pool

Bai Dai. A condotel, not a hotel: what you get depends on the unit

A north-shore hotel 300 m from Hon Chong. Quieter than the strip, mid-range

On the Tran Phu seafront, sea-view doubles around a million đồng