Da Nang airport to your hotel: ten minutes, one decision

To An Thuong

6.0 km / 10 minMeasured on OSRM

The numbers

Da Nang's international terminal sits on the west bank of the Han River, inside the city rather than out on a ring road. From arrivals to the beach strip at My Khe and An Thuong is 6.0 km, about ten minutes outside rush hour.

Three ways out of arrivals

The taxi rank is outside the terminal and metered; the Grab pick-up point is signed and usually a short walk further out. Both are normal. The third option — a hotel transfer — is worth it only if you land after midnight or you are going straight to Hoi An.

We do not publish fares. They move with hour, demand and the app; a number printed here would be wrong by the time you land. What stays true is the distance: six kilometres, ten minutes, and a meter that starts before the car moves.

Three things to settle before you leave arrivals

• Cash. A little, for the transfer and the first coffee. Not a lot — the city runs on small notes.
• Data. A local eSIM or a roaming plan, because the app that calls the car needs it.
• The hotel's exact address in Vietnamese. 'My Khe' is a beach, not an address.

The last one is the one that goes wrong. Hotel names repeat across districts and a driver who hears "An Thuong" will take you to the street, not to the door. Have the address saved as text or a screenshot.

Where you are actually going

Two bases matter. The beach strip at My Khe and An Thuong is 6 km from the terminal, walkable to the sand, and close to the restaurants most visitors end up eating in.

The river side, around Han Market and the Dragon Bridge, is 3.5 km from the terminal and a different holiday: markets, museums, the bridge show at 21:00 on weekend nights, and a short ride to the beach when you want it.

If you land in the evening, the bridge show is the one thing worth timing: 21:00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, two minutes of fire and three of water, and it is 6.3 km from the airport.

Bags, and the two hours after landing

Most hotels on the beach strip and the river side will hold bags before check-in, which turns an early landing into a usable morning. Confirm it when you book rather than at the desk, because it is the difference between a day and a queue. If you are heading straight out to a service, you can leave a suitcase or bag at our salon while it is done.

The airport is small enough that the walk from the gate to the exit is short, and big enough that the taxi rank is a scrum after a wide-body lands. If two flights arrive together, the app usually beats the rank.

If your flight lands after 22:00, book the transfer in the app before you board — the price is fixed, and you are not negotiating a meter at midnight with a suitcase.

A rest hour near the end of the day

LENA Nails & Beauty (our salon)

A landing, a suitcase and a queue: the hour after arrival is not the hour for a salon.

The Deluxe Foot Spa is 300,000₫ (about 12 USD): shaping, cuticle work, heel scrub, dead skin removal, a hot towel and a cream massage, with no soak. The VIP 4-in-1 at 400,000₫ (about 16 USD) adds the soak in a single-use liner, a salt scrub, mud mask and lotion, with five scents. Staff speak English and Vietnamese; open 8:30–20:30.

Deluxe Foot Spa300,000₫

VIP 4-in-1 Foot Spa400,000₫

Manicure + gel polish230,000₫

• 89 Pham Tu, Son Tra
• 211/88 Nguyen Van Thoai, An Hai
• 34 An Thuong 3, An Thuong
• Open daily 8:30–20:30

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Prices from the salon's menu of 1 November 2026. USD figures use 25,000₫ = 1 USD.

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