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Van Thuy Tu Temple

Tourist attraction Museum Place of worship

👍 They come here to pray the whale’s bones because any desire can be fulfilled. My wish has come true! :) Ticket entrance 10K but the guardian doesn’t speak English at all. The explained everything to some locals in Vietnamese. People often mention whale,


Address

54 Ngư Ông, Đức Thắng, Thành phố Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (1.2K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 9 am to 12 pm, 2 to 5 pm
  • Wednesday: 9 am to 12 pm, 2 to 5 pm
  • Thursday: 9 am to 12 pm, 2 to 5 pm
  • Friday: 9 am to 12 pm, 2 to 5 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am to 12 pm, 2 to 5 pm
  • Sunday: (Christmas Eve), 9 am to 12 pm, 2 to 5 pm, Hours might differ
  • Monday: (Christmas Day), 9 am to 12 pm, 2 to 5 pm, Hours might differ

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  • 4/5 Alice Pomiato (. 4 years ago on Google
    They come here to pray the whale’s bones because any desire can be fulfilled. My wish has come true! :) Ticket entrance 10K but the guardian doesn’t speak English at all. The explained everything to some locals in Vietnamese.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Đặng Nam L. 5 years ago on Google
    Whale !!! This is about the Bone of the whale. Apparently, long time ago, whales are worshipped as god of the sea. The fisherman has legend about it. This place used to be next to the beach but now, because the city is over-populated to the point of "invading" the beach, it is in some small roads. The bone looks amazing, giving the feel of something enormous, powerful and mysterious for its sea characteristic. Downside is that they only exhibit the biggest here. One biggest bone. One.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Linh P. 6 years ago on Google
    Here keeps the biggest whale bone in Vietnam and South East Asia as well. There are about over 100 whale bones here and they date from 100 to 200 years. And it's very nice to hear the story about the biggest whale long time ago. You have to buy ticket at entrance, just cost you 20.000 VND, less than 1$.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Quý Khôi Nguyễn (Kaden N. 5 years ago on Google
    The whale's skeleton is enormous. Found by fishermen in more than 200 years ago, it is preserved with chemicals and carefully reinforced with steel bars. Therefore, it's understandable that there is some urine odor when you are close to the skeleton. In the temple, alongside Asian altars, you will see myriad bones of other whales behind the glass door. Overall, the experience I had was great. I'd love to visit this place again in the future.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Petr V. 5 years ago on Google
    I cannot believe it has such a high rating. The muzeum literally consists of ONE sculpture. You just pay, have a look and go. I would call it a huge TRAP! People who give away high ratings to this place are just trolling other people, who are about to decide if they visit this place. This is only possible in Southeast Asia.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hanh V. 5 years ago on Google
    Nice Historial attraction in Phan Thiet City. Ticket is vnd 15,000 for adults and vnd 7,500 for children. Has Vietnamese speaking tour guide

  • 5/5 Max l. 3 years ago on Google
    Whats not to love? Giant bone whale is cool. But that is the only thing to love, everything else was meh.

  • 5/5 Khoa T. 3 years ago on Google
    Came for the enormous whale skeleton but got an interesting lesson (in Vietnamese of course) about the history of the temple and the belief of fishermen on the whale deity. If you are interested in culture and history then this place is recommended.

  • 4/5 Roger L. 2 years ago on Google
    Historical feeling with whale bones

  • 3/5 I. S. 4 years ago on Google
    It was impossible to get inside. We have got the information on Google that the temple starts to work at 2 p.m. But when we came there it was closed. Some people in the streets said that it starts working at 3 p.m. But we've decided not to wait. May be the next time we will be more lucky.

  • 4/5 Khắc H. 5 years ago on Google
    It's ok, expected more but it is exactly what they mentioned. here goes


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