Mỹ Khê (China Beach), as it is called by the locals, lies just about 3 km southeast of Da Nang. It became famous with the debarkation of US Marines in March 1965 when the United States massively entered the Vietnam War. With its green water and white sand China Beach was best known as a recreational area from the hell of combat with thousands of American GIs spending their holidays swimming and surfing at these beautiful 30 kilometres of golden sand.
Nowadays, the beach is attracting not only surfers from all over the world but also tourists on their
way from Da Nang to Hoi An making a stop to bathe and enjoy the seafood, and locals trying to escape the modern-day stress. A good infrastructure, seaside hotels, restaurants and an international standard golf course were built to accommodate the domestic and foreign tourists in the area. Besides convalescence and bathing, tourists can experience some Vietnamese culture visiting the Marble Mountains with their ancient pagodas and sacred monumental caves and watching marble carvers in the stone handicraft village right at the foot of the mountains.
My Khe is just 3 km away from Da Nang's city center (Taxi: around 70, 000 Dong; motorbike: 10, 000 Dong).
