Misty highland gardens, French colonial villas and cool-weather romance in Vietnam's dreamy mountain retreat.
Vietnam's highlands deliver something your group trip probably wasn't expecting: sweaters in Southeast Asia. Dalat sits at 1,500 meters, wrapped in pine forests and morning mist thick enough to make your Instagram stories look like European postcards. The things to do in Dalat lean into the surreal—Buddhist temples shaped like chickens, French villas turned into experimental coffee shops, and waterfalls you can actually abseil down without being corralled into a tour group of 80. This is where Vietnamese honeymooners come to escape Saigon's heat. For your crew, it's a weekend with friends that trades beach hangovers for mountain air and late-night café sessions where the coffee is cold-brewed for 16 hours and costs less than a subway ride. The city rewards groups who split up and reconvene. Some of you will want to hike Langbiang Mountain at sunrise. Others will prefer stalking through flower farms and clay sculpture gardens until lunch. Everyone meets back at a bánh tráng nướng spot…