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‘Eat, Pray and Love’ in Huế

From Tuổi Trẻ · () Vietnamese

Translated from Vietnamese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Huế ranked sixth among Tripadvisor’s 25 most romantic honeymoon destinations for 2026.
  • The article links the city’s cuisine, spiritual spaces and romantic landscapes to the three themes of “Eat, Pray, Love.”
  • It argues that Huế needs to build on its distinctive cultural and natural assets after holiday and seasonal tourism surges fade.

Huế has been named one of the world’s leading honeymoon destinations, ranking sixth in Tripadvisor’s 2026 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Destinations list. The recognition places the former imperial capital among the 25 most romantic honeymoon destinations worldwide.

The award is based on the highest volume of outstanding reviews from travelers over a 12-month period. Tripadvisor says fewer than 1% of the more than 8 million destinations and businesses on its platform receive the Best of the Best designation.

The recognition may bring more honeymooning couples to Huế, but the city’s tourism challenge begins after the holidays and other short-lived surges have passed. Huế receives rain during almost half the year, yet the article presents that rain as part of the visitor experience rather than simply an obstacle.

The city’s appeal is compared with the journey in Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love,” later adapted into a film directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Julia Roberts. In the story, the protagonist eats in Italy, prays in India and finds love in Bali. Huế, the article suggests, brings those three pleasures together: distinctive cuisine, a spiritual landscape filled with hundreds of pagodas, meditation centers and monasteries, and romantic scenery for couples.

The article says honeymoon travel is not limited to romantic encounters. It grows from the combined atmosphere created by nature, greenery, architecture and food. Tràng Tiền Bridge, crossing the city for three centuries, is described as an emblem of Huế’s beauty. The city now needs to draw visitors more consistently from those particular qualities, especially among high-end international travelers.

The curved bridge and the straight road, all my life I have searched for where Huế is.

· Thu BồnA line of poetry used to evoke Huế’s distinctive identity and beauty.
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Originally published by Tuổi Trẻ in Vietnamese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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