My Son Sanctuary sits in a closed valley ringed by mountains, in Thu Bon commune, Da Nang city. Its management board describes more than 70 temple-tower structures of the Champa civilisation, built over nine centuries, from the 4th to the 13th. UNESCO added My Son to the World Heritage List on 4 December 1999.
The towers are grouped and labelled by letter, and the board's visitor guide uses those letters to say where the shows take place.
Getting there
The board puts My Son 45 km from Hoi An Ancient Town and 68 km from Da Nang city; those are its own figures. In a straight line on map coordinates it is about 25 km from the Ancient Town and about 32 km from Da Nang International Airport, so expect the drive to be well over the map distance.
Your ticket includes the site's electric shuttle, and the guide desk is at the shuttle stop.
Hours and fees
| What | Hours |
|---|---|
| Site open for visits | 06:00 to 18:00 |
| Ticket sales | 06:00 to 17:00 |
| My Son museum | 06:00 to 17:00 |
| Ticket | Price page | Online counter, checked 8 October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign visitor | VND 150,000 | VND 148,000 |
| Vietnamese visitor | VND 100,000 | VND 99,000 |
| Child aged 5 to 15 (visitor guide) | VND 30,000 | Not sold online |
The board's visitor guide says the ticket covers the museum, the electric shuttle, the Cham folk performances and the ruins themselves. A guide costs VND 100,000 per guide ticket; one ticket covers one to five visitors.
Da Nang city council Resolution 98/2026/NQ-HĐND, in force from 10 August 2026, sets the sightseeing fee at My Son at VND 40,000 per person per visit, the same for Vietnamese and foreign visitors. The board's price page says each ticket includes the sightseeing fee and a service charge, and both the price page and the online counter still showed the prices above on 24 October 2026. On the board's wording, the VND 40,000 is the fee part of the ticket, not a separate cheaper ticket.
Cham folk shows run several times a day, at the performance house and at the foot of tower group G. The first morning show is at 09:00. The board says shows are paused in bad weather. The My Son ticket price article lists every show time and the proposed price rise that had not reached the counter when we checked.
Nearby
- Hoi An Ancient Town: about 25 km in a straight line.
- Japanese Covered Bridge: about 25 km in a straight line.
Questions travelers ask
Is My Son worth the trip from Hoi An? A traveler in Hoi An asked r/VietNam what to do outside the old town. Two replies named My Son:
"My son temples are my most beautiful experience in Vietnam (after Ninh Binh). Go there at sunrise and you are litterally alone in the almost-jungle with the beautiful temples."
u/Happy_Giraffe_1536 on r/VietNam
"My Son (ancient Cham ruins) was also a great experience."
u/masteroftheuniverse4 on r/VietNam
