Sunset Town Phú Quốc: what to do, where to eat, photo spots

The drive south from Luna takes about forty minutes if you leave by four. We ask Tâm at the front desk to call a Grab — it’s easier than negotiating with the parking-lot drivers, and the price won’t change on the way back. Sunset Town Phú Quốc is built to look like a small Mediterranean village. It’s deliberately pretty, and that’s fine. Don’t come for the shops; come for the boardwalk, the bridge, and what happens after dark.

We’ve sent enough guests south to know the order that works. Here it is.

4:30pm — walk the Sunset Town boardwalk

Park near the central square. The boardwalk along the water runs about half a kilometre south to Kiss Bridge — walk it slowly with the sea on your right. The colours and the Italian-village staging look gimmicky in photos but better than you’d expect in person, especially as the light softens.

Find a stool at one of the open-air bars facing west and order a cold beer or a salt-coffee (cà phê muối — a Sun Group invention that genuinely works). Sit for half an hour. Don’t be in a hurry.

5:45pm — Cầu Hôn (Kiss Bridge) at golden hour

The walk south ends at Kiss Bridge — two 800-metre cantilever arms reaching toward each other from opposite directions, with a 30-centimetre gap left in the middle. Designed by Italian architect Marco Casamonti, inspired by Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam and a Vietnamese folk tale about lovers separated by the sky.

The photo people come for

Stand on either arm and frame the other person across the gap, with the sun setting behind. From December 24 to January 1, the sun aligns precisely with the 30-centimetre gap as it touches the horizon — that’s the most photographed week of the year here. Outside that window, any clear evening still works. Go an hour before official sunset (around 5:45pm in dry season, 5:30pm in green season).

What to know before you go

• The bridge is free to walk on (separate from the show ticket).
• It can get crowded the hour before sunset — go earlier for a quieter walk, later for the spectacle.
• Bring a light layer; the breeze picks up after the sun drops.

7:00pm — dinner at VUI-Fest Bazaar

A ten-minute walk back along the boardwalk takes you to VUI-Fest Bazaar (sometimes written Vui Phết) — the long covered night market that runs the length of the central square.

What we’d actually eat here:

• Grilled seafood at the open stalls along the main aisle — point at what looks fresh, they’ll grill it on charcoal in front of you. Squid with chilli salt is the easy win.
• Bánh mì from the cart near the south entrance — pâté, grilled pork, pickled carrot, fresh coriander.
• Cháo lá dứa — pandan-leaf rice porridge with little dried anchovies from local boats. Strange-sounding, very good.
• A coconut ice cream served in the husk for after.

Most dishes cost between 30,000 and 80,000 ₫. Bring cash. Skip the souvenir stalls at the back; you can find the same magnets cheaper at Dinh Cậu.

Lanterns and food stalls at VUI-Fest — busiest between 6 and 10pm.

9:00pm — Kiss of the Sea show

The Kiss of the Sea show runs nightly at 9pm in the open-air amphitheatre at the bridge. Thirty minutes of water jets, lasers, fire, projections on screens of mist, and a high-altitude fireworks finale at 9:30pm. Sixty live performers on a story about a boy and a girl raised on opposite sides of the sea.

Honest take: it’s a Sun Group production, polished to the point of being a little sentimental. We still send guests because the fireworks alone are worth the ticket — and walking back across the boardwalk after, with everyone holding phones up to the sky, has its own kind of moment.

Tickets

• From ~700,000 ₫ adult, free for children under 1 m. Buy online (Klook, official Sunset Town site) to skip the gate queue.
• The show runs daily — they dropped the Tuesday closure in November 2025.
• Front-row seats sell out fast on weekends and during Tết. Standing back near the entrance still has a fine view of the fireworks.

Getting back to Luna

By the time the show ends at 9:30pm the Grab queue gets long. Two options:

• Call your own Grab early — open the app at 9:25pm so a driver is on the way before the crowd. Fare back to Bãi Trường is around 250,000–350,000 ₫.
• Pre-book a car through Luna for the round trip — about 600,000–700,000 ₫ total, same driver waiting for you when the show ends. Tell us the day before via contact and we’ll hold one.

If you do the full evening — boardwalk, bridge, dinner, show — you’ll be back at Luna around 10:30pm. The reception leaves a kettle out and the lobby light dim. A long, slow day on the south island.