Sun Porch (Hiên Nắng), an 8 m² east-facing porch for coffee at sunrise

Sun Porch (Hiên Nắng) is a 28 m² room on the first floor whose whole front is a floor-to-ceiling glass door opening onto an 8 m² timber porch facing east. If what you want from a Dalat homestay is a sunrise porch, this is the room for it: two wooden chairs, a cup of coffee, and on clear mornings the sun coming up behind the hill in front of you.

Bed and bathroom

A 1.8 x 2.0 m king bed, one continuous mattress. For three people we add an extra bed; at 28 m² there is still room to walk, but the open floor by the glass gets smaller. Private bathroom with hot water.

Cold nights

There is no stove in Sun Porch. All that glass gives you a lot of daylight, and at night the room loses heat faster than one with timber walls, so shut the door properly once it is dark. The king bed and the extra bed both have electric blankets, warmed by Lan before you come in. December and January nights in Đà Lạt can drop to 10°C to 12°C.

In the evening the shared wood stove in the lounge is lit by Vinh from 18:00 to 22:00. It heats the lounge, not the first floor.

From the gate to the room

46 stone steps from the gate to the lounge, then 22 up to the first floor: 68 in all. Vinh carries the bags. No lift.

Worth knowing

• Sunrise depends on the day. The porch faces east, but in rain or heavy cloud you only see the sky lighten. The rainy season runs from late April to October.
• Light comes in early. Late sleepers should pick another room or bring an eye mask.
• On rainy days the timber porch is wet and slippery; wear shoes with grip.
• To go further for the clouds, our car leaves the gate at 04:45 and has you back for breakfast at 07:30: see sunrise cloud hunting and the guide to cloud hunting in Đà Lạt. For a full plan from the house, read three days in Đà Lạt.
• Would rather wake under glass facing the valley? See the Cloud Loft.

Rates

Sun Porch is 1,750,000 VND a night midweek (Sunday to Thursday nights, regular season) and 2,190,000 VND on Friday and Saturday nights, including VAT, service and breakfast for two. A third adult is 350,000 VND a night. Every season is on the rates page. Send a request from the Sun Porch booking page, or compare all eight on /en/rooms.

A day in the room

1. 06:00Slide the door open and take your coffee outside. The porch faces east, so on a clear morning the first sun lands on the two wooden chairs.
2. 07:30Breakfast in the lounge, 22 steps down, until 09:30: the hot dish of the day, bánh mì, fruit, filter coffee, artichoke tea.
3. 18:00Vinh lights the lounge stove until 22:00. No stove in this room: close the glass door; the electric blanket is already warm.
4. 22:00Quiet hours until 07:00. Voices carry from an open porch at night, so keep it low if you sit out.