Sapa is a mountain town in Lào Cai Province in Vietnam's far northwest, situated at 1,500 meters elevation in the Hoàng Liên Sơn range near the Chinese border. The town overlooks the Mường Hoa valley, where terraced rice paddies carved into the mountainsides have been cultivated by Hmong and Dao ethnic minority communities for centuries. Fansipan, at 3,147 meters the tallest peak in Indochina, is accessible from Sapa via a 6.3-kilometer cable car or a two-day trek through cloud forest. The town was originally established as a hill station by the French colonial administration in 1922. is just one of many options in Sapa. Major attractions worth considering include Mt. Fansipan, Can Cau Market (Cho Can Cau), and Cat Cat Village.