Sunset Town After Dark: Kiss Bridge, Two Shows and What They Cost
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Kiss of the Sea starts at 9 pm with fireworks at 9:30 pm, and on Tuesdays the performers do not appear – the slot is used for rehearsals. A bridge ticket on its own is 100,000 VND; the show bought at the counter is 1,000,000 VND. The most-reviewed of the show packages on GetYourGuide is Dinner with Symphony of the Sea, Kiss of the Sea, from €34.50 with 4.5 stars from 62 reviews, and within it the version that adds a private transfer from Duong Dong Town is the one worth paying for: Sunset Town is at the far south of the island and the evening ends at half past nine. If the sunset itself is the point rather than the show, book a cruise instead.
See prices and dates for the dinner-and-shows evening
Sunset Town sits at the southern tip of Phu Quoc, next to An Thoi, in the same corner of the island as the cable car station. It is a purpose-built Mediterranean-styled waterfront with restaurants, a bridge that does not cross anything, and two evening shows. Whether that appeals is a matter of taste. What it costs, and when things actually happen, is not – and that part is worth getting right, because the timings here are unusually unforgiving.
The bridge that stops short
Kiss Bridge – Cầu Hôn – was designed by the Italian architect Marco Casamonti in collaboration with Sun Group. Two arms reach out over the sea from opposite sides, and where they meet they do not: the tips stop 30 centimetres apart. The idea is borrowed from Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel, where the two fingers also do not touch.
It is a fair piece of architecture and an excellent photograph, and it is not a way of getting anywhere. You walk out, you look, you walk back. Sunset over the water falls somewhere between about half past five and half past six depending on the month – this is ten degrees north of the equator, so the light goes quickly once it starts – and the hour or two before that is when the coloured facades are worth photographing. Check the day’s actual time rather than assuming a long European evening. A bridge ticket on its own is 100,000 VND.
The two shows are different products at different hours
This is where most evenings go wrong, because the names blur together and the times do not.
Symphony of the Sea is the earlier, more variety-show-like of the two: water effects, lights, fire, jet skis, flyboards, fireworks. Published prices run 550,000–660,000 VND depending on where you buy.
Kiss of the Sea starts at 9 pm on the open-air stage on the water, with fireworks daily at 9:30 pm. Bought at the counter it is 1,000,000 VND; a Kiss of the Sea ticket site advertises an online rate of 700,000 VND, described as a 30% discount with a Kiss Bridge ticket included.
And the caveat that is easy to miss. Since 15 November 2025 the show has run every day of the week, Tuesdays included – but the operator’s own page states that on Tuesdays the performers do not appear, because the slot is used for rehearsals. So a Tuesday ticket is not a cancelled show and it is not the show you saw on YouTube either. If your only free evening is a Tuesday, ask what is actually running before you buy.
Buying it through a tour, and when that is worth it
The most-reviewed of the show packages on GetYourGuide is Dinner with Symphony of the Sea and Kiss of the Sea, from €34.50, 4.5 stars from 62 reviews. It is really six products under one listing: either show as a ticket only, Symphony of the Sea with dinner, Symphony with dinner plus Kiss of the Sea, and both dinner versions again with a private transfer from Duong Dong Town. Two things for the budget and the planning: the page lists a surcharge for Vietnamese holidays, and the booking confirmation is not the show ticket – the provider contacts you to send it.
That last option is the one that decides it. Sunset Town is at the far south of the island; most hotels are on Long Beach or further north. A show that ends after the 9:30 pm fireworks leaves you looking for a ride home at ten at night from a place where everyone else is doing the same thing. If you are not driving yourself, the transfer version is not an upsell – it is the difference between an evening and an ordeal.
It is worth reading which operator is behind the option you are clicking.
And an honest note from the reviews of that listing: one traveller who gave it five stars said the ticket arrived as a QR code and was easy to use, but that it was slightly cheaper to buy at the booths by the bridge. Whichever show you want, compare the booth price on the day with the online price you see on the booking page. If you are already at Sunset Town at six in the evening with nothing booked, walking up to the booth is a real option.
Four ways to buy the evening
| Tour | Duration | From | Rating | Suits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner with Symphony of the Sea, Kiss of the Sea | 25 minutes – 4 hours | €34.50 | 4.5 stars, 62 reviews | Couples who want both shows and dinner, and the transfer home from Duong Dong Town |
| Symphony of the Sea Nighttime Show Ticket | 30 minutes | €23.78 | 4.9 stars, 10 reviews | Anyone who wants the earlier show only and their own dinner plans |
| Sunset Town, Kiss Bridge, & Night Market Tour | 6 hours | €35.64 | 4.2 stars, 8 reviews | Travellers without a scooter who want the bridge, a show and dinner handled |
| Hon Thom Cable Car, Water Park & Kiss Bridge Tour | 8 hours | €65.46 | 5.0 stars, 10 reviews | Families spending a whole day in the south, with the water park in it |
Three of those four rest on small review counts – 10, 8 and 10 – and the dinner-and-shows evening, with 62, is the only one here with a record of any size behind it. The six-hour tour at €35.64 takes in the Vui-Fest night market inside Sunset Town itself, which is a different market from the one on Bach Dang Street in Duong Dong, and the show it includes is the Awaken Sea jet-ski and flyboard show rather than Kiss of the Sea.
Check availability for the Sunset Town, Kiss Bridge and night market evening
Fitting it into the day
The one thing Sunset Town has going for it logistically is that everything else in the south is nearby. The cable car to Hon Thom starts a short distance away, which is why a few operators sell the two together – the Hon Thom cable car, water park and Kiss Bridge tour is €65.46 with 5.0 stars, though only from 10 reviews.
Whether that combination works depends on which cable car day you have booked. The classic three-island boat day already returns you to your hotel at 5:30 pm after nine hours on the water, and going straight back south for a 9 pm show is a long day by any measure. A morning at the parks in the north and an evening in the south is worse still – see our guide to Phu Quoc with children for how far apart those two ends of the island really are.
If it is the sunset you want rather than the show
Sunset Town is a destination with a sunset, not a sunset trip. If the sea at dusk is the actual point, the island’s sunset cruises are a separate category with 82 offers from €5.45 – and they put you on the water facing west rather than on a promenade looking at it.
There is also the cheap end of the evening. The squid-fishing boats are the cheap end of the evening; what they include and how they rate is in our guide to night squid fishing.
One final practical point. Nothing in Sunset Town needs a car, and on this island that is just as well: Vietnam recognises international driving permits only under the 1968 convention, for scooters as well as cars, so many visitors use a Grab, a taxi or a car with a driver. For a show that ends at half past nine at the opposite end of the island from your hotel, arrange the way back before you buy the ticket.
Our recommendation
For most people: book Dinner with Symphony of the Sea, Kiss of the Sea from €34.50, pick the option that includes the private transfer, and avoid a Tuesday. Check which option you are selecting: only two of the six include the transfer, and it runs from Duong Dong Town.
On a small budget: go without booking anything. Arrive at six, photograph the facades in the last of the light, walk the bridge for 100,000 VND, and buy a show ticket at the booth if you still want one – one reviewer who had booked online found the booths slightly cheaper. Just settle the ride home first.
With children: make it a whole day in the south rather than a late night. The Hon Thom Cable Car, Water Park & Kiss Bridge Tour at €65.46 puts the water park in the middle of the day; in its itinerary the Kiss Bridge visit belongs to the option that stays on Hon Thom until 4 pm, while the earlier-return option has free time in Sunset Town instead, so check which one you book. 10 reviews is a thin record, so treat the 5.0 stars as encouraging rather than proven.
Who should skip Sunset Town altogether: anyone whose single free evening is a Tuesday, anyone staying at the north end of the island without transport arranged, and anyone whose real wish is the sea at dusk rather than a staged show. For that last group a sunset cruise from €5.45 does the job better.
