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With дача, Russian normally uses на, not в, when talking about being at the summer house/property in general.
- на даче = at the dacha / out at the country house
- ехать на дачу = to go to the dacha
- быть на даче = to be at the dacha
This is just the standard Russian collocation. Even though a dacha is a house, the phrase refers more broadly to the whole place/property/lifestyle, so на даче is the natural choice.
If you said в даче, it would sound unnatural in normal speech.
A дача is a country house or summer house, often with a garden plot. It is a very culturally specific Russian word.
So на даче does not just mean physically inside a building. It often suggests being out in the countryside, spending time at the family’s summer place, gardening, relaxing, and so on.
That cultural meaning is why Russian learners usually keep the word dacha rather than translating it too literally.