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Accommodation in Laos – hotels, guest houses in Vientiane and Luang Prabang, Lao PDR
The present-day Lao capital Vientiane and UNESCO World Heritage Site city and former Lao Kingdom capital of Luang Prabang have hotels and guest houses offering various standards of accommodation from basic room with fan to luxury suites. A clean, basic room with shower and fan starts at around US$4, with hot water and air-conditioning $6, add a refrigerator/mini bar and cable TV will set you back from $10. Even 4 or 5 star luxury is available for well under $100 in Vientiane.
Booking hotel accommodation online ensures much lower rates than booking by phone, email or walking in to reception.
You can compare prices and make online reservations here for:
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22 Vientiane hotels and guest houses
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19 Luang Prabang hotels and guest houses
Conveniently-located Vientiane boutique hotel and spa resort
A recently opened
four-star hotel and spa in
Vientiane is the
Green Park Boutique Hotel, located on Khouvieng Road, about 500
meters from Vientiane's main shopping attraction, the Morning Market (Talat Sao).
The elegant decor is traditional Lao style, but the hotel has all the features of a modern international hotel with rooms and executive suites available. These all feature best quality Lao handicrafts and silk wall hangings and they all overlook the inviting swimming pool which is set in a lush tropical garden.
There is Wi-fi internet connection, self-locking digital safes, even scales to check your own weight, or of the consignment of silk you are sending or carrying back home! Peace and tranquillity in a minimalist setting, with high ceilings and air-conditioning of course. The room rate includes breakfast and there is a free shuttle service to the airport too. Learn more, check for best prices for the Green Park Boutique Hotel here. We have had excellent reports from friends who stayed there.
Always popular with visitors are the central Lao Plaza, the Vientiane Novotel on the outskirts of the city on the road to the airport and the Lane Xang Hotel on the banks of the Mekong River, opposite an area of shady trees and walkways leading to the main tourist area further upstream. Here you will also find Hotel Inter which despite the uninspiring name, is a recently-refurbished "boutique" hotel with very reasonably priced rooms, a Chinese restaurant, all attractively decorated in Lao traditional style, many rooms with Mekong river views. The Hotel Inter is ideally located for exploring the city and it's right in the riverside entertainment area. Booking well in advance is advisable as it is so popular. We've had friends turned away too in the busy season.
The Vientiane skyline is likely to be dominated for some time by Lao's tallest, biggest (and some would say unsightly) building complex, the 5 star Don Chan Palace Hotel. You can see it on the left of the horizon in the above photo taken from Patuxai (Victory Monument). Despite the uninspiring architecture, this Malaysian-financed 14-storey complex contains a 240-room hotel and convention centre (and future shopping mall) which opened about two years ago, situated on a former island on the Lao side of the Mekong River. It has large rooms and suites with views across the river and the city, restaurants with buffets, disco-nightclub, indoor pool, sports centre and an upper floor restaurant. It has the best panoramic views in Vientiane and across the Thai side of the river, over which magnificent sunsets can be seen. If you need some respite from Vientiane and Lao's rather 'retro' atmosphere, you can stay at the Don Chan Palace from $58 (£29) for a superior room including breakfast buffet. This may possibly be the best value in Vientiane – perhaps anywhere – for this type of hotel, international convention centre and multi-restaurant facility.
You can compare rates and make online
reservations and bookings for 22
Vientiane and 19
Luang Prabang hotels and guest houses. There are places to suit
every taste and budget.
Booking
online will ensure you get the lowest price – a much better rate than
phoning or asking when you arrive with your bags! This applies in most
countries, by the way.
Longer Term Accommodation in Laos
For short or longer term accommodation, the choice is wide, from cheap guest houses near the river, where a small room with a fan costs $5 a night, may be less than $150 per month. At the upper end a luxury serviced room or apartment in the city costs $100 per night or $1,500 monthly. Houses can be rented too. Find more on our Retirement page.
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