suites include living rooms. amenities include a relaxed business center/lounge and a rooftop garden with city views. free american style breakfast is served in an informal dining room. featuring colorful wall art, the simple, laid back rooms offer free wi fi, flat screen tvs, minibars, and tea and coffeemakers. check in time: 2:00 pmcheck out time: 12:00 pm. there's also a kitschy bar. on a subdued street, this pared down, unfussy hotel is a 6 minute walk from that dam stupa, 10 minutes' walk from the patuxai war monument and an 11 minutes walk from the haw phra kaew temple and museum Wattay International Airport 24 min
Lao Textile Museum (12 min) Traditional building with silk samples & weaving demonstrations, plus a shop for handcrafted goods. Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge (43 min) 3,839-ft. long bridge providing 2 pedestrian pathways, a central railway line & views of the river. Sisaket Temple (7 min) 19th-century Siamese-style temple with a museum & cloister wall housing thousands of small Buddhas. COPE Visitor Centre (17 min) Solemn visitor center & museum with displays & films on history of bombings & related disabilities. Patuxay Monument (10 min) Imposing 1960s war memorial featuring a European-style arch & traditional Laotian carvings. Morning Market (3 min) Daily market for traditional handicrafts from textiles to jewelry, plus produce & street food. Pha That Luang Vientiane (10 min) Historic 44-m. gold Buddhist stupa with multiple levels, a walled enclosure & a grassy courtyard. Presidential Palace - Palais présidentiel (9 min) Sala Keoku (51 min) Unique park featuring gardens & paths leading around a series of massive religious sculptures. That Dam Stupa-สวนธาตุดำ (7 min) Ancient, bell-shaped stupa believed to have once been protected by a 7-headed water serpent. Chao Anouvong Park (13 min) Scenic park with a riverside promenade, picnic areas & a nightly market of souvenir vendors. Wat Si Muang (15 min) Buddhist temple built in the 16th century, drawing bustling crowds with the promise of good luck. Hophakaew Museum (10 min) Former temple, built in 1565 for the Emerald Buddha (now in Bangkok) & today a museum & shop. Vientiane Night Market (7 min) Open-air market next to the Mekong River with stalls selling local handicrafts, clothes & homewares. Buddha Park (37 min) Attraction known for dozens of Buddha statues in various poses, also a popular cycling destination. |