Wattay International Airport 29 min
Vientiane Night Market (12 min) Open-air market next to the Mekong River with stalls selling local handicrafts, clothes & homewares. Chao Anouvong Park (10 min) Scenic park with a riverside promenade, picnic areas & a nightly market of souvenir vendors. Morning Market (8 min) Daily market for traditional handicrafts from textiles to jewelry, plus produce & street food. Hophakaew Museum (10 min) Former temple, built in 1565 for the Emerald Buddha (now in Bangkok) & today a museum & shop. Patuxay Monument (9 min) Imposing 1960s war memorial featuring a European-style arch & traditional Laotian carvings. Pha That Luang Vientiane (9 min) Historic 44-m. gold Buddhist stupa with multiple levels, a walled enclosure & a grassy courtyard. COPE Visitor Centre (6 min) Solemn visitor center & museum with displays & films on history of bombings & related disabilities. Wat Si Muang (7 min) Buddhist temple built in the 16th century, drawing bustling crowds with the promise of good luck. Sisaket Temple (10 min) 19th-century Siamese-style temple with a museum & cloister wall housing thousands of small Buddhas. That Dam Stupa-สวนธาตุดำ (10 min) Ancient, bell-shaped stupa believed to have once been protected by a 7-headed water serpent. Presidential Palace - Palais présidentiel (10 min) Sala Keoku (45 min) Unique park featuring gardens & paths leading around a series of massive religious sculptures. Tha Sadet Market (40 min) Busy covered market on a riverside promenade with street food carts, clothing & local handicrafts. Buddha Park (29 min) Attraction known for dozens of Buddha statues in various poses, also a popular cycling destination. Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge (37 min) 3,839-ft. long bridge providing 2 pedestrian pathways, a central railway line & views of the river. |