Luang Prabang, the UNESCO-recognized city where the Nam Khan and the Mekong Rivers meet offers great accommodation options – downtown and around – that showcase not only its rich local heritage but also its French colonial past. Travel Indochina Laos

Mekong Villa

Mekong Villa-source: Internet

The four rooms of the gorgeous Mekong Villa, which locate in the grounds of the Ock Pop Tok Living Craft Center, are charmingly furnished, one with a red bathroom and a huge trunk-cum-desk. However, only two of the four rooms facing the Mekong have terraces. For a breakfast of wafer-thin and tasty Mekong River weed and buffalo chili sauce washed down with mulberry tea, you can hop from your bedroom to the alfresco Silk Road Café before heading to the craft center to learn bamboo crafts, batik, weaving and dying. In order to get in and out of town, you will need to take the free shuttle, but the onsite classes, buzzy atmosphere, textile designs of the rooms, great cafe and leafy location more than make up for that. Tours in Laos

• Price: Doubles from $45 B&B
• Telephone number: +856 71 212 597
• Website: ockpoptok.com

Le Sen

Le Sen-source: Internet

Le Sen is a stylish game-changer near the center of Luang Prabang created by the young designer Phouvilath Sengakhom with an alfresco turquoise-tiled pool and a mainly monochrome palette. This urban haven has silver, grey and charcoal throws on large beds in rooms, varnished concrete walls, roomy showers and Thai copper sinks in the bathrooms. Before cycling off to the Buddhist temples and French colonial downtown coffee shops, guests can lounge on chocolate fabric sun beds and have meals next to a waterfall in the garden restaurant. It is the yellow, gold and silver stone feng shui ensemble next to the restaurant that ensures that the investment of Phouvilath will not be washed away by the stream behind the building.

• Price: Doubles from $89* B&B (includes bicycle use)
• Telephone number: +856 71 261 668
• Website: lesenhotel.com

Indigo House Hotel

Indigo House Hotel-source: Internet

Lying in a central location, the Indigo House Hotel has a fresh look inspired by the indigo colors of the Hmong tribe and has bucked the precious wood trend of most of the hotels in the former royal capital. The lobby’s white umbrellas, white tables and smart blue chairs, are popular with young locals, who happily hang out chattering on their phones. The clean lines of all the spacious rooms are complemented with navy blue, royal and indigo accents, and the outstanding room spread features a white domed ceiling. the hotel is a couple of minutes from the fascinating morning market, with its dry and wet wares with an upstairs terrace offering views of the night market and entire main street.

• Price: Doubles from $64 B&B, including transfers and discounts after three nights’ stay
• Telephone number: +856 71 212 264
• Website: indigohouse.la

My Dream Resort

My Dream Resort-source: Internet

My Dream Resort embodies calm from the moment you get closer to the grounds through a bamboo archway. Cooled by white ceiling fans and illuminated by paper lanterns, rooms, which are decorated with delicate silver stenciling, are a model of minimalist chic. Spend your days bathing in the turquoise pool with its backdrop of red hibiscus or lolling on the balconies that peer over the lush gardens of coconut palms, banana and teak, which roll down to the Nam Khan River. Whenever you want to immerse in fresh atmosphere, ride your bike a few minutes to the Dyen Sabai restaurant for lunch by the river or 15 minutes to Luang Prabang via the old bridge before crossing the Nam Khan to downtown, depending on the season, by boat or bridge.

• Price: Doubles from $60 B&B, including airport transfer and bicycle use
• Telephone number: +856 71 252 853
• Website: mydreamresort.com

Sala Prabang

Sala Prabang-source: Internet

It is the Sala Xangkeo, the Villa, the Ban Lao and the Cottage properties feel like private homes that is the appeal of this charming, higgledy-piggledy collection of guesthouses facing the Mekong. The interiors of Sala Xangkeo rooms are cooled by white ceiling fans and illuminated by paper lanterns and stylish with brick walls in alternating beige and white stripes. Clustering around the main hotel reception, villa rooms have exposed stone walls, nice stencilling and teak balconies that embrace the Mekong and its impressive views. The Ban Lao’s terracotta-tiled balconies and rosewood decor offer a different feel while the pared-down living in the Cottage witnesses Shaker-style furniture in white surrounds. The main reception, which is patterned with old French tiles and books piled up on an old armoire is where guests gather for coffee; while across the road at the riverfront Na Dao restaurant, breakfast is served.

• Price: Doubles from $80 B&B
• Telephone number: +856 71 252 460
• Website: salalaoboutique.com

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