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Nong Soda Guesthouse
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Vientiane
French colonial villa with 12 atmospheric rooms. Located in central Vientiane.
Air-con rooms: US$33
Sole riverside option
Tha He Rd, Savannakhet
Savannakhet Province
Tel: (041) 212 522, (020) 574 0447
Description
The Nong Soda, also known as the Mekong Riverside restaurant, is a series of large lime-yellow concrete buildings by the river at the far north of town. Rooms are spotlessly clean and very well-maintained, if a tad charmless. If you don't mind being a little away from all the Savannakhet action -- such as it is -- then this is a good choice. A large upstairs terrace is ideally suited to cold drinks and a sunset view. All rooms are air-con with hot water, TV, and fridge, making them very good value compared to the other options in town. Friendly, English-speaking owner. Motorcycle rentals are available here for US$8 per day, bicycles for US$2 per day.
Dbl A/C private b'room
9 USD (low season)
9 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 26th November, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 29th January, 2007
Guest feedback
quiet setting - 
By annalouisas ( total comments: 6 
) Stayed here 2/2008
since we planned to stay one night only in 'Savan' we stayed here.
the rooms are big enough (for your luggage too), some have windows in a corridor but the ones with a double bed are located at the courtyard. we didn't see the ones upstairs. the batroom had really hot water, the shower was nice & powerfull. we had some doubts about the sheets so we used ours. the management is very friendly, they drove us to the busstand at 6am the next day on their motorbikes!
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