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Les Jardins de Vang Vieng
Shows promise
Moung Song Village
Vientiane Province
Tel: (023) 511 340, (020) 5623207
Fax: (023) 511 340
Description
Newly built, Les Jardins de Vang Vieng so far has no real garden to speak of, but the location is right by the river and a bit of a walk from the centre of town, which shows promise. Run by the very organised Thavisouk Guesthouse, the wooden and bamboo bungalows are fan cooled, with a few pieces of furniture and a largeish balcony for enjoying the view. A restaurant has a terrace with seating out over the river. The staff speak good English and are very attentive to customers', but have frequently been known to use fairly devious means to lure customers, such as telling people their first choice of Guesthouse has closed or is full.
Total rooms: 29
Bungalow fan share b'room
4 USD (low season)
4 USD (high season)
Tumbledown shacks
Bungalow fan private b'room
8 USD (low season)
8 USD (high season)
Upto $10
Added to Travelfish on: 29th August, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 9th October, 2006
Guest feedback
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By anne ( total comments: 6 
) Stayed here 6/2006
the VIP bus coming from Ventiane stops there and they insists on showing you their bungalows. Very unpleasant
Beautiful and good value, staff a bit hit and miss though - 
By mrandmrsburke ( total comments: 25 ) Stayed here 2/2006
We stayed at Les Jardins de Vang Vieng for four nights and had a beautiful air con bungalow, with a private hot water shower and western flush toilet. The bungalow was spotless and the bed a big white cotton number with a big mosquito net, although there weren't many mossies getting into the room anyway. The view was amazing and looked right out onto the river and the mountains on the other bank. We paid $15, which was a bit over our $10-12 budget, but it was good value considering the other places in Laos we have stayed. Initially, I rang the Thavisouk Guesthouse to book an air con room, and was quoted $15 but on arrival at the Thavisouk Guesthouse we were informed that we weren't booked in there and the tuk-tuk driver took us to Les Jardins, obviously we now know that they are in cahoots, but this wasn't made clear on the phone. The first two nights were very quiet, with a very distant hum of music from somewhere, but this died down about 10.30pm and was too quiet to keep us awake. The third night however, there was some really loud music coming from somewhere down the river, which didn't stop until 2.48am in the morning and kept us, other guests and even the staff awake. We are not sure what was going on, but it may just be a one off thing. One thing that did annoy me, was that I booked the TVS VIP bus through Les Jardins to Vientiane, we paid $5 dollars for the three hour journey and the information at reception said it would include free water, movies, air con and even cold towels, plus a tuk-tuk to the bus station. What in fact happened was that our tuk-tuk arrived late and we were the last few on the bus, my husband and I didn't even get a seat together until I kicked up a fuss and the landlady of Les Jardins (who obviously runs the TVS shabang as well)decided to move off two seats and give them to us. She and her four family/friends, then proceeded to sit on stools in the gangway, leaving the front rows no leg room whatsoever. It seemed like they were all cadging a lift to the capital city as well. There was no water,towels or film and just one toilet stop for barely 5 minutes, I was absolutely disgusted with this service, which is odd as the service at Les Jardins had been really good, but it seemed as if that all went out the window once she knew she wouldn't be making anymore money out of us. All in all a good place to stay, but they seemed a bit money grabbing to us.
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