Our top 10 places to stay in and around Luang Prabang
Polished rooms on a budget
Hoxieng 2 Guesthouse is a flashpacker priced spot just down the lane from Joma Bakery Cafe, and it’s one of our top picks for this area.
It has more poise and polish than your average backpacker guesthouse. What’s so good about the rooms at Hoxieng 2 is that they’re beautifully and tastefully styled and feature a lot of polished solid wood. All the rooms have a slightly different configuration so it’s worthwhile to take a closer look at the rooms if you can before deciding on which one suits you. The corner rooms are bright, full of windows and natural light, and a couple of rooms have fantastic balconies and are worth snagging. All are clean, have air-con, free WiFi, flat screen TVs, beds with decent linen and bathrooms which show a little bit of wear and tear but are still serviceable. Overall, the building looks solid and new and it’s a top guesthouse.
Address: Ban Ho Xieng, Luang Prabang
T: (071) 254 703;
Coordinates (for GPS): 102º7'55.48" E, 19º53'20.01" N
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Room rates: US$10 to 20
What we were quoted as a walk-in.
| Dbl air-con private bathroom | 160,000 kip | 240,000 kip |
Reviewed by
Cindy Fan
Cindy Fan is a Canadian writer/photographer and author of So Many Miles, a website that chronicles the love of adventure, food and culture. After falling in love with sticky rice and Mekong sunsets, in 2011 she uprooted her life in Toronto to live la vida Laos. She’s travelled to over 40 countries and harbours a deep affection for Africa and Southeast Asia. In between jaunts around the world, she calls Laos and Vietnam home where you’ll find her traipsing through rice paddies, standing beside broken-down buses and in villages laughing with the locals.
Our top 10 places to stay in and around Luang Prabang
