Over the gilded and carved wooden facade, Wat Pa Phai has a classic Tai鈥揕ao fresco depicting everyday scenes of late 19th-century Lao life.
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Dominating the old city centre and a favourite with sunset junkies, the 100m-tall Phu Si (prepare your legs for a steep 329-step ascent) is crowned by a鈥
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Thirty kilometres southwest of Luang Prabang, Tat Kuang Si is a many-tiered waterfall tumbling over limestone formations into a series of cool, swimmable鈥
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Luang Prabang's best-known monastery is centred on a 1560 s菒m (ordination hall). Its roofs sweep low to the ground and there's a stunning 'tree of life'鈥
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The sobering UXO Laos Information Centre helps you get a grip on the devastation Laos suffered in the Second Indochina War and how nearly 40 years later鈥
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Where the Nam Ou (Ou River) and Mekong River meet at Ban Pak Ou, two famous caves in the limestone cliff are crammed with myriad Buddha images. In the鈥
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Evoking traditional Lao and French beaux-arts styles, the former Royal Palace was built in 1904 and was home to King Sisavang Vong (r 1904鈥59), whose鈥
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Visiting this professionally presented three-room museum is a must to learn about northern Laos' various hill-tribe cultures, especially if you're鈥
Ock Pop Tok Living Crafts Centre
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Set serenely close to the Mekong, this beautiful, traditionally styled workshop, where weavers, spinners and batik makers produce top-quality fabrics,鈥
Nearby Luang Prabang attractions
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In the old quarter, Wat Xieng Mouane's ceiling is painted with gold naga (river serpents) and the elaborate h谩ang th铆en (candle rail) has naga at either鈥
2. Wat Siphoutthabat Thippharam
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Following a path past this large monastery leads to a shrine protecting a Buddha footprint.
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Footpaths lead back from the commercial main drag into a little oasis of palm-shaded calm around Heuan Chan, an authentic traditional longhouse on tree鈥
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This mysterious footprint close to Phu Si is one of many scattered around Southeast Asia, and is said to be that of the Buddha after he reached鈥
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The garden around the little Wat Choumkhong is particularly attractive when its poinsettia trees blush red. Built in 1843, the monastery takes its name鈥
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This monastery close to That Chomsi features a number of gold Buddhas nestled into rocky clefts and niches.
7. Royal Palace Car Collection
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The five-piece Royal Palace Car Collection includes two 1960s Lincoln Continentals, a rare wing-edged 1958 Edsel Citation and a dilapidated Citro毛n DS鈥
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The sacred Pha Bang image, from which the city takes its name, is stored in this highly ornate pavilion that wasn't completed until 2011. The 83cm-tall,鈥