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#1Full-day Visit Vang Xang & Tham Chang Caves from Vientiane
The idyllic setting, the limestone karsts with their unique ecology of Vang Vieng, the archaeological site at Vang Xang together with these peaceful local vi...
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$150
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#2Cooking Class in Vientiane
This half day tour provides you with an opportunity to explore the beauty of Laos via its special tastes of food. Joining this tour, you will have hands-on l...
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$80
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#3Full day Vientiane City Tour & Buddha Park
Joining this Vientiane city tour, you will discover some of the main attractions in Vientiane, which is the largest city and the capital of Laos, the city of...
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$80
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#4Vang Vieng Highlights Full-day Tour
Vang Vieng is famous for the natural beauty of Laos with breathtaking views of rock and limestone mountains, caves and rock outcrops. This full day tour offe...
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$149
per traveler
#5Vientiane Capital City & Buddha Park Full-day Tour
This full day tour offers you a chance to explore the hidden charm of Vientiane, an ancient city situated by the mighty Mekong. Joining this tour, you will h...
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$100
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#6Vientiane City Private Car and Minivan for Rent
Use our Laos Group Tours car and Minivan rental service to ensure you have most memorial trip to the capital of Laos, you will be accompanied by experience f...
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$25
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#7Vientiane Highlights Full-day Tour
This full day tour offers you a chance to explore the hidden charm of Vientiane, an ancient city situated by the mighty Mekong. Joining this tour, you will h...
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$105
per traveler
#8Day Trip to Nam Ngum Dam from Vientiane
For anyone who is keen on being immersed in the beauty of nature, taking an amazing boat trip as well as exploring the ruins dating back to the 8th - 11th ce...
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$130
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#9Private Full-Day Nam Ngum Lake Trip & Boat Ride
Head to Nam Ngum Lake with your guide and board a long-tail boat for a scenic cruise around various islets. Along the way stop at Ban Keun, a town famous for...
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$94
per traveler
#10Nam Ngum Dam Full-Day Tour
This full day tour provides you with a chance to be immersed in nature. Joining this tour, you will enjoy a boat trip along one of the largest man-made lakes...
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$136
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Things To Do in Vientiane
A world of gilded towers, steamy cuisine, and lush jungle scenery is waiting for you on the banks of the Mekong River. A minor metropolis with a relaxed environment and traditional feel, the capital of Laos makes a great base for you to explore the wonders of southeast Asia. From marketplaces and cooking classes to Zen meditation and long-tail boats, you can take advantage of a wealth of things to do in Vientiane that bring the country's beauty and heritage to life.
Areas & Neighborhoods
The center of Vientiane lies around the Talat Sao marketplace, a modern shopping center surrounded by blocks of little shops that offer handicrafts, dry goods, and fresh food. You'll find the city's biggest cluster of hotels just to the southeast, while temples and historic landmarks to the southwest lie amid French colonial buildings on the way to the riverbank.
When you follow the city's main thoroughfare to the north, you're taken past a chain of embassies and museums to a neighborhood offering fine restaurants and cafes. An even livelier scene awaits you to the south along Tha Deua Road, where craft shops mingle with entertainment venues along the waterfront to form the heart of the city's nightlife.
What to See in Vientiane
A laid-back, uncrowded atmosphere helps to underscore the timeless feel of Vientiane's most beautiful sights. Check out the exquisite handiwork of 500-year-old temples like Wat Si Muang and Haw Phra Kaew, or mingle with the crowd of Hindu and Buddhist sculptures among the trees in Buddha Park. The towering golden stupa of Pha That Luang makes one of the grandest sights in Laos, and the immense triumphal arch of the Patuxai Victory Monument offers one of the best views in the city from the balconies atop its tower. And you can get another kind of perspective at the Lao National Museum, which holds a wealth of history in a colonial mansion built for the former French governor.
Things to do, Landmarks & Attractions
Vientiane's deceptively quiet setting puts you right in the middle of a whole world of relaxation and beauty, along with just the people to help you explore it. You can get a personal introduction to the city with a private tour to some of its most famous landmarks, or venture out into the country for a ride among the islands of Nam Ngum Lake aboard a classic long-tail boat. A trip upriver to the village of Vang Vieng lets you see monuments even older than those in the capital, along with the spectacular steep hills and flooded caves along the Nam Song River.
If you want to get to know the city a bit better, there's few easier ways to do it than by spending some time at the markets. Have a guide show you the vendors and stalls on a food tour that lets you try some of the best Laotian cooking, or get a personalized lesson to learn how to make your own, so you can spend your time in Vientiane the way life here was meant to be lived.
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