Amantaka
Style Contemporary colonial
Setting Under Mount Phousi
Old-world charm meets modern-day convenience in the blissful surrounds of Amantaka, a former colonial hospital with shady verandas. High ceilings and four-posters hark back to the grand old days of travel, while private pools, Bose sound systems and a state-of-the-art spa herald the here and now. Aman enthusiasts will rub their hands with glee as they discover the latest luxury creation from Adrian Zecha.
Need to know
- Rooms 24 suites, including 16 with private pools.
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Rates
Double rooms from $750.00, excluding tax at 10 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional service charge of 10% per room per night on checkout.
Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency ($750), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
- More details Rates include return airport transfers but exclude breakfast at US$25 a person.
- Facilities Free WiFi throughout, library with laptops, spa, gym, yoga studio, boutique and art gallery, gardens. In rooms: Bose stereo, iPod dock, preloaded iPod in Mekong and Amantaka Suites, minibar, Lemongrass House toiletries.
- Poolside Lucky couples in a pool suite can live the celebrity lifestyle sprawled by their private pond. The main pool is spacious enough for serious swimmers and is nicely cushioned between the gym and spa, depending on your mood.
- Check-out Noon, but flexible; until 6pm you’ll be charged 50 per cent of the nightly rate. Check-in, 2pm.
- Children Kids are welcome at Amantaka. Cots and extra beds for under 12s are free. In a nice touch, an infant welcome basket is prepared with baby wash and talcum powder. Babysitting is free for the first three hours, then costs US$5 an hour. More...
- Also A four-night minimum stay applies over Christmas, New Year and Easter holidays. Smoking in outdoor areas only.
Food and drink at Amantaka
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Hotel restaurant
The Restaurant at Amantaka offers grand dining under soaring ceilings. Sample some sensual Lao flavours with mok pa (steamed fish in banana leaf) or play closer to home with a duck ragout.
- Dress code Mod-colonial to suit the surrounds (it is set in a former French hospital building resonating with old-world charm). By mod we mean modern: make sure Mr Smith doesn’t crack out his parka and start singing Jam anthems.
- Top table Gravitate to the poolside terrace on a balmy evening. Stars above, oil lamps below, this is why we love to travel. For a table that tops all others, request a romantic dinner in the courtyard of your suite, complete with a private butler, traditional Lao
- Last orders The restaurant is officially open from 7am–11pm, but guests can order meals at any hour in keeping with Aman’s philosophy of ultimate hospitality.
- Room service Available 24 hours, room service spans a selection of Lao and Gallic-influenced dishes.
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Hotel bar
Combining black-and-white photos of Buddhist monks with elegant teak sofas, rattan armchairs and trad newspaper racks, the Lounge Bar is open on demand for all guests. Enjoy a Laojito: we won’t spoil the surprise.
Amantaka 55/3 Kingkitsarath Road, Ban Thongchaleun, Luang Prabang
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Our favourite rooms
Ouch, tough choice with all those private pools on offer. Pool Suites 14 and 15 both offer views towards temple-topped, mist-swathed Mount Phousi. Khan Pool Suite 7 has an extensive garden hidden beneath tropical trees. The two Amantaka suites are simply enormous, but you might lose each other from time to time.
Packing tips
Pack an iPad to ensure the beautiful people assume you are a novelist or scriptwriter and even more beautiful (in social standing, of course) than them.
Also
Amantaka offers tempting Guest Experiences for immersion into the Luang Prabang scene, including exploring the old city on foot, making a temple offering, or visiting the Buddhist Archive, which showcases restored photos of monastic life dating back to the 19th century. For another kind of spiritual high, the Aman Spa boasts steam and sauna rooms and a double Jacuzzi. Oh yeah.
From the Guestbook…
We had a wonderful time at Amantaka for our anniversary weekend, with only two comments. Firstly, avoid room 20 during the week as it backs up directly to a school which has early ...
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