La Résidence Phou Vao
Style Heavenly hideaway
Setting Valley with voluptuous views
A beguiling blend of East meets West, La Résidence Phou Vao is an intimate tropical resort with one of the most magical views in, well, pretty much anywhere. A reflective pond extends from the lobby into the horizon, the infinity pool plunges into the jungle and the beautifully proportioned rooms, finished in rosewood, put the luxe into Laos.
Need to know
- Rooms 34, including two suites.
- Rates Double rooms from $461.00, excluding tax at 10 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional service charge of 10% per room per night on checkout.
- More details Rates include breakfast.
- Facilities Free Wi-Fi throughout, spa, library, gardens. In rooms: TV, balconies with day-beds, minibar, free bottled water, air-conditioning.
- Poolside The inviting 13-metre infinity pool overlooks the shimmering spires of the old town and the mist-shrouded mountains. Plus, it’s within a whisker of the bar/restaurant should waterside drinks be desired. There’s also a plunge pool in the spa complex.
- Check-out 12pm, but flexible, subject to availability and at a cost of 50 per cent of the room rate. Check-in, 2pm, unless rooms are ready earlier.
- Children Welcome. Baby cots are free, but extra beds for older kids will set you back US$60 a night. A babysitter is on tap for US$10 an hour. More...
- Also All guests are welcomed with a drink in the Doc Champa Bar, but you'll find your gaze wandering to the infinity pool and those expansive, attention-demanding views. Smoking rooms can be requested.
Food and drink at La Résidence Phou Vao
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Hotel restaurant
Phou Savanh Restaurant, open throughout the day, has a dramatic location perched above Luang Prabang. The Lao food is sumptuously presented and infused with secret spices, and the French dishes are beyond magnifique. -
Dress code
Languid linens with a hint of mischief – and layers for when the night turns cool. Go on, get out your pashmina! -
Top table
Ask for a table as close to poolside as you can get without falling in. Wat Chom Si glistens on the horizon. Incurable romantics might consider booking the private Five Hundred Candle Dinner in the Spirit House garden. -
Last orders
Dinner is served till 10pm; drinks at the bar till 11pm. -
Room service
Room service is up for grabs from 6am-10pm during restaurant hours and covers everything on the menu, including Lao and western dishes and tapas bites from the bar. -
Hotel bar
The Doc Champa Bar offers the teaser of poolside drinks if you are feeling lethargic in languid Laos. Try the Legend of Indochina, a rum-based concoction with a veritable fruit salad of infusions.
La Résidence Phou Vao Phou Vao Road, Luang Prabang,
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Our favourite rooms
Rooms 501 through 504 have spectacular vistas across the infinity pool and the lush valley beyond. For instant immersion in the swimming pool, rooms 101 and 102, just a leap away from the loungers, are the beds of choice. Large bathrooms boast tempting terrazzo tubs if you'd prefer to cool off in your bower.
Packing tips
Stash the nattiest swimming costume you own in your Samsonite. A winter warmer may sound a tad OTT for the sub-tropics, but it won't look as silly as an acrylic pullover from the local market when the mountain air gets nippy.
Also
A traditional Baci ceremony offers an experience of Lao culture and poolside is the perfect place to have your wrists bound… in the best of local traditions of course. What did you think we meant?
