Vientiane, Capital City Of Laos
Vientiane is the capital city of Laos with a population of around 600,000 people.
It's a small city compared to most of the other capital cities in Southeast Asia. If you are looking to escape the crowd, busy traffics and high rise buildings then this is the place for you. You can be like thousand of people made tours to Laos for both business and pleasure.
Lane Xang Avenue
This sleepy city was blessed
with many unique
landmarks, great Buddhist attraction sites and some colonial buildings
left over during the French era. This is a very family, friendly
city where things and time seem to go slowly so you can build memories
to last a life time.
Since 1975 there were a couple
of new landmarks that were built to add the significant value to this
beautiful capital city like Lao National Cultural Hall picture below.
Lao National Cultural Hall
and Hor Dhammasabha or Buddhist
Hall which located in the vicinity of That Luang esplanade.
Hor Dhammasabha or Buddhist Hall
Vientiane has a wide range of accommodations
for you to choose. You can find 5 stars hotels to a simple guest house
to suit your needs and budget. You can check and compare Vientiane
accommodation and guest houses
before you make a booking. To save you time and money our
recommendation for you is to book your accommodation online before you
leave home.
Talat
Sao (Morning Market) is a
favorite place for locals and oversea visitors. Here you can shop for
local products and Lao fine arts. The market is situated in Lane Xang
Avenue and only walking distance from hotels, restaurants and tourist
attractions.
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Around the city there are some historic attractions like Pha That Luang, Ho Phra Keo, Buddha Park and Patuxai that you do not want to miss while you're in Laos; most of these sites are related to Buddhism. If you're not sure how to get to visit these sites by yourself do not worry, there are tours agents that can take you where you want to go. Remember everywhere you go in Laos you will find temples and temples in nearly every city, town and village because majority of Lao people believes in Buddhism.
Further north about 120km from
Vientiane situates a small town of Vang
Vieng, a popular tourist
destination. Here if you are active and like cool fresh river water for
tubing, charming mountains for climbing and bike riding then this is
the place for you. Vang Vieng hotels provides good services, friendly
people and comfortable accommodation while you are away from home. So
don't leave home without booking as you will get discounts
and save time by booking online.
Moving
around the city:
There are many mini electric
buses that run on specific route from Tala Sao (Morning Market) to many
different suburbs around Vientiane. The fares are very cheap, riding
from Talat Sao to Dong-Dok about 9km away is only 1,500 kips (US$0.20
). These mini buses are also environmental friendly, make sure to use
them and you will save money too.
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Do not like mini bus no worry, you can jump on tuk-tuk or hire a taxi and go anywhere you like. Transport in this city is much more better than a few decades ago.
Tourist
Information
Here are some useful
information to help you learn more about Capital City of Laos.
Map
View Vientiane
or (Viang Chan), Laos in a
larger map
Places
for your informaton
Travelers can drop by this
office and find out more information about Vientiane as you can pick up
brochures and maps for US$1.00.
Lao
National Tourist office
Address: Thanon Lane Xang (between Talat Sao and Patuxai)>
Open Hours: 8.30am-4.30pm
Tel: 212251
Vientiane Emegengy Numbers
Ambulance
195
Fire
190
Police
191
Money
and Banks
The currency of Laos is "Kip".
There are no coins in circulation. Notes of Kip are ranging from 50kip
to 20,000kip.
Us dollars and Thai Bath are
widely accepted in most shops, restaurants and hotels. Major currencies
and traveler's cheque in US dollars and pounds sterling can be
exchanged at most leading banks.
Following banks charge cash and
travelers cheque and issue cash advances against Visa and MasterCard.
Some have ATMs that work with foreign cards.
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Website: www.jdbbank.om Address: 75/1-5 Thanon Lane Xang Tel: 213535 Also has ATM Address: 97/6 Thanon Lane Xang Tel: 214575 Address: Thanon Lane Xang Tel: 214377 Communication Post
Office Lao post office located
next to Talat Sao market at cnr Thanon Lane Xang and Thanon Khu Vieng.
Reliable postal services to anywhere in the world. Hours 8am-5pm Monday
to Friday and 8am to noon on saturday and Sunday. Telephone
And Internet Access The cheapest way to use
mobile phone in Laos is to buy a prepaid phone card from phone shops or
mini markets. Alternatively, check with your phone company if it has
international roaming coverage there. Laos is now have
internet cafes. The prices are cheap, connection is fast and reliable
and internet shops are widely available in the main cities. Many of the
shops are also offer international phones services too. Here are some of them
that most commonly used by westerners are on Thanon Sethathirat and
Thanon Nokeo Khumman. Rates wary from US$0.70 to US$1.50 an hour and
most of them have international telephones facilities for about US$0.30
per minute.
Hospital
and Medical Services
Get
in by air: If you are in Thailand,
flying to Vientiane is easy.
Wattay international airport is only 4 km west of the city. This is not
a very busy airport, only limited international and domestic flights
services operates here daily. There are flights to and from Thailand,
Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Yunnan, west China almost every day.
Visit air
travel to Laos for full details. If you do not have Laos
visa yet do not worry, 15/30
days Visa are now available on arrival at the airport and the fee is
US$30 to US$42 (depending on your nationality). Airline
Offices
Get
In By Road
Bus
Leaving Vientiane
Northern
Bus Station Time Table
Southern Bus Station Time Table
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If you
arrive from Thailand by bus, the most common means of entry is by the Lao-Thai
Friendship Bridge (Khoa
Mittaphap). Crossing on foot or by bicycle is not permitted but
bicycles can be carried on buses. You can take the shuttle buses for 20
bath just to cross the bridge to Laos.
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