Post on : 28 August, 2020 Caruso Lao offers high quality and handcrafted souvenirs in downtown LuangPrabang. Everything is designed and fashioned together by hand, with products crafted from natural materials such as wood and silk. Caruso Lao’s impressive range includes wooden bowls, decorative Buddha heads, cushions, natural silk shawls, bedspreads, and table runners. Address: : 60 […]

Handicraft Night Market is an outdoor bazaar in central LuangPrabang. You can shop for ethnic embroidered crafts and handmade clothes from 5pm until 10pm. The market has labyrinths of stalls selling all things embroidered, from weaved bags, hill-tribe pants, and hats to Hmong blankets, coin purses and silk scarves. The LuangPrabang Night Market is one […]

Kopnoi Gallery promotes fair trade in LuangPrabang by selling handmade fabrics by local artisans. You’ll also find cotton clothes, silk scarfs, local rice whiskeys, bamboo straws, and Lao coffee beans. One of the best things about shopping in Kopnoi Gallery is that you’ll be able to purchase authentic products while supporting the local economy. Address: 3 […]

L’Etranger Books and Tea is a 2-storey wooden café that sells and trades second-hand books in LuangPrabang. Located close to Nam Khan River, the cafe’s extensive collection spans many languages and subjects, including travel, art, culture, novels, Southeast Asia, and LuangPrabang. The upper level is a café offering around 70 types of drinks, including tea, […]

Ma Te Sai is a fair-trade shop on the main road, close to the Royal Pavilion in LuangPrabang. It sells ethnic handicrafts, clothes, and souvenirs sourced from rural areas. Most of these items are fashioned out of natural fabric, bamboo, and recycled paper. There are also herbal teas, coffees, locally made whiskeys, and rice. Ma […]

The LuangPrabang Morning Market is a fascinating place to catch a glimpse of what goes on behind the town’s culinary scenes. Here, you will see it all in the open – blood and gore and all, in fact. Vendors sit on the street, with their vegetables, fruits, meat, spices and other fresh produce laid out […]

Ock Pop Tok (meaning ‘East meets West’) is a store selling hand-woven home textiles, cloth bags and scarves. It promotes fair trade and aims to empower local women through their crafts and the development of artistic skills. In doing so, the store offers various textile workshops and classes, as well as a crafts centre for […]

The Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre of LuangPrabang is a museum and resource centre promoting Lao ethnic diversity. The 2-storey heritage building has a number of cultural exhibitions, showcasing traditional arts and lifestyles of Lao ethnic groups. Adopting fair trade and sustainability principles, the museum shop supports over 500 handicrafts producers and their families, with […]

Luang Prabang is a small city full of character and charm. There are just so many things to do in Luang Prabang. Being the first UNESCO site listed in the country of Laos, the town offers a spectacular array of culture, nature, and of course, mouthwatering food. Even wandering the streets you’ll get a glimpse […]

There are dozens of temple complexes around town and visitors are welcome to wander around as long as they are respectful and cover up inside the buildings themselves. We recommend you to start from Wat Xiengthong, which is one of the most important of Lao monasteries and remains a significant monument to the spirit of religion, […]