Ock Pop Tock Living Craft Center
Just beyond the extensive Talat Market, a tiny lane leads about 200 meters towards the Mekong, emerging at the excellent Ock Pop Tok Living Crafts Centre, a beautifully laid-out traditionally styled workshop where weavers, spinners and batik makers produce top-quality fabrics.
Free tours of the centre start roughly half-hourly and give a superb insight into silk production and dye-making.
If you’re waiting for a tour, there’s plenty of information to peruse along with a great river-view café serving drinks and excellent Lao food.
Or try a cup of the surprisingly pleasant worm-poo tea-yes, a unique infusion made from silk-worm droppings.
Weaving and dyeing courses are possible here and accommodation is available.
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