Hotel Villa Maydou

Just before the Old Bridge, set back from the road, next to a temple, this is the kind of accommodation I couldn't wish for better. Villa Maydou is exactly my taste! The hotel's individual buildings are loosely spread across the site, some of which have been carefully restored and are listed as historical monuments. I love the teak floors in the upper rooms. The hotel lives from its historic charm, the caring staff and Laotian vibe. The open breakfast pavilion (don't touch the Fishtail Palm!) offers a great, also regional variety of options. The pool is a nice place to relax after your excursions and the cosy bar next to it invites you to forget the time with a G&T.   Guests can use free rental bikes to reach everything in the old town.

Such a lovely hidden gem of a hotel. So quiet but right in the midst of everything. The staff are awesome. Breakfast is varied, plentiful and free. The pool is lovely to get into after being out walking on a hot day. The rooms are spacious and serviced every day with fresh towels and water. It’s nice some days to just sit on the verandah and enjoy the peace and quiet. Villa Maydou has a lovely ambience about it and I’ll miss it as much as Luang Prabang itself.

The hotel is based in an attractive array of traditional buildings with stepping stones through the gardens to each one. In our bathroom there was a swarm of flying insects which was unpleasant but we dealt with them without too much bother (sorry vegans but they had to go). The bathroom has a shower attachment and curtain over the bath, the toilet room didn't have a washbasin which seems a little. As for the TV I wasn't aware that you could buy one that small, there wasn't any English language stations and most of them looked as if it was snowing. In fairness it wasn't an inconvenience for us as we didn't come to watch television. Our room had Aircon and ceiling fans which was most welcome. The hotel appears to be on the flight path of the local airport but they have hardly any flights so it wasn't problematic. The pool is quite small with green tiles which nicely complements the surroundings, it's large enough to cool off in which is the main thing, it's the same depth of 1.6 meters over the whole length. Near the pool are sunloungers with parasols, three tables and chairs with chess sets, conveniently towels are available by the bar, also you can borrow bicycles which is a nice idea.