Luang Prabang ancient capital is considered one of the most fascinating and peaceful in South East Asia. With Vietnam Airlines flights to Luang Prabang, visitors will have the opportunity to feel the tranquil scenery, ancient houses, beautiful peninsulas adjacent to Mekong and Nam Khan Rivers, the monks begging for alms in the morning and the gentle smile of Laotians. Luang Prabang is really a paradise for those who love nature, pure mediation and want to escape from the dust, lust, hatred, delusion of the life.
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Currently, Vietnam Airlines is operating 2 flights from Hanoi to Luang Prabang every day with the rate from USD 150. Therefore, visitors can easily book flights to Luang Prabang with different times and fares.
Luang Prabang owns the most diverse landscapes of northern Laos and still preserves and conserves the traditional cultures the best in Laos. Nature has endowed this peaceful land the great sceneries, surrounded by mountains higher than 700m above the sea level between the confluence of Nam Khan River and Mekong River.
Today, Luang Prabang is one of the most attractive destinations of Laos recognized as the world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1995. Booking Vietnam Airlines tickets Hanoi-Luang Prabang and setting foot in this beautiful city, visitors will be fascinated by the tranquil space, poetic beauty of landscape mixed with the magnificence and splendor of the temples, the trees and flowers along the roadside and even the monks with yellow shirt following somebody's footsteps to beg for alms on the streets.
Wat Xieng Thong: Located in the end of Sakkarin Street, close to the confluence of Mekong River and Nam Khan River, Wat Xieng Thong is known as the most important temple in Luang Prabang ancient capital. This temple was built in 1560 under the reign of King Setthathirat. Its gate overlooks Mekong River - the river has long attached to the land and the lives of the people in the country of Million Elephants.
Wat Xieng Thong own a large campus with many large and small works as a main temple in the classical architectural style of Luang Prabang with three-storey roof facing the ground; Tripitaka built in 1828; tower hanging drum (1961); a small temple with the Reclining Buddha and several smaller buildings scattered. The famous Buddha statue of Xieng Thong was once displayed in Paris Museum in 1931, then was kept in Vientiane and returned Luang Prabang in 1964.
In addition, Wat Xieng Thong is famous for murals depicting the story of Buddha, made by Mosaic art. On major holidays of the year, Xieng Thong becomes busy and bustling with thousands of tourists flocking to the temple to contemplate the true golden Buddha statue or to participate in Buddha bathing ceremony.
Pak Ou: Located in the north of Luang Prabang, visitors can come to Pak Ou cave by boat or road transportation. This cave is well-known for small wooden Buddha statue on the cliff. Buddha statues in Pak Ou cave are relatively diverse, expressing the different forms of the Buddha.
Phou Si Mountain: is an ideal place to admire the panoramic view of Luang Prabang. In Lao language, Phou means mountain and Si means color. This mountain is about 80m high with more than 300 steps leading up the mountain made of bricks with the airy spaces for visitors. On Phou Si top is 20-meter-high Chom Si tower with a hall worshiping Buddha, a Buddha statue weighing about 50kg and so many other beautiful statues with gentle face, long slender fingers and Naga snake head.
