Wat Xieng Thong

Luang Prabang Province · Laos

Wat Xieng Thong, Laos
Photo: Phillip Maiwald (Nikopol), CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to March
Budget
$
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A gilded sixteenth-century monastery near the tip of the Luang Prabang peninsula, among the most revered in Laos. Sweeping low roofs, a tree-of-life mosaic, and ornate shrines mark its classic Lao style.

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