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Victoria Xiengthong PalacevsVilla Santi Hotel
Both properties are highly recommended by experts. On balance, Victoria Xiengthong Palace scores slightly better than Villa Santi Hotel. Victoria Xiengthong Palace comes in at #8 in Luang Prabang with praise from 3 reviewers like Lonely Planet, Oyster and Fodor's.
Victoria Xiengthong Palace
Oyster
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Kounxoau Road, Ban Phonehueng, Luang Prabang, Laos
From $97/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Upscale
"The Victoria Xiengthong Palace is a boutique heritage hotel set in the old town of Luang Prabang." Full review
"Luang Prabang's latest boutique residence used to be the Royal Palace, and has been rennovated into one of the town's most luxurious and perfectly located places to stay." Full review
"The 26 rooms are luxuriously appointed and include open-plan Mekong suites with grandstand viewviews and two-storey suites with their own private plunge pools." Full review
Villa Santi Hotel
Concierge
Fodor's
DK Eyewitness
Lonely Planet
Sakkarine Road, Ban Wat Sene, PO Box 681, Luang Prabang 40000, Laos
From $89/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
"Five minutes from the Mekong River in the heart of Luang Prabang's World Heritage site, the 120-year-old residence of Princess Manilai is decorated in simple French colonial style."
"This 19th-century royal residence in the heart of Luang Prabang was converted to a boutique hotel in 2001 by a local princess's son-in-law, who also built a resort outside town." Full review
"An upscale boutique hotel, Villa Santi is housed in a quaint, restored Colonial-era mansion that was once home to a Lao princess."
"Many 'deluxe' (ie standard) rooms are in a central annexe behind. while the majority are in fact in a well-appointed 'resort' 5km south of town." Full review