Sofitel Luang Prabang, a world heritage hotel

#VisitLaos Sofitel Luang Prabang, a world heritage hotel in colonial style Sofitel Luang Prabang, a retro mansion built in the 1900s for a French noble family, reflects Luang Prabang's cultural heritage perfectly. It has now been renovated and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hotel is located in Ban Mano, a quiet residential area of ​​Luang Prabang. Guests can visit the old town, which preserves beautiful architecture, the golf course, and visit the silk weaving village, which is located around the hotel, just a 15-minute walk or a 5-minute drive away. Or you can visit the beautiful water at Kuang Si Waterfall, which is only 30 minutes from the hotel. The hotel offers a total of 25 rooms, all of which are suites that combine oriental beauty with French colonial grandeur, both inside and outside, with a large garden in the center of the hotel with large trees providing shade and a variety of wild flowers that create colors reminiscent of the beauty of the Lao countryside, including pink lotuses blooming amidst the lotus ponds around the resort. In addition, the resort and rooms are decorated with musical instruments and local Lao antiques. As UNESCO registered Luang Prabang as a World Heritage Site in 1995, Sofitel Luang Prabang Hotel itself is also registered as a World Heritage Site. This is because it is an old colonial-style architecture with a history of more than 100 years. It was originally a residence of a former lord during the Lan Xang Kingdom and was first converted into a hotel in 2010. It was renovated and redecorated to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Luang Prabang being registered as a World Heritage Site in 2015, making Sofitel Luang Prabang Hotel one of the oldest hotels in the Sofitel Group.