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around a leafy courtyard where you also take breakfast. Rooms are fragrant with Lao han-
dicrafts and desks, and enjoy impeccably clean bathrooms and air-con. There's also cable
TV.
GUESTHOUSE
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Lani's House
( 021-215639;
www.lanishouse.com
; Th Setthathirath; s/d US$50/60; )
This tasteful oasis
feels like an authentic slice of Indochina; rooms are cool and cozy with wood-blade fans,
desks, shabby-chic armoires, cable TV, fridges, wall hangings, mosquito nets and
bamboo-framed beds. Its atmospheric lobby is festooned with handicrafts and stuffed an-
imals.
Auberge Sala Inpeng
( 021-242021;
www.salalao.com
; Th In Paeng; r incl breakfast US$25-40; )
This pretty,
unique complex of wood cabanas plus a handsome traditional Laotian house is set in gar-
dens that spill with tamarind and champa flowers. The more grand rooms have a whiff of
rustic chic, with en suites and air-con. Staff are as welcoming as a slice of home.
GUESTHOUSE
$$
Hotel Beau Rivage Mekong
GUESTHOUSE
$$
( 021-243375;
www.hbrm.com
; Th Fa Ngoum; r with/without view incl breakfast US$67/55;
)
This flamingo-pink boutique hotel still packs a punch, with superb rooms decked in
bamboo screens, waffled bedspreads, high ceilings, and a pleasant garden out back. Desir-
able for couples.
Out of the Centre
Villa Manoly
GUESTHOUSE
$$
)
A
( /fax 021-218907;
manoly20@hotmail.com
; off Th Fa Ngoum; r incl breakfast US$35-45;
beautifully antiquated house in a garden swimming in mature plants and frangipani
flowers, Manoly feels like the sort of place Le Carré might ensconce himself in to write a
novel (witness its collection of vintage telephones and typewriters). Nicely furnished
rooms, with wood floors, air-con, en suites and bedside lamps, overlook a delightful pool.
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