Laos Travel Guide: A list of the best travel guides and blogs on Laos

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Destination Guides

Luang Prabang

Savannakhet

Vientiane

Nomadic Notes Blog Posts

Luang Prabang
Notes on Luang Prabang: Soups, trains, bad bikes, and sad waterfalls
The best cafes in Luang Prabang

Vang Vieng
Notes on Vang Vieng: The one with all the Friends Bars

Vientiane
Cafes in Vientiane, Laos

Accommodation

Laos hotels – Search for discount hotels in Laos with lowest rates guaranteed.

Luang Prabang
Where to stay in Luang Prabang

Guesthouse Review: Lakangthong 2 Friendly House, Luang Prabang – Laos
Guesthouse Review: Khonesavanh Guesthouse, Luang Prabang – Laos

Vientiane
Hotel Review: iHouse-New Hotel, Vientiane – Laos
Hotel Review: Avalon Hotel, Vientiane – Laos

Travel Guides

tourismlaos.org – Laos’ official tourism website.

Blogs

Explore Laos – Stories about travel experiences, festivals, developments, reviews and funny happenings. Written by local workers, expats and travellers working in travel related fields.

Eat Drink Laos – Australian freelance journalist based in Vientiane, blogging about food, travel and life in Laos.

Articles about Laos

The art thriving in the most heavily bombed country in history – As Laos opens up after decades of war and isolation, a new generation of artists are telling stories of resilience, strength and beauty.

Death from below in the world’s most bombed country – The US dropped 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam war. More than 40 years later, the devices are still killing people.

Tours

Laos Tours – Tours and things to do hand-picked by Viator.

Books

A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA by Joshua Kurlantzick.

The untold story of how America’s secret war in Laos in the 1960s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy. Kurlantzick gives us the definitive account of the Laos war and its central characters, based on extensive interviews and CIA records only recently declassified.