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Savannakhet Travel Guide

March 26, 2010 By James Clark 6 Comments

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Savannakhet Travel Guide

This town on the Mekong River was once a French trading port. Few colonial era buildings remain though the Talat Yen Plaza remains low-rise and uncluttered.

Savannakhet is often described as “sleepy”, which is not a bad thing if you are looking for some respite from the bigger cities. I enjoyed visiting here to see the contrast of an everyday city without mass tourism.

Savannakhet will soon be connected by the Savan-Laobao Railway Corridor, which will connect to the Vietnam coast. With that connection it is possible that a ralway would also connect to Thailand (read more about future Southeast railways here.)

Book Accommodation

Savannakhet hotels – Search for discount hotels in Savannakhet.

Travel Guides

Savannakhet Guide – wikitravel.org.

Blog Posts

Faded grandeur and abandoned buildings in Savannakhet, Laos – kathmanduandbeyond.com

Nobody goes to…Savannakhet – funnelogychannel.com.

Hospitality in Savannakhet: The lovely ladies of Laos – alongwayback.com.

Guide Books

Lonely Planet Laos (Travel Guide)

Photos

Savannakhet photo gallery – Photo gallery of Savannakhet.

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Comments

  1. anonymous says

    March 26, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    spent a lot of time standing in that plaza using the free wifi coming from a nearby building 🙂 Love that town and the breafast egg sandwiches!! along main street every morning.

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  2. Andrew says

    March 26, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    There is a French restaurant located just off the right edge of that photograph (can’t remember the name right now) where I satisfied my urge for some farang-food with a delicious medium-rare steak. Happy memories!

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  3. James Clark says

    March 27, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    @Andrew always good to have a steak craving answered so well.

    I ended up spending another day here as I found good internet as well.

    Reply
  4. je pisti says

    March 28, 2010 at 1:38 am

    I loved it the article. I would like to get here.

    Reply
  5. Brook says

    April 4, 2010 at 1:06 am

    Photos are looking great, nice to see more of Laos than just tubing.

    Reply
  6. Songkham9 says

    July 30, 2012 at 4:54 am

    Thank you for your precious work. Can you please tell me if there was a big mango tree infront of Talat Yen Plaza in 1970s? 

    Reply

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