Thaveesinh Hotel

Great location in the heart of the town, surrounded by lots of places to while away the time waiting to board your slow boat to Luang Prabang. Clean comfortable bed. Extremly good value for money, if you just need a bed for the night. We had a room at the front of the building, which provided us with an excellent viewpoint for the alms-giving ceremony in the morning. We were woken by the beautiful sound of the monks chanting under our window.

Situated in a border ‘town’, this hotel is clean but pretty basic. The location is good, in the heart of town with a couple of cafe/bars across the road. Plus a mini market, which was handy. The staff are really friendly and helpful, and assisted us with our long boat ticket and tuk tuk transfer, which all went well.

The Thaveesinh Hotel is in the very centre of Houayxai. The staff and the owners are very welcoming, friendly and helpful. The hotel offers free tea coffee and biscuits at the reception, money exchange and can organise a private tour to the traditional village, old fort, morning market and temples. They have a booking service for the slow boat to Luang Prabang or across the border into Thailand and onto Chiang Rai. The Gibbon Experience office is opposite. The best part about staying here and don’t forget to book a seat to be part of the early-morning gifting of food, a traditional monk ceremony. Where the bell is rung at the temple on the hill and then the monks descend single file down the long staircase and separate in two directions along the main street to be gifted food from the local residents and businesses. The nicest surprise is when the monks stop in front of the hotel and sing! I wish to highly recommend the Thaveesin Hotel. 10 out of 10!