Vang Vieng Garden Villa

Location a bit inconvenient basically approach road in front was being reconstructed so that might have affected.

All was good. The staff could not speak or understand english so a bit comedy of errors. But the staff was very welcoming.

Spacious rooms and covered parking for bikes

A limitless far out from centre but to be honest this can also be a good thing

Quiet location. Very peaceful. Good iinternet.

Mattress was old. No table and at least 1 chair

The villas were fine and the beds were comfortable. Water refill was good to help reduce plastic waste. Coffee making facilities and fruit are available at the reception. Breakfast was freshly cooked to order with a couple of choices. If you have tour owners transport and are not planning to stay much in the accommodation this may be a good base.

These points are aimed to help other travellers and to provide feedback to the accommodation. There is no shuttle as it says in the listing. Prior to our arrival, we checked with the accommodation about how best to get to the property from the train station. We were told that we should get a tuk tuk at a cost of 80,000for two people, which would be paid by the accommodation when we arrived. On our arrival the tuk tuk drivers did not accept this and wanted 180,000 stating that the accommodation is too far away from town. As we didn’t have enough money, we had to walk with our rucksacks using google maps to find the place. Others who had booked accommodation in the town centre, were able to get tuk tuks easily for 40,000 per person. The roads are very dark and busy, with no paths and it took around 25 minutes. When I fed this back via message on booking. com we were offered a free return trip to the train station when we left. This was kind but we would have preferred to have had proper advice on our arrival as the walk was not easy with our large backpacks. The garden villas have no actual view and there are no gardens. In front of the villas, there are brick built troughs that are empty or full of dead leaves. The member of staff that was present most of the time spoke no Lao or English so communication was difficult even using google translate. We could not organise anything through the accommodation so had to go to town to organise activities. There was no cleaning service during our 5 day stay, or any offer of clean towels/ bedding, toilet roll etc. Whilst this place is advertised as having relaxing gardens, there is nowhere to sit outside apart from a hard bench on the porch. Some comfortable chairs would have made such a difference and a more relaxing environment especially given as it is so far out of town. The biggest issue was lack of accessible transport.

It was a beautiful area and the staff were amazing. We had food poisoning while we were there and they were amazing to cater for us and ensure we were okay - beautiful cabins and a great space for a peaceful getaway. The location is a bit out of the city but they assist you with hiring scooters or getting taxis if needed. Highly recommend!

Slight ant problem but being out next to the open fields it’s expected!