Best places for shopping in Vientiane

Best places for shopping in Vientiane

In almost tours to any destination, in addition to visiting beautiful landscapes, trying delicious cuisine or exploring a new culture, shopping is also a big interest of most tourists. Not except for Vientiane, when travelling to this charming city of Laos, tourists are always interested in shopping for souvenirs for their family and friends when returning their country. travel Indochina Laos

  1. Vientiane night market

Vientiane night market opens every night on the banks of the Mekong River. At this time, the whole riverside area is alive with joggers and dog-walkers taking advantage of the cooling breezes and stunning backdrop of the sun slowly sinking into Mekong River.

Vientiane night market

Vientiane night market- Source: www.justgola.com

In Vientiane night market, you can find a predictable array of Buddhist-inspired paintings and knickknacks, cheap sunglasses, and Beer Lao T-shirts. Besides, there is a vast diversity of electronics, clothes, accessories, artwork, trinkets and especially street food. Even if you are not really planning to buy anything here, taking a walk around the market for few hours is still an interesting experience to get closer to the daily life of locals.

  1. Talat Sao morning market

Talat Sao morning market usually opens very early, but still keeps going well into the day when vendors cram into the downtown venue to sell everything from Chinese medicinal herbs to pirated DVDs and silver jewellery in addition to everyday sundries. It is divided into 2 sections: air-conditioned shopping mall which is the best place to find buy electronics, sports equipment and jewellery and cavernous original Morning Market which contains variety of mass-produced silks, cheap T-shirts, trinkets and other souvenir type items.

There is a variety of products in Tala Sao morning market

There is a variety of products in Tala Sao morning market- Source: www.justgola.com

  1. Carol Cassidy Lao Textiles

Carol Cassidy Lao Textiles is a shop in the center of Vientiane, which is a combination of both a workshop and gallery. This shop includes 100 percent hand-woven silk, Carol and the 40 Lao artisans to produce exquisitely crafted wall hangings, scarves, shawls and custom furnishing fabrics.  Laos travel packages

Carol’s products are now displayed in galleries and museums throughout the Unites States. You can buy some products in this shop as souvenirs to remind you of unique culture as well as friendly locals in Laos.

Products of Carol Cassidy Lao Textiles

Products of Carol Cassidy Lao Textiles- Source: www.travellaosonline.com

  1. Oot Ni Gallery

Oot Ni Gallery is one of the largest and most ancient shops in Vientiane, which displays an collection of genuine antiques from across Southeast Asia, silver ornaments, handicrafts and artwork. Besides, you also can find antique goods such as ancient Buddhist artifacts and sculptures or unusual item such as old-age ornamental opium pots, bone china tea sets, and authentic teak carvings in this best shopping in Vientiane.

Products in Oot Ni Gallery

Products in Oot Ni Gallery- Source: www.palmvietnamtravel.com

  1. T’Shop Lai Gallery

T’Shop Lai Gallery is a great shop in Vientiane filled with a beautiful collection of handmade goods in Laos. You can find a vast diversity of natural products in the gallery like shampoos, soaps, balms, mosquito repellents, pure body oils, essential oils, spices, as well as one of a kind handicrafts and custom furniture pieces.

T’Shop Lai Gallery

T’Shop Lai Gallery- Source: www.worklivelaos.com

Spending a little time at T’Shop Lai Gallery will offer you a great chance to learn more about Lao culture and surprising amount of natural resources of this beautiful country.

Five places above are good suggestions for tourists to go shopping in Vientiane, Laos. From hill tribe silk, arts, crafts, household furnishings, jewelry to couture-quality textiles, you can find everything which you want in these places.

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