Luang Prabang Shopping

The night market in Luang Prabang has some of the best values in Indochina. We bought embroidered bedspreads with pillowcases for $20, silk scarves for $6 to $8 , stone pencil cases for $10. Compared to Vietnam and Cambodia handicraft prices are better here.

What to buy: scarves,bedspreads, carved boxes

Wana Buy some souvenirs? Shop at the Night Marker located at Th Sisavongvong. the street will be closed at 5pm as the vendors will lay down their "treasures" for you to buy. shop untill at about 10pm. You have to bargain hard!!

What to buy: handicrafts, shirts, hand bags, etc.. everything. you name it, it's there.

When the sun goes down in Luang Prabang, vendors set up their wares on the main street of the town in front of the palace. Most of the vendors are women and they spred their merchandise on blankets on the street. Each vendor has an electric light. I would estimate that there are 200 venders in four rows taking up the entire width of the street. The night market goes on for five blocks. It is quite a site even if you do not buy anything.

What to buy: As for the merchandise: blankets, crafts, jewelry, paintings, carvings, statues and fabrics.

What to pay: This is a place for bargaining, which is expected. Prices are very reasonable.

In the principal avenue,( almost the only road in town, you will see after 5 PM everyday , people from the sourrounding selling , goods, art, antiques,( fakes and not fakes ) i bought some really nice ones, and after i bought 5 paintings of hill tribe faces, on rice paper, really nice, this is a must.

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This shop had the most beautifully crafted timber products, many of which were made from mulberry tree timber. From small carvings, boxes, Buddha images to larger pieces of furniture, the workmanship was excellent. All locally made around Luang Prabang.

What to buy: Depends on the amount of shopping space in luggage!

What to pay: A fair price for the handcrafting skills.

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Por la noche cortan el tráfico en la calle principal y montan un mercado nocturno donde la gente de las distintas etnias con sus trajes tradicionales pasan allí las horas dándole un colorido y una tranquilidad e intentando vender sus artesanias
Es una escena realmente inolvidable

At night they cut the traffic in the main street and they install a night market where the people of the different ethnic groups wit their traditional costumes spend there the hours giving to it colour and peace and trying to sell their handicrafts
It is a picture difficult to forget

Every night one end of the main street in Luang Prabang transforms into an extensive market featuring local handicrafts, fermenting insects and reptiles, and cheap t-shirts. Lovely silk weavings and wood carvings can be had at dirt cheap prices. Although it's fun to haggle, and usually expected, it's important to keep it good natured. We overheard many Westerners aggressively haggling, literally, over pennies - please remember that those pennies mean A LOT more to these people than to you, the tourist.

What to buy: silk weavings, wood carvings

Souvenir stalls

What to buy: This special drink including the scoprio inside, is a memoble gift to take back.
I wonder though who will appreciate such a gift or whom would you like to serve such drink!
At least neither of my fellow travellers dared to taste...