Experts' Choice Award Wat Xieng Mouane
What the experts agree on
Luang Prabang's most magnificent temple, with a stunning golden ordination hall housing ornate Buddhas and recently restored monks' quarters now serving as a training center for preserving the city's sacred artistic traditions.
Lonely Planet "With backing from Unesco and Greece, monks' quarters were restored as a classroom for training young novices and monks in the artistic skills needed to maintain and preserve Luang Prabang's temples" Full review
Lonely Planet "The monastery's current, colourful sǐm (ordination hall) contains an attractive 'family' of Buddhas and has stencilled columns conspicuously inscribed with the names of US donors " Full review
Frommer's "Considered to be the most magnificent temple in Luang Prabang -- the "Golden City" or "Golden Tree Monastery"...site of coronation of Lao kings and also the center of numerous annual festivities" Full review
Afar Magazine "Though Luang Prabang earned UNESCO World Heritage status in 1995 for its fusion of traditional Lao and European colonial architecture, the city’s most dazzling structures are most..." Full review
