I’ll be spending 3 nights in Luang Prabang in a few months, and I’m trying to sort out where to stay. I do enjoy welcoming places and comfortable accommodations, but I also like prime locations.

I have read the previous posts on Lunag Prabang. It seems that the nicest accommodations are outside the city center. However, I’d like to spend 1 night in the center, especially to see the monks in their early-morning activities. Then, I’d spend 2 nights outside the center (but still within an easy tuk-tuk ride of downtown).

For the city center, 3 Nagas and the Villa Santi Hotel (not the resort) seem to be the better choices. Can anyone compare these two? Are there better places in the center?

For outside the center, the Maison Souvannaphoum Hotel and the Residence Phou Vao both seem pleasant enough. Comments/comparisons?