Best Travel And Vacation Laos | Haw Kham in Luang Prabang

Best Travel And Vacation Laos | Haw Kham in Luang Prabang. To get in to Luang Prabang, the quickest way is to fly in by the airport located right in the city. There's flights from Vientiane and several parts of Thailand. You can also arrive by a bus ride from other cities in Laos. To get to Haw Kham in Luang Prabang Laos, your best choice is to go there on foot as the main tourist attractions in town, including the Royal Palace are within jogging distance from the major hotels here. There's also tuk-tuks that can take you to the palace if it is a bit far off from your hotel or from wherever in town you are staying at.

The city of Luang Prabang was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. This alone will tell visitors that the city is filled with pretty historical structures that are worth seeing. Among these structures is Haw Kham in Luang Prabang Laos, the former residence of the country Royal Relatives. Haw Kham in Luang Prabang Laos is situated along Sisavangvong Road right at heart of the heritage district of the city.

In the Queen reception room, you can see portraits of the Royal Relatives. Inside the throne room, you can see displays of the Crown Jewels. Finally, as you finish your tour of the palace, you can check out the royal quarters as well as the bedrooms which have been kept in their original state since 1975, when the palace ceased being the residence of the Royal Relatives.

Haw Kham in Luang Prabang Laos now serves as a national museum. Exploring the interiors of the palace, you can visit the rooms where you can see pretty murals adorning the walls. The murals depict the traditional life in the country as interpreted by French painter, Alix de Fauntereau. The most fascinating room however is situated at the front, right corner of the palace. This room is where you can find the palace treasures including the statue of Phra Bang, the country palladium. The statue stands at eighty-three centimeters high and is cast in bronze and then covered in gold. As you walk around the palace, you will also come across the secretary room which displays numerous paintings, silverware and china that got to the country by various countries including Thailand, Poland, Russia, Japan, the United States and Canada, among lots of others.

Haw Kham in Luang Prabang Laos was constructed in the year 1904 and done years later, in 1909. It was constructed for King Sisavang Vong and his relatives in the coursework of the French colonial period. The strategic location of the palace allowed official guests arriving by the boat to disembark and be immediately welcomed in to the palace. When the King died, his son, Crown Prince Savang Vatthana took over and became King. The prince and his relatives were the last to reside in the palace. The monarchy was overpowered by the communists in the year 1975 and the Royal Relatives was forced out of the palace and placed inside re-education camps.

Haw Kham in Luang Prabang Laos is open from Monday to Saturday, from 8:30 up to 11 in the morning. The opening hours however could alter without prior notice so it best to check the current visiting hours at the time of your visit to Luang Prabang prior to going to the palace.

The cost to visit Haw Kham in Luang Prabang – Laos is 30,000 kip per person.