Booking your plane ticket to Luang Prabang and visit the beautiful capital of Luang Prabang, visitors will have the opportunity to explore many impressive places. Among these destinations, you cannot ignore the opportunity to explore the Royal palace museum – located on the back of majestic Mount Phou Si. Formerly the royal palace of the Kingdom of Laos, but today Royal palace museum becomes a museum to attract tourists.
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From the road leading to the museum, visitors can see two rows of palm trees planted on either side of the majestic royal palace and the Royal Palace Museum today.
Although the Royal palace museum of Laos does not own magnificent or splendid beauty, the unique architecture blends the style of Laos and France has created a Royal Palace museum with distinctive features.
Entering the Royal Palace Museum, you will find the artifacts of this place are preserved a intact. The roofs and exhibits inside the Royal Palace Museum are gold-plated.
One of the most precious artifacts preserved in the Royal Palace Museum is the Prabang Buddha statue. This is the national statue, the state of Laos. Made from pure gold, weighs 48 kg and is 83 cm tall. On every occasion in Laos, Buddhist dignitaries and senior officials in Luang Prabang return the Buddha to Xieng Thong temple to celebrate the New Year ceremony and bathe the Buddha with perfume.
The exterior of the museum is Royal Garden with a floral layout of trees and lakes, creating a romantic dream for this place. The statue of King Sisavang Vong is made of bronze.
When visiting the Royal palace museum of Laos there is one thing that visitors should note that you are not allowed to take photos. When you get inside the museum, you have to go and speak softly. When you are outside, you can climb Mount Phou Si to see the whole of Luang Prabang.
– Opening time: Daily, from 08:30 am to 11:00 am; 01:30 pm to 05:00 pm.
– Location: the other side of the road from Mount Phousi, in Luang Prabang.
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