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The Luxury Hotel Insider: Exclusive luxury hotel deals, features and special rates from the luxury hotel experts at Five Star Alliance.
Named one of Tripbase's Best Luxury Travel Blogs for 2011, below are Five Star Alliance's newest articles featuring exclusive information on luxury hotels worldwide including special offers and deals at the world's best hotels.

| By: Five Star Alliance

At Belmond La Residence Phou Vao, those with romance in their hearts can enjoy an al fresco dinner by the light of 500 candles.

Belmond La Residence Phou Vao

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| By: Christopher Roney

We all have a bucket list, a list of things we want to do before we die. Mine includes climbing Kilimanjaro, learning to scuba dive, and setting foot on every continent at least once.  And CNN recently gave us its own thoughts on the fifteen hotels you just have to see before we're definitely done dancing.  One of their, and our, favorites is the La Residence Phou Vao in Laos.  The unique appeal of this hidden gem lies in its contemplative atmosphere. The secluded, idyllic mountain valley it rests on the edge of allows it to overlook Laos’ second-largest city and home of the golden Buddha, Luang Prabang. The surrounding greenery envelops the hotel, intimately holding in a silent tranquility, as if the wind itself is afraid to take a breath. A stay at Phou Vao is essentially a monastic retreat, a chance to lose oneself in quiet introspection.

Supplementing the peaceful clarity with pure comfort, the accommodations themselves are anything but Spartan. The luxury spa features an emerald infinity-edge pool and fine dining at its patio seating, complete with a breathtaking view of the valley below. So make sure you add this hotel to your list, and just maybe, when you cross it off, you’ll find the moment of personal enlightenment that makes La Residence Phou Vao one of the 15 places to stay before you die.