Pha That Luang
Vientiane riverfront
Patuxai
Buddha Park
Wat Si Saket
COPE Visitor Centre
Lao National Museum
Haw Phra Kaew
That Dam (Black Stupa)
Lao Disabled Women’s Development Centre
Walking Street
Wat Si Muang
Tad Moun Waterfall
Nam Ngum Reservoir
Night Market
That Dam, which translates as a black stupa, is an incongruous black spike protruding from a quiet roundabout on Chantha Khoumane road.
However, people know this monument for miles around, thanks to the legend of the seven-headed Naga serpent – the spirit who protects the citizens of Vientiane and is said to reside here. The brick stupa was once covered in gold, but this was pillaged by the Siamese when they invaded in the late 1820s.
Address: Highway, Vientiane
Pha That Luang Vientiane riverfront Patuxai Buddha Park Wat Si Saket COPE Visitor Centre Lao National Museum Haw Phra Kaew That Dam (Black Stupa) Lao Disabled Women’s Development Centre Walking Street Wat Si Muang Tad Moun Waterfall Nam Ngum Reservoir Night Market