http://www.villa-maly.com/Dining/Nava-Mekong The boutique hotel Villa Maly, opened in 2008, operates two gastronomic establishments of note. The first is its quaint restaurant Le Vetiver, with a small but perfectly formed menu of western food and Lao-style dishes. Housed in what was once the home of Prince Khamtan, built in the early twentieth century, the hotel possesses a certain natural grandeur. It also runs the Nava Mekong lunch and dinner boat cruises, which offers the magnificent experience of dining on delicious Lao cuisine, served by staff in traditional Lao dress, whilst floating past Luang Prabang’s enchanting landscape. The lunch cruise stops at the sacred Pak Ou Caves, while the dinner cruise transports travellers to a traditional village to see locals perform ancient dances.