Half Day Shopping Tour Of Vientiane From Hotel Inside Vientiane City Only

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Destinazione	Categoria
Vientiane, Laos	Visite guidate

Il programma nel dettaglio

Visit to Carol Cassidy’s workshop and the central market. Meet someone unique and with an unforgettable story to tell. Her name is Carol Cassidy. She has single-handedly revived the fine art of Laotian silk weaving. Cassidy, a native of Connecticut, saw a dying art on a trip she took to Vientiane as a UN worker in 1989. Old techniques were fading fast, Laotian mothers no longer passed their skills on to their daughters. Today, Cassidy runs a successful business that employs 32 weavers, and 3,000 farmers supply them with silk from their mulberry trees. Each museum-quality piece of hand-loomed silk is a work of art, each one unique. The finished products are sold to New York designers, to London art collectors, to Danish royalty and to Hollywood’s A-list. Proceed to the central market where all kinds of local handicrafts can be found, such as silver and gold ware, wood carvings, cotton and silk products.

Meeting/pick-up point: Hotel’s lobby.
Duration: Approx. 3 hours.
Start/opening time: At 9am or 2pm.

Others: Authorized agents voucher is required upon arrival.
Please contact supplier to confirm your tour 24 hours prior to departure.
Children under 2yrs free of charge. Languages: English speaking guide.