A golden temple on a mountain above Chiang Mai, reached by a naga-lined staircase of 306 steps (or a funicular), with views over the city. It's one of the most sacred sites in northern Thailand.
Shared red songthaew trucks go up from the zoo. In Chiang Mai's old city, visit Wat Chedi Luang and the Sunday Walking Street market. Take a Thai cooking class.
Chiang Mai is the best place in Thailand to celebrate Songkran, the Thai New Year, from 13 to 15 April (celebrations often run for several days eithe…
Elephant Nature Park, founded in the 1990s, is a sanctuary for rescued elephants in a valley north of Chiang Mai, where you watch and feed them witho…
A dazzling white temple covered with mirrored glass, designed by the artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, with a bridge over a sea of reaching hands repres…
The ruins of Sukhothai, the first capital of Siam in the 13th century, with graceful Buddha statues, lotus-bud chedis and temples reflected in ponds,…
A very different temple from the classic ruins of Sukhothai: a garden of hundreds of handmade concrete statues telling the story of the Ramayana, sce…
A seven-tiered waterfall with turquoise pools in a forest national park, where you can swim with small fish nibbling your feet.
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