A dazzling white temple covered with mirrored glass, designed by the artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, with a bridge over a sea of reaching hands representing desire, and modern pop-culture murals inside.
Chiang Rai also has the Blue Temple and the dark Baan Dam museum. The Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, is an hour north.
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…
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…
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.
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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