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Updated September 2026 Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat in Lampang is the mountain temple with small white stupas perched on separate limestone crags. Reaching the upper viewpoints involves a local shuttle from the lower temple, followed by an uphill walk and steep stairs. The setting is the reason to make the journey, but the climb is

Updated September 2026 Doi Inthanon can be cold, wet and wrapped in cloud while Chiang Mai is warm. At 2,565 metres, Thailand’s highest summit needs its own weather check; a city forecast is a poor guide to what you will wear on the upper mountain. November to February is generally the strongest starting point for

Updated September 2026 Alpine Golf Resort Chiang Mai is a 27-hole golf complex in a wooded valley on the San Kamphaeng–Ban Thi side of the Chiang Mai area. Its three nine-hole loops combine water hazards, shaped fairways and greens that reward a considered approach. It is a good candidate for a dedicated golf day, especially

Updated September 2026 A fishing park near Chiang Mai can mean a rod hired for a few hundred baht or an organised outing with tackle, a guide, lunch and hotel transport. That distinction matters more than the photographs of enormous fish. My starting point is Bo Sang for anglers comfortable managing their own tackle, and

Updated September 2026 Chalermchai Kositpipat is the Thai artist behind Wat Rong Khun, the White Temple near Chiang Rai. Born in Rong Khun village on 15 February 1955, he trained as a painter and developed a way of placing Buddhist subjects alongside images from contemporary life. At the White Temple, that approach extends across buildings,

Updated September 2026 Wualai Walking Street is Chiang Mai’s Saturday evening market on Wua Lai Road, just outside the southern edge of the Old City near Chiang Mai Gate. Food carts and stalls selling clothing, jewellery and small crafts fill a street in the city’s traditional silversmith district. The market is free to enter and

Updated September 2026 Chiang Mai’s Sunday Night Market fills Ratchadamnoen Road inside the Old City, running from Tha Phae Gate toward Wat Phra Singh and spreading along adjoining streets. It is also called the Sunday Walking Street or Tha Phae Walking Street. Admission is free, and the useful visiting period is late afternoon through the

Updated September 2026 The Monk’s Trail to Wat Pha Lat is a forest walk on the lower slopes of Doi Suthep, beginning near the old Channel 7 television station above the western side of Chiang Mai University. The lower trail is approximately two kilometres each way. It leads to a working Buddhist temple beside a

Updated September 2026 Mueang Chiang Rai is the capital district of Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand. It contains Chiang Rai city and a much wider area of suburbs, villages and countryside. That distinction matters when you book a room: an address in “Mueang Chiang Rai” does not necessarily put you within walking distance of

Updated September 2026 Phu Chi Fa is a sunrise viewpoint on the Thai–Lao border in Chiang Rai province. Its pointed cliff rises above an open ridge, with the mountains of Laos ahead and, on some mornings, fog filling the valleys below. The summit is about 1,628 metres above sea level. You may also see the