What are the fun attractions and places to visit in Chiang Mai?

Chiang Mai is a Thai city full of exotic customs and a world-class tourist destination. Everything here demonstrates the essence and connotation of Southeast Asian culture, giving people a fresh feeling. Below Let me share with you recommendations for interesting tourist attractions in Chiang Mai.

Chiang Mai is the second largest city in Thailand and is known as the "Rose of the North". It was once the capital of the Lannathai Dynasty, the first independent dynasty in Thailand's history. Therefore, it is a famous historical and cultural city that has preserved many cultural heritages. In addition, Chiang Mai has a pleasant temperature, which attracts many travelers.

There are also many places to visit around Chiang Mai. You can go to nearby Pai County, or you can take a day trip to Chiang Rai further north. If you just want to stay in Chiang Mai, the following places are definitely not to be missed.

1. Nachapura Royal Garden

As the name suggests, it is Thailand’s royal garden. It has a villa area built for the King of Thailand and a rose garden that was the queen’s favorite. In 2006, the International Horticultural Expo was held here. The park is well maintained and looks beautiful, and you can enjoy various tropical plants here. Come here for a walk and play, you can fully relax your mind.

2. Chedi Luang Temple

Chedi Luang Temple is very famous, and almost every travelogue about Chiang Mai will have its photos. Among the temples in Chiang Mai, it is the most famous and, together with Wat Phra Sing, is the highest-status temple in Chiang Mai. Chedi Luang Temple was once the tallest building in Chiang Mai. Later, the temple's pagoda was partially destroyed. The cause of the destruction is said to have not yet been determined.

3. Saturday Night Market

This should be a must-visit night market in Chiang Mai. The night market is an interesting place and is very popular from sunset until 10:30 in the evening. You can find unique things here, buy traditional handicrafts, and try delicious snacks from the night market.

4. 3D Art Museum

The 3D Art Museum in Chiang Mai is very large. Most of them are works created by Korean artists. You can also interact with the exhibits. The exhibits inside are very rich, full of interest, and can stimulate your imagination.

5. Nimman Road

Nimman Road is a model of Thai style and freshness, and it is also the most fashionable and fashionable place in Chiang Mai. There are numerous cafes and beautifully decorated shops, many of which are full of creativity. Maybe you'll also find work by an artist you like.

6. Chiang Mai Old Town

Chiang Mai Old Town itself is worth wandering around and exploring. There are many delicious foods and interesting things waiting for you to discover. You can also reminisce about the past at the broken city wall, or rent a bicycle to go around the old city of Chiang Mai. Although Chiang Mai is the second largest city in Thailand, in our eyes, Chiang Mai is just a small town with many stories.

7. Suthep Doi Suthep Temple

It is said that the tower of this temple is made of gold, and it is also the oldest temple in Chiang Mai. Standing here and looking around, you can also see the panoramic view of Chiang Mai. Some people say that they have not been to Chiang Mai even if they have not been to Doi Suthep Temple.

This is my one-day itinerary in Chiang Mai with a map

The itinerary is

Chiang Mai Nimman Road - Chiang Mai Ancient City - Tha Pae Gate - Women's Prison Massage —Goodview—Bar zoeinYellow

Why not choose to go to the well-known elephant camp, jungle leap, etc. The main reason is that if you choose such an attraction, the return trip will be at 2 or 3 pm, so There is not much time for shopping in Chiang Mai city, and I only have one day. Adhering to the purpose of free travel + reasonable planning, I walked along the road like this.

Nimman Road, which we went to first, passes through Chiang Mai University and the ancient city. The alleys are full of shops, hotels, cafes, bars, and restaurants, including many Internet celebrity shops. Here are some of the ones I went to.

Ningman Road Food Recommendations

1.COCOCORNER Rabbit Ice Cream:

The most famous thing about this store is the rabbit coconut flavored ice cream, which looks like a rabbit. Made with a mixture of cream and coconut, garnished with blueberries and cookies, it’s really hard to let go of this bunny ice cream. The price is quite reasonable, 70 baht is less than 20 yuan.

The rabbit father and rabbit daughter are really reluctant to eat haha.

2.IBERRY

The online reviews are very high, mainly because it is very suitable for taking pictures inside. In fact, the food is average to me.

And it's really not that expensive. A bottle of mango juice costs 40 yuan, while the same flavor bought outside costs only... 4 yuan. However, you can’t take pictures here without buying anything, so I also bought a glass of mango juice to drink. It feels like it's not worthy of the name.

But you can learn from me and make an ecstasy pose for fun, haha

In addition to online celebrity shops, we also ate a lot of delicious Thai food in street shops. (Each dish is about 200 baht, and most of them are more than ten or twenty yuan. The four of us ordered four dishes, two bowls of rice, and four drinks. In the end, it cost 30 yuan per person.

Is it delicious for common people? Haha, a great tool for posting on WeChat Moments)

Then I want to talk about the Thai juices on the street. Thai juices are really not that sweet, as if they have added flavor, although It's very cheap and only costs a few yuan. It's really too sweet and I can't accept it.

Then when we came out of Nimman Road, we rented a motorcycle nearby for 200 baht and started our tour of the ancient city.

Pasin Temple

The ancient city of Chiang Mai was built in 1296. The ancient city is in a square shape and is protected by city walls and moats. It is the royal palace of the ancient Lannathai dynasty in Chiang Mai. ruins.

I used to think that there would be many antique buildings here, but in fact there are not. They are all the places and places where people live their daily lives. The main reason for going to the ancient city is to go to Buddhist temples. There are three main Buddhist temples in the ancient city of Chiang Mai, Chedi Luang Temple, Wat Phra Sinh, and Wat Chiang Man. I went to Wat Phra Sinh, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai.

The temples in Thailand are all splendid and covered with gold foil, but this place is also extremely clean and there are not many people coming and going. The girls who were traveling with me began to take out some beauty mobile phones to take pictures. I silently looked at the camera in my hand and felt that I was insulted. However, it turns out that I am indeed not very good at taking photos.

The photo was carefully taken, but the girl posted it on her WeChat Moments, but this one was taken by herself with her mobile phone:

Excuse me, is it my problem?

Thapae Gate (encountered a Thai student by chance)

After passing Wat Phra Sing, I went to Tha Pae Gate for the purpose of feeding the pigeons. The pigeons in the square are the biggest feature here. There is also a place selling pigeon feed next to it like in China, and a pack costs about 20 baht.

The pigeons will not run away when they see you. It may be because tourists feed them a lot, so they are actually not afraid of people at all. If you put the feed in their hands, they will come over on their own initiative. Two stories happened here.

The first story,

I met two Chinese tourists from Jiangsu and helped them take some photos. They came to Chiang Mai from Bangkok. She said that they have some local customs. Not convinced, we met by chance and added each other on WeChat, but this story is not over yet.

In the second story, I met a group of students from Chiang Mai University. Their Chinese was quite good. The girls wore red bow ties on their heads, while the boys wore them on their chests. They said they wanted to interview me

I thought they would ask me about China, thinking not to embarrass my motherland in Thailand, but what they asked was instead

What do you like? What kind of hairstyle?

Huh? This routine is a bit wrong. I like...my own hairstyle!

After laughing with them, we Take a photo and you can see many college students like this in Chiang Mai. Some of them are wearing white clothes, and some are wearing black clothes. Considering that we didn’t have uniforms in college, they are a unique sight.

After taking a short break at Tha Pae Gate, we went to the most famous massage in Chiang Mai

Thailand Women’s Prison Massage

Chiang Mai is famous for its Thai women Prison massage, but pay attention to the difference. There are two shops here: one is prison massage, and the other is called Lila.

The difference between the two is that the former is a female prisoner who is serving her sentence and doing SPA in prison, while the latter is a female prisoner who has been released from prison. Of course, I am still quite skeptical about this statement, but Lila’s publicity in Chiang Mai is overwhelming, and it is much more convenient to make an appointment online.

Because I did not go to the first one, I extracted the information from the first one:

1. Chiang Mai Women's Correctional Institution (ChiangMai Women's Correctional Institution)

Price: Foot massage 150B/hour, Thai massage 180B/hour

Address: The address is in the alley behind Three Kings Square. It is open until 4 p.m. and only accepts reservations on the same day. How to I went to the store at 8 a.m. and lined up to make an appointment.

Business hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 am ~ 4:30 pm; Saturday to Sunday: 09:00 am ~ 4:30 pm

Whether to make an appointment: only Accepting same-day reservations, you have to queue up at the store at 8 a.m. In the past, you had to wait outside for a few minutes to get your number.

2. LilaThaiMassage price (5 branches)

I had a Thai massage and facial at Lila, which cost about 140 yuan. Many of the Thai massages I've had before were very powerful and not very comfortable, but here it was better. But if this is a prison massage, I don’t think it has any special features.

For dinner we chose the famous riverside restaurant in Chiang Mai, Goodview, with a bar in the front and a restaurant in the back. There are people singing here at night.

Then we went to the most famous Chiang Mai Night Market in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai Night Market

From sunset to early morning, the noisy night market was full of singing and dancing. Although you can also see street-level night markets in China, the night markets in Chiang Mai are larger and all-encompassing.

Of course, the biggest purpose of coming to the night market is the night market barbecue in Thailand!

There is a street in the Chiang Mai night market that is full of barbecue streets. It is different from the barbecue in China. The barbecue in Chiang Mai It’s usually a strong mix and match style, like this:

Green peppers, tomatoes, and meat skewers are all skewered together, and they’re not cheap. However, as for the taste, those who are used to domestic barbecue will definitely not want to eat here, because it is really too sweet, and it is a very greasy sweet and greasy melancholy kind. As a Chinese, it really doesn’t sit well with my stomach. Too adaptable, say goodbye to Thai barbecue food.

Here is an interesting experience. I drank some wine at a riverside restaurant, so I felt dizzy at this time. I saw a coconut lantern inexplicably at the night market. At that time, I had bad eyesight and told my friends that it was I bought an owl, but I actually found out the next day that I had bought a crab lantern.

Buying a lamp is also quite complicated. I don’t have enough Thai baht on hand. The asking price is 200 baht, which is about 40 baht short. At this time, I am in a dilemma. I asked him if I could use RMB and took out 10 yuan, but the merchant shook his hand. I was shocked when they took 100 yuan from my wallet. However, he gestured to me and asked me for 300 baht. It turned out that he only knew 100 RMB, but the exchange rate of 1:5 was a very good deal.

zoeinYellow

After visiting the night market, how could I not get excited? I went to zoeinYellow, the most popular bar in the street. There were very few Chinese people, and the general mood was high.

Pharmacy

But at this time, my hoarse throat that had been feeling hoarse in the morning was getting more and more uncomfortable.

I also started to have night sweats, and I realized that I might be acclimatized. I asked the girls I had met before, and they said that there was a place selling medicine near their hotel and they could recommend us to buy it, so we We took a taxi to the drugstore, and the store gave us a prescription for 10 yuan, and told us to take four pills three times a day. I didn't expect that on our last day in Chiang Mai, we would have so many wonderful connections with people.

In a hurry, I traveled around the ancient city, met lovely locals in Chiang Mai, and met friends from all over the world. The journey of a backpacker always gives people countless surprises.