Chiang Mai City Arts and Museum
The centre is a modern multi-media museum and cultural education centre, featuring a range of medias from video, scale models, enlarged photos, wall murals and text in Thai and English. Built in 1924, the building was the former Provincial Hall of Chiang Mai and is considered to be a stunning example of post-colonial Thai architecture.
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- Opening Hours: 08:00-17:30
- Address: Prapokklao Road between Rajdumnern Road and Rajwithee Road
- Tel: +66 (0) 5321 7793
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Chiang Mai Historical Centre
The Chiang Mai Historical Centre is a museum in the city which presents the history of the city in a new and exciting way. While it is similar to the National Museum in Chiang Mai, the Historical Centre is conveniently located in the city centre and easy to find right in the centre of Chaing Mai Read More...
- Opening Hours: 08:30 - 17:00 (closed Monday)
- Location: Jhaban Road, Inside the old city and behind the 3 Kings Monument
- Tel: (+66) 053 217 793
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Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai University has a beautiful, green campus and offers tours around the large campus on electric buses. The main entrance to the university is on Huey Kaew Road and this is the only entrance that tourists can enter. Sometimes the guards will ask for your passport or ID card to register when entering. The main Read More...
- Opening Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
- Location: Chiang Mai University 239, Huay Kaew Road, Muang District, Chiang Mai (Next to Chiang Mai Zoo)
- Tel: +66 (0)5 394 1300
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Fern Forest Cafe
Fern Forest Cafe is located on a small residential street in Chiang Mai’s old town. It is not immediately obvious as you walk past, with the sign hidden amongst foliage, which makes you feel like you have stumbled upon a well-kept secret. The cafe tends to be quiet on weekdays and a Thai favourite in the Read More...
- Opening Hours: 08:30 to 20:30 every day
- Address: Singharat Rd., Soi 4, Si Phum Sub-district, Mueang District, Chiang Mai
- Tel: +66 (0)53 416 204
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Lanna Folklife Museum Chiang Mai
The Lanna Folklife Museum is an interesting museum full of exhibitions about the lives, history and culture of the Lanna people of northern Thailand. The museum (also called the Lanna Heritage Centre) is located opposite the three Kings Monument in the middle of the old city, and sits inside the old municipal court of Chiang Mai. Read More...
- Opening Hours: 8:30 – 17:00 Tuesday – Sunday
- Address: Prapokklao Road, Old City, Chiang Mai
- Tel: +66 (0) 53 217 793
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Lanna Traditional House Museum
The Traditional House Museum is fantastic way to take a step back into the past and get a taste of Lanna culture in the past hundred years. This hidden museum was set up by Chiang Mai University and for some strange reason has been overlooked by visitors. Thankfully this makes the visit much more enjoyable as you Read More...
- Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 08:30 to 16:30, Closed weekends and bank holidays
- Address: 239 Huay Kaew Road,Muang, Chiang Mai
- Tel: +66 (0)53 9436 2526
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Museum of Insects and Natural Wonders
The Museum of Insects and Natural Wonders in Chiang Mai is a quirky collection of critters which has to be seen to be believed. Every spare surface of the modest venue on Srimankalajarn Road (a couple of streets over from Nimmanhaemin Road, west of Chiang Mai Old City) is covered with beetles, butterflies, stick insects, stones, Read More...
- Opening Hours: 09:00-17:00
- Address: Srimankalajarn Road
- Tel: +66 (0)53 21 1891
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Suan Buak Hat Park
A lovely and very well maintained pubic park that is a great place to stop and soak up some sunshine. Situated in the southwestern corner of the old city it is Chiang Mai’s equivalent to Lumpini Park. Read More...
- Opening Hours: 08:00-17:00
- Address: The Southwestern corner of the Old City walls.
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Tha Pae Gate
Tha Pae Gate is one of the most famous landmarks in Chiang Mai and is part of the crumbling city wall which once acted as a fortress for the ‘Old City’ (and still today acts as a geographical boundary). The gate area is an epicentre for tourism in Chiang Mai, boasting more hotels, bars, restaurants, cafes, Read More...
- Location: Moon Muang Rd., Chiang mai City
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Tribal Museum
Can't tell an Akha from a Hmong? Do you think that Yao is just a big guy who plays in the NBA? Then you need to pay a visit to the Chiang Mai Tribal Museum. Recently moved from its location on the Chiang Mai University campus, this museum is now housed in a modern, three storey building in Ratchamankla Park. Anyone planning on paying a visit to the many hilltribe villages around Chiang Mai will definitely benefit from a visit to this museum. On display here are costumes, tools and art from all of the major northern hilltribes, as well as daily slide shows which tell the stories of these colourful and unique peoples.
- Opening Hours: 09:00-16:00 fever
- Address: Ratchamangkla Park
- Tel: +66 (0) 53 210 872
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Wat Bupparam Temple
Wat Bupparam is one of Chiang Mai’s most visited temples and has a strong Burmese influence from the past. Located on Thapae Road and 500 metres from Thapae Gate, the old entrance to Chiang Mai city, Wat Bupparam has a strong historical significance. Thapae Road used to be the route traders would take as they entered Read More...
- Opening Hours: 7:00 – 18:00
- Location: Thapae Road
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Wat Chedi Luang
Built in 1391, during the reign of King Saen Muang Ma, 8th ruler of the Mengrai dynasty, Wat Chedi Luang's massive chedi (pagoda) is a distinctive feature of the Chiang Mai skyline. At its peak, the chedi measured 44 meters (144 feet) wide and 86 meters (282 feet) tall and was the home of the Emerald Read More...
- Opening Hours: 06:00-17:00
- Address: Phrapokklao Road
- Tel: +66 (0) 53 24 8604
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Wat Chiang Man
This is the oldest temple in the Chiang Mai, built in 1296 at the time of the city's founding. The temple served as the residence of Chiang Mai's founder, King Mengrai, for a time. The buildings are finely decorated in red lacquer, gold leaf and mosaics of tinted mirror, wonderful examples of Lanna style architecture. Wat Chiang Man is located on Ratchaphakhinai Road, near the Chang Puak gate in the northern part of the old city.
- Opening Hours: 09:00-17:00
- Address: Ratchaphakhinai Road
- Tel: +66 (0) 53 24 8604
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What Phan Tao
Directly adjacent to Wat Chedi Luang, although there is a wall between the two you can walk through one to get to the other. The name of this temple means "Monastery of a Thousand Kilns", in reference to the numerous Buddha images within the magnificent Wat Chedi Luang. The temple has a viharn, which is Read More...
- Opening Hours: 07:00-17:00
- Address: Diagonally adjacent to Wat Chedi Luang, Phrapokklao Road
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Wat Phra Sing
This venerable temple, located at the end of Ratchadamnoen Road, is perhaps the most venerated in Chiang Mai, behind Doi Suthep. While the dusty parking lot and hordes of taxi drivers may be discouraging at first, this temple is certainly worth a look.
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- Opening Hours: 07:00-19:00
- Address: Singharat Road
- Tel: +66 53 24 8604
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Wat Saen Fang
This old Burmese style temple is testament to the one time Burmese occupation of Chiang Mai, with its origins going back to the 14th century.
- Opening Hours: 06:00-17:00
- Address: Thapae Road
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Wat Suan Dok
Just beyond the walls of the old city on the west side stands Wat Suan Dok, which dates back to the 14th century. Built by the King of Lanna on the grounds of his pleasure garden, this temple was originally intended to serve as a retreat for a revered monk from Sukothai.
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- Opening Hours: 07:00-19:00
- Address: Suthep Road
- Tel: +66 (0) 53 24 8604
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