Apr 3, 2019

Your Guide to Chiang Mai

You discover Chiang Mai through the eyes of people, who have been there. This blog collects their voices from blogs and travel-related forums like tripadvisor.com or travelfish.org and their pictures from flickr.com and other sources. Google Maps help you to create your own tour. Links give you background. Welcome to Chiang Mai!


Guesthouses: Cheap or not too expensive beds, some very charming locations like Pak Chiang Mai. Click



Boutique Hotels: Small hotels with traditional architecture like Bury Gallery House. Click.




Hotels: Big and splendid ones like Rachamankha. Click.




Restaurants: Where food is created with love and where vegetarians get mouthwatering stuff. Click.



Temples: Chiang Mai's Old Town counts more than twenty temples with spledid architecture. And Doi Suthep on a nearby mountain is famous. Click.



Markets and Walking Streets: Shop and eat with the locals and don't miss Wualai Walking Street or Ratchadamnoen Walking Street. Click.




Massage: Enjoy a massage by well trained people - for exampla at a shop with connections to the female prison. Click.



Nightlife: Pop, rock and jazz in music clubs, for example at the riverside. Click.



Loy Kratong: Enjoy the full moon festival in Chiang Mai or Mae Jo. Click.




Doi Inthanon: Take a day-tour to the highest mountain in Thailand and discover rainforest and birds. Click.




Institute for elephants: Take a day tour to the National Elephant Institute near Lampang, where some elephants even know how to play music in an orchestra. Click.


The Mae Hong Son Loop: From Chiang Mai through the rainforest and the mountains to Pai and Mae Hong Son Click




The Footprints of four Buddhas: A sanctuary in the mountains near Chiang Mai with four footprints on one stone. Click






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Kuan Yin Palace: A Chinese Temple in Chiang Mai
undiscovered by most of the Tourists

See the location on Chiang Mai Temples Google Map by #treasuresofthailand

Kuan Yin Palace, also called Kuan Yin Bodhisattava's Hall ตำหนักพระแม่กวนอิมโชคชัย (Chok Chai 4), is a Chinese dragon temple, which impresses with its decorations and Buddha statues. A huge dragon stands at the entrance to the shrine. When you enter the mouth of the dragon you proceed through a tunnel to a platform. Then through another tunnel you exit out a tigers mouth. Both tunnels are decorated with colorful murals. The temple was established by the female abbess Bhiksuni Shi Kuang Seng (Thai-born as Varaporn Lertrangsi), who got her Bhiksuni ordination at Puji Monastery, Mount Pu Tuo, in China in 1991. The hall features many of the gods worshipped according to Chinese beliefs.

Picture by fletchy182

Picture by fletchy182

Picture by fletchy182

Picture by Itagaki

The Palace of Princess Dara Rasamee and
Wat Pha Dara Pirom

See the location on Mae Rim Google Map by #treasuresofthailand


Picture puibake

One of the hidden treasures in Chiang Mai: The Dara Pirom Palace Museum (พิพิธภัณฑ์พระตำหนักดาราภิรมย์, also Tamnak Daraphirom Museum) in Mae Rim. It lies inside the Dara Rasamee Military Camp. It has been built by Princess Dara Rasamee. She has been born in 1873 as daughter of the 7th Lord of Chiang Mai. During a visit in Bangkok she met King Chulalongkorn, who took her as one of his concubines in 1886. After the king had passed away she returned to Chiang Mai and built her residence: Phra Tamnak Darapirom (Darapirom Pavilion). She was also interested in farming and had a farm for experiments, called "Suan Jao Sabuy". She planted also roses, a pink one got the name Chulalongkorn. After she had died Chulalongkorn University purchased the palace.
During a renovation the outside and the inside of the palace were repainted in original colors. Also the garden was restored. Today in the museum you will see the living quarters, textiles, furnishings and musical instruments. The museum is open from 9am to 5 pm.

Read more about the Palace on chiangmai-chiangrai.com and see a video


Nearby you will discover Wat Pa Dara Piron:

Picture by marhas

Picture by marhas

Picture by marhas


Read more about Mae Rim:
The footprints of four Buddhas
Hotels and Resorts in Mae Rim แม่ริม: Holidays next to the ricefields and in the hills

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