THREE DAYS IN Thailand
Spend three days in Chiang Mai exploring Wat Chiang Man and Wat Umong. The guide maps each day and points you to local places along the way.
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Three days built around neighbourhoods, not lists.
Fern Forest Cafe serves breakfast and light meals in a garden courtyard in the Old City.
Address · Old City West, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
Official websiteWat Chiang Man is an early royal temple with an elephant-supported chedi and links to Chiang Mai’s early Lanna history.
Address · 171 Ratchapakhinai Rd, Si Phum, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Dress modestly and remove shoes for active temple buildings.
Exhibits at Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Centre trace the city’s urban history, Lanna society and water systems.
Booking recommended
Hours · 08:30-16:30
Address · Prapokkloa Rd, Si Phum, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Booking · recommended
Book / official websiteHuen Phen serves northern Thai lunch and dinner dishes in the historic quarter.
Address · Old City, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
Official websiteThe Wat Phra Singh complex pairs Lanna architecture with detailed woodwork and murals.
Hours · 06:00-18:00
Address · 2 Samlarn Rd, Phra Sing, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50280, Thailand
Dress modestly and remove shoes for active temple buildings.
Official websiteWat Chedi Luang’s monumental ruined chedi, city-pillar history and Lanna architecture anchor this Old City landmark.
Hours · 08:00-22:00
Address · 103 Prapokklao Rd, Si Phum, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Dress modestly and remove shoes for active temple buildings.
Official websiteTha Phae Gate is a surviving eastern gate beside the moat and a useful starting point for walks into the Old City.
Address · Moon Muang Rd, Si Phum, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
A traditional Thai massage session can serve as a recovery break after a day of walking between temples.
Booking recommended
Address · Old City, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Booking · recommended
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
Dash Restaurant and Bar serves Thai dishes in a traditional wooden-house setting.
Address · Old City South, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Official websiteTHC Rooftop Bar is a casual rooftop venue near Tha Phae Gate, known for reggae and relaxed seating.
Address · Tha Phae, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Graph Cafe pairs specialty coffee with a design-led café setting.
Address · Old City, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Official websiteSuggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~22 min estimate
Walking route · 5.2 km · ~69 min · This is an estimation.
Wat Umong brings together meditation tunnels, wooded grounds and a contemplative experience distinct from the ornate temples inside the moat.
Address · 135 Moo 10, Suthep, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Dress modestly and remove shoes for active temple buildings.
Official websiteBaan Kang Wat is a low-rise creative village with small studios, ceramics, illustration, coffee and handmade design.
Address · 191-197 Soi Wat Umong, Suthep, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
Suggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~14 min estimate
Walking route · 2.6 km · ~36 min · This is an estimation.
Tong Tem Toh serves northern Thai dishes on Nimmanhaemin Lane 13.
Address · Nimman, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
Official websiteSuggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~17 min estimate
Walking route · 3.3 km · ~45 min · This is an estimation.
Wat Pha Lat is a forest monastery on the route to Doi Suthep, with temple buildings and mossy paths among the trees.
Address · Suthep, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Dress modestly and remove shoes for active temple buildings.
Suggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~15 min estimate
Walking route · 3.2 km · ~43 min · This is an estimation.
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep brings together its gilded chedi, pilgrimage stairway and panoramic terrace above the city.
Hours · 06:00-17:00
Address · Suthep, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Dress modestly and remove shoes for active temple buildings.
Official websiteSuggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~25 min estimate
Walking route · 6.3 km · ~85 min · This is an estimation.
A coffee-roastery tasting introduces beans grown in northern Thailand and Chiang Mai’s café culture.
Booking recommended
Address · Nimman, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Booking · recommended
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
Suggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~17 min estimate
Walking route · 3.5 km · ~47 min · This is an estimation.
Galae Restaurant pairs Thai dining with a garden setting by a reservoir near the university foothills.
Address · Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
Suggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~17 min estimate
Walking route · 3.5 km · ~48 min · This is an estimation.
Beer Lab is a Nimman bar and restaurant centred on a broad selection of beers.
Address · Nimman, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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PoonPoon Chiangmai (formerly Woo Café) combines a restaurant, art gallery and lifestyle shop beside the Ping River.
Address · Wat Ket, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Warorot Market is a daily market for northern Thai food, dried goods and textiles beside the Ping River.
Address · Wichayanon Rd, Chang Moi, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand
Official websiteWalk through Ton Lamyai Flower Market for garlands, cut flowers and late-day market energy beside Warorot and the Ping River.
Address · Riverside, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Khao Soi Islam serves Muslim-style khao soi and biryani near Warorot Market.
Address · Chang Moi, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Suggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~52 min estimate
Walking route · 13.3 km · ~178 min · This is an estimation.
MAIIAM pairs Thai contemporary art with a converted industrial building in San Kamphaeng, east of central Chiang Mai.
Booking recommended
Hours · 10:00-18:00
Address · 122 Moo 7, Ton Pao, San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai 50130, Thailand
Booking · recommended
Book / official websiteSuggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~15 min estimate
Walking route · 3.8 km · ~51 min · This is an estimation.
Bo Sang is an artisan village known for painted paper umbrellas and other traditional craftwork.
Address · Bo Sang, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
Suggested transport
songthaew or ridehail · ~50 min estimate
Walking route · 14.3 km · ~191 min · This is an estimation.
Chiang Mai Night Bazaar is a nightly shopping and street-food area near the Ping River.
Address · Chang Khlan, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Check opening hours and access before your visit.
The Riverside pairs Ping River dining with nightly live music and dinner cruises.
Address · Ping River, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Official websiteBoy Blues Bar is a live-music venue inside Kalare Night Bazaar.
Address · Night Bazaar, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Less-obvious places worth knowing about while you are in the city. Save the ones you like to your wishlist.
Beside the Three Kings Monument, Wat Inthakhin Sadue Mueang is a compact dark-teak temple in the civic museum quarter.
Wat Chet Lin has a pond and bamboo bridge within its temple compound, between central Old City sights.
Wat Muen Ngoen Kong offers intimate Lanna architecture and a calm neighborhood setting away from the main temple circuit.
Wat Duang Dee is a small historic temple with traditional wooden details near Chiang Mai’s civic museum cluster.
Wat Lam Chang is a neighborhood temple associated with Chiang Mai’s early royal-elephant history.
Wat Chomphu is a neighborhood temple near Chiang Mai’s craft and market streets, with northern architectural details.
Wat Ku Tao offers an unusual gourd-shaped chedi linked to Shan and Burmese history in Chiang Mai.