Tourism in Chiang Mai

Tourism in Chiang Mai

General Information 

Visiting will make sure of the importance of this city, which is located in the northwestern part of the Kingdom of Thailand, and lies about 700 kilometers north of Bangkok, the capital, which is also known as the "Rose North," Every indigenous people will ask whether I have visited or not visited. Advantage lies "Chiang Mai" (new city) being maintained in its history and heritage, stretching for hundreds of years, and the remarkable evolution and processions of the era, at the same time. You will find the ancient temples and construction markets and fresh as they were, and to the part, restaurants, hotels, shops extreme modernity. Was considered for this, according to UNESCO, "creative city." 

"Chiang Mai" is the second largest Thai cities after the capital, and the charming nature prominent evergreen, where lie "Chiang Mai" on the bank of the River anesthetic, surrounded by dense forests and mountains overflowing myths and mystery, and landscaped gardens adjacent to the city, including the "National Park", which contains Mount "Anthanon bang", the highest mountain in Thailand, and "natural garden elephants," which is located north of the city and about 60 kilometers away reported, and "garden Doi Suthep" which overlooks the Museum "Wat Doi Suthep" famous Buddhist. Around the city, too, visitors can enjoy nature by visiting a specially organized camps for tourists when local tribes living on the surrounding hills, and switch between them on foot or riding elephants. 

And can be identified to museums, temples and archeological sites that date back to hundreds of years since he established the city in 1296 to be the capital of the Kingdom of Lanna, and can roam in the historic city (the walled city) and traffic handicrafts traditional silk, silver and ceramics, antiques, Buddhist art, which is made in small factories open in front of the eyes of Visitors and shown to Iktnoha cheaply. If you feel thirsty or hungry, you can always eat fresh fruit juice and healthy food from carts and stalls that fill the streets of the city, full of culinary schools that originally Ottaghzak skills of Thai cuisine in one day! 

There are modern side, where hotels, restaurants and shops and modern luxury tourist and entertainment venues. There, too, held the largest folk festivals and celebrations in Thailand, a festival of flowers and traditional Thai celebration of the Year, and to celebrate the completion of the moon, where placed flowers and candles in the water channels in the city. 

As a result of this great diversity, able backpacker tourists and tourists from visiting wasteful "Chiang Mai" and where roaming.