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 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Know the most popular landmarks in Chiang Mai, Thailand. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our
Bangkok city guide,
Chiang Mai city guide,
Hua Hin city guide,
Koh Samet city guide,
Koh Samui city guide,
Krabi city guide,
Pattaya city guide,
and Phuket city guide.
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| C Fitch |
22 April 2005 |
Stayed at Angkhang Nature Resort - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Walking to Royal Agricultural Station is easy. Gardens filled with food crops, fruit trees, nice displays of annual flowers, some open greenhouses with useful signs in English & Thai. Resort is 2-3 hours by road from CEI or CNX. Cost to get there by car from CNX or CEI about Baht 600 to 1000. Would be nice to see more offerings in PRINTED form, ie. bike rental fees, TIMES for horse rides etc.
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| G Muir |
04 April 2005 |
Stayed at Rydges Amora Tapae Chiangmai Hotel - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Interesting town, although too much traffic. Mountain countryside is very pleasant and best accessed by taxi at a negotiated price of Bhat1,000 per day. The drivers know the best attractions but need to be kept under control as their main objective is to make commission particularly from craft centres.
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| C Message |
19 February 2005 |
Stayed at Rydges Amora Tapae Chiangmai Hotel - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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We were fortunate to find the young Mr. Kung who arranged all the trips we needed (and the tailoring) at reasonable commision free prices. His services were equal to those received elsewhere during our trip and we would recommend visitors to Chiang Mai contacting him on his mobile 06-1982919 for all their taxi/tour/guide and tailoring needs.
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| W Lee |
20 January 2005 |
Stayed at Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, The - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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There are no metre-taxis in Chiang Mai and the rate varies widely by different tuk tuk drivers. Better come up with a rate clearly agreeable by the driver before getting in. The first night I took a tuk tuk from the Gallery Restaurant to Night Bazaar (a two-minute drive) and was charged 20B. The next evening I took another tuk tuk from the same place (Riverside Restaurant, next door to the Gallery) and offered 20B to go to the Night Bazaar. The tuk tuk driver didn't say a word. When arrived, I gave him 20B and he demanded 40. I refused and he yelled at me in the middle of the street and pretented to beat me. Of course he didn't but I think he wanted to give a message to the by-stander tourists at the Night Bazaar. I found the lorry-taxi (4-wheels) drivers more polite and willing to serve. I hired them several times and they charged less than tuk tuk even though on routes assigned by you.
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| A Jacoby |
06 January 2005 |
Stayed at Lotus Hotel Pang Suan Kaew - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Chiang Mai is fairly well touristed, so it's a bit difficult to get off the beaten track in the vicinity. The city is very pleasant and has lots of excellent restaurants, nice temples and so on, but I would recommend taking a day trip or two out to the smaller and less commercialised towns nearby. I spent a day in Lampang, less than two hours' journey by train, and this is a less visited and prettier city, with lots of quiet lanes of old teak houses on the north side of the river, and some beautiful temples. It's also easy to get out into the forest from Chiang Mai, and I recommend this too. Within the city, it's worth taking a boat trip upriver, and Wat Jet Yot is an unusual, beautiful and quiet temple.
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| T Shintaku |
25 December 2004 |
Stayed at Chiang Mai Orchid - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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I bought the Nancy Chandler map of Chiang Mai and found it to be very useful. It shows hotels, restaurants, and shops including descriptions of the Night Bazaar area.
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| N Bernard |
27 November 2004 |
Stayed at Novotel Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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The city was very interesting. The dinner at the Old Chiang Mai Cultural Centre was good value and interesting. The handicraft outlets along Sankampaeng were disappointing because we were rushed though the demonstration area to an overpriced showroom. Not the authentic workshops I had imagined. However, we did make some purchases. We hired a car to take us up Mae Rim and it was very good, except for the monkey show. Make sure you have enough money - the elephant rides are pricey for Thailand. The buffet lunch at the Orchid farm was excellent and cheap.
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| D Sjauw |
15 November 2004 |
Stayed at Chiang Mai Plaza Hotel - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Chiang Mai was great. We went on the typical elephant ride/bamboo raft 1 day trip and really enjoyed it. The shopping in Chiang Mai was the best of the places we went (Bangkok and Krabi, too) in terms of pricing and selection. I also didn't initially want to go to Bo Sang for the craft "villages," but hired a tuktuk for 100 Bhat to take us to them and actually really enjoyed that trip...i definitely recommend hiring your own tuktuk for this rather than going on the tours through the agencies.
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| J Walker |
20 September 2004 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Chaing Mai is a vibrant city with lots to see and do. Generally inexpensive with lots of shopping opportunities and excursion trips to choose from. The 1 day trek (elephant ride and bamboo river rafting) were very enjoyable experiences and not too strenuous so would recomend to young and old alike. The night market was excellent, and the artists corner particularly enjoyable providing excellent portrait work from photographs.
If you are a fan of live music especially Rock (Jimi Hendrix, Doors etc.etc.) then the Pubs on the riverside especially the Brasserrie Bar come highly recommended.
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| T Lyle |
03 September 2004 |
Stayed at Tamarind Village, Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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I had delicious fish tacos at the Salsa Kitchen (part of the Bagel Kitchen) in the old city. The old city is very pleasant for walking in the early morning and the evening, but traffic during the day is pretty bad, and forget going outside the old city on foot. Although the guidebooks say there is no bus service, there is in fact a #10 air conditioned bus which runs around town and goes to the very interesting
Central Airport Plaza shopping mall. Nancy Chandler's Map of Chiang Mai shows the bus route and everything else worth seeing in Chiang Mai - it's well worth the purchase price.
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