Chiang Mai blog — The super Chiang Mai travel guide for first-timers

Not noisy, like many great famous tourist destinations in Thailand like the magnificent Bangkok or Phuket full of sun and wind, Chiang Mai steals one’s heart by its serene and romantic beauty. Below the details of Chiang Mai travel guide are summary through this Chiang Mai blog with the fullest Chiang Mai visitors guide (Chiang Mai travel guide, Chiang Mai guide) and Chiang Mai trip blog for a wonderful and budget trip to Chiang Mai.

Chiang Mai blog: The reason why you can not ignore Chiang Mai

If you are looking for a quiet place to rest in the eventful summer days, Chiang Mai is a great choice. Located in the northern of Thailand, Chiang Mai remains its original, rustic beauty that gifted by nature, far away from the hustle and bustle of city’s life.

It is also home to many ancient sacred temples with distinctive traits of Thailand, help you have moments of stillness and peace. Chiang Mai is a land with rich culture, rich and exotic spiritual life.

Coming to Chiang Mai, you will have a chance to experience incredibly great festivals, famous all over the world such as Loy Krathong (Thailand’s Festival of Lights), Songkran, Chiang Mai Flower Festival …

An extremely important point that makes Chiang Mai become an attractive destination is the cheap travel costs. You do not need to prepare a huge amount of money to enjoy days in Chiang Mai.

Chiang Mai trip blog: How to get to Chiang Mai?

There are many different ways you can choose from but the three most useful suggestions are:

By air

Booking airplane tickets of Nok Air, Silk Air, Lao Airlines, and Lion Air. The flight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai cost about 80 USD – 120 USD for a roundtrip, you can also move by car but in a very far distance. Buy the airplane ticket to Bangkok, then continue with the domestic airplane ticket to Chiang Mai.

By bus

From Bangkok, you take a bus (500 bath-800 bath) (17 USD-23 USD). The journey takes about 10 hours, depending on traffic.

By train

Express and rapid trains operated by the State Railways of Thailand leave for Chiang Mai from Bangkok’s Hua Lam Phong Station six times a day from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. The trip takes about 11-12 hours on an express train. For more information, contact tel. 1690, or 02 223 7010.

Where to stay in Chiang Mai?

Don’t need to worry as there is a good and various motels and hotels system here. To easily get access to famous places around Chiang Mai, you should choose a hotel in the old town or the Night Banzar region – the large night market in Chiang Mai.

The price of motels, hotels in Chiang Mai ranges from 350-800 bath (10 USD-23 USD) fully equipped with all amenities or hotels in The Old Citadel with the price of 1,800 bath (equivalent to 51 USD).

Here are some hotels, motels with good price for reference.

1. Green Tiger Vegetarian House

Address: 1/4 Sri Phum Road, Soi 7, T. Sri Phum, A.Muang, Old City, Chiang Mai.

You can find, check rates, availability & booking for Green Tiger Vegetarian House on Agoda.com or Booking.com.

2. Prestige Cm Residence

Address: 213/3, Huay Kaew Rd, T.Suthep, A.Muang, Su Thep, Chiang Mai.

You can find, check rates, availability & booking for Prestige Cm Residence on Agoda.com or Booking.com.

3. Tao’s Residence

Address: 174/3, Moo 8, Tambol Chaiyasathan, Chiang Mai, 50140 Chiang Mai.

You can find, check rates, availability & booking for Tao’s Residence on Agoda.com or Booking.com.

4. Villa de Chiangmai

Address: 31/1 Soi 2 Changmoi Road, A. Muang, Chiangmai, Chang Moi, 50300 Chiang Mai.

Are you looking for more best places to stay in Chiang Mai. Let’s check it out: Top hostels in Chiang Mai — 9 best hostels in Chiang Mai & cheap homestay in Chiang Mai. And Where to stay in Chiang Mai? — Top 3 best places to stay in Chiang Mai for first timers.

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