Best places: Buddhist temples in Ban Khatthaliya, Thailand

14th-century Buddhist temple boasting gold & copper Buddhas, murals & ancient manuscripts.

Temple complex with a partially crumbled 15th-century chedi & a pillar believed to protect the city.

Those born in the year of the snake journey to this unique, historical Buddhist temple with artwork.

Buddhist temple dating to at least the 1300s & featuring a prominent chedi (stratified tower).

13th-century temple with a gold chedi offering ancient Buddha & elephant statues on scenic grounds.

Buddhist temple in tranquil surrounds with a golden dome, ornate interior & historic mausoleum.

Quiet riverside temple with a gilded stupa, intricate bas-relief carvings & an ornate prayer hall.

Intricate teak Buddhist temple with gilded accents & colorful mosaics, founded in the 14th century.

15th-century riverside Buddhist temple with a museum displaying local artifacts.

👍👍 This name means Lucky. Will be everything good when you pray

Small Buddhist temple with traditional Lanna architecture, once the site of the sacred city pillar.

This ornate, Lanna-style Buddhist temple was originally built during the Mangrai dynasty.

Simple, tranquil Buddhist temple with a pond, ornate carvings & a storied history.

👍👍 This is one of my favorite wat. Biggest reasons: not touristy, quiet, off the main road so it's hidden 😉, huge, free, and beautiful. I've noticed many established "popular" wats charge entrance fees and are bustle with tourists buses rendering the wats into businesses rather cultural relics or se...

Large Buddhist temple complex that has won awards for its architectural preservation.

👍👍 Wat Loi Kroh is a beautiful temple of Chiang Mai in Thailand. Wat Loi Kraah is a temple where people come to make merit. It's usually in the event of making merit for 9 temples because the name of the temple is not different from Wat Chaimongkong. The chedi and wiharn were designed in local Lanna st...

👍👍 Today we went to all the temple's in Chiang Mai. In one word just beautiful but you've to see them for your self. The best one was for sure Wat Chedi Luang. Only at this you've to pay 40 bath entry fee when most of them are free. Still worth it though. In some of temple's women are not allowed to go...

👍👍 Small but well-organised temple.

👍 This place is very old, built around 1297,it has an air of peace and tranquilty about it, good place to bring a book to read at the shaded tables in the grounds. Buddhist philosophy is presented on plaques tied to trees. It is actually a meditation training center also.

👍👍 A secret hidden gem. A wonderful temple volunteer called 'V' spoke with me and taught me mediation, about the Darma wheel, and how to live more a peaceful, wholesome life. I spent over an hour here speaking to him and him explaining everything to me. I could've easily spent more time here with him....