Best places: Tourist attractions in Ban Pa Daeng, Thailand

14th-century temple housing a copy of Thailand's revered Emerald Buddha, discovered here in 1434.

Monumental, modern Buddhist temple distinguished by its vivid blue coloring & elaborate carvings.

This 14th-century Buddhist temple built by Pra Chao Maha Proma features a purple jade Buddha.

Street-food stands & stalls selling wooden carvings & batik clothing at a busy market.

👍👍 Some call this Muang Chiang Rai Park, city park, flower garden. Nice on Saturday night. Have a walk on walking street then end here for a rest. Best is in the winter time. Flower festival and live performance by Thai pop star singer here. Free entrance for everyone. Next to the park is a huge lot of...

😠 Garden opening and hours were not updated. Google maps said it's open. We got here and there's a sign saying it's closed 2 Nov until 16 Dec. Waste of time getting here. I'm sure the garden is beautiful when it's open.

This historic Buddhist temple with a golden pagoda is known for containing relics of the Buddha.

14th-century Buddhist temple containing the ashes of King Mengrai, the founder of Chiang Rai.

👍👍 Chiang Rai City Navel Pillar Located next to Wat Phra That Doi Chom Thong. The navel has a large pillar set in the middle, surrounded by small navel pillars, and every pillar is tied with a glittering gold cloth. We can worship betel nut to enhance our own auspiciousness.

Elaborate golden clock tower in the center of a traffic circle, with colorful lights at night.

👍👍 Went for track runs whilst on holiday. Free to get on. Easy to complete a session

👍👍 We are an artist family ourselves and these watercolors are beautiful works, the larger the more difficult. High-level masterpieces. Too bad the girl who kept watch unfortunately turned off the lights before we left and didn't speak a word of English. There are also beautiful works upstairs, we had...

👍👍 Quiet Buddhist temple located near the city centre of Chiang Rai and only a five minute walk from the City Bus Terminal. Large golden Buddha sitting at the altar, well preserved paintings on the walls, and a welcoming colourful entrance makes it looking very similar to other temples. Worth visiting,...

Small, intricately decorated Buddhist temple built in the 13th century.

👍👍 This is the Thai temple, but the Monk in here is vegan-eating; so if you would have plan to dobate food, please note that. The temple have a signature of gold color. It is located in the top of small mountain. The gate of this temple is still in construcing process. The temple have 2 place for prayi...

Compact night market offering street food, apparel, jewelry & gifts, plus live entertainment.

👍👍 Local Market called KARD. Fresh food and Ready to eat.

👍 Central Mosque or Masjid. Nice and lovely architecture in the town of Chiang Rai where the populations are mainly Buddhist faith there stood with pride and honor of Islamic existence in Thailand. Halal food is nearby, so no worries.

👍👍 Lovely small military museum in a quite old house (not more than a hundred years but something US Americans would call antique). Entrance is free but there is a donation box or you can buy advertisement products. Maybe even a really cool polo shirt for 300 Baht if available in your size. It is mainl...

👍👍 Most iconic place in Chiang rai