Best places: Tourist Attractions in Chiang Rai Province

Temple complex featuring a 9-floor pagoda with 12 surrounding structures & a giant Buddha.

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

Former royal summer residence with a botanical park, gardens, rock formations & museum.

👍👍 Beautiful gardens and very popular place to take photos with the flowers. It seems the gardeners are constantly on the move replacing flower beds past their best with new flowers to keep the gardens looking colourful. There are several viewing platforms and places to sit within the grounds as well a...

A rugged road & fenced path leads to this striking viewpoint on a verdant peak, known for sunsets.

👍👍 Nice place over looking the Mekong river with a mix of cultural buildings from Thai Laos and Lanna

Contemporary Buddhist temple drawing massive crowds with its unique, intricate white exterior.

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

👍👍 I visit this place many times and it has been developed in a good way. Let’s come to see the very good memorable of our greatest King’s (9)mother and very beautiful gardens.

Venerated statue of Chiang Rai's founder on a pedestal surrounded by white horses & elephants.

👍👍 Went there while it was raining. Cold... A very nice and uniquely beautiful place with such beautiful Art and Buddha. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 🙏🙏🙏

Historic Buddhist temple with a stupa on a huge boulder, centuries-old statues & Mekong River views.

👍👍 There is an all organic market with food and goods from the local farmers every Saturday and Sunday. A great place to come to meditate. Take a walk and enjoy some Northern food (so delicious)! Peaceful place for meditation too 😋

Mountaintop lookout point on the Thai-Laos border offering sweeping views of the surrounding area.

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

👍👍 Very unique temple. Originally known as the Temple of the Crouching Elephant, it has elephants at the entrance and throughout the temple, as opposed to the more typical nagas. It is over 700 years old and has many elements of Burmese Thai architecture. If you like the unusual and appreciate the c...

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...

👍👍 Large park with bike riding, a mini zoo, zip lining, quad hiking. Activities for a whole day. You can hire a golf cart if you don’t wish to ride a bike. The scenery is breathtaking with tea plantation and flowers.

👍👍 Never imagined such a pleasant experience. The tour through the market was amazing & coupled with a lot of fun and insights. The cooking course was a good mix out of the actual cooking and break times to eat/drink and ask talk a little