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Victory Monument
This obelisk monument was built by the then military government in 1941 to commemorate a 1940 campaign against the French in Laos. Today the monument is primarily a landmark for observing the social universe of local university students and countless commuters. It’s worth exploring
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Wat Chalong
Tourists head to Rawai for the transcendental sunsets, but you can catch a glimpse of local life at Wat Chalong. This three-tiered salmon-pink temple has 36 golden Buddhas seated, reclining and meditating around its elaborate exterior. Green-and-gold naga line the banisters and the
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Royal Flora Ratchaphruek
Carving out a slice of civilization at the southern base of Doi Suthep, Royal Flora Ratchaphruek first opened in 2006 as a 65-hectare garden exposition in honour of the king’s 60th anniversary on the throne. In 2008, the landscaped grounds opened to the public, but are only useable
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Matsayit Ban Haw
A remnant from the days when Chiang Mai was a detour on the Silk Road, this Thai-Muslim mosque is the largest in the city, attended by a small but prosperous community of local traders at the Chiang Mai Night Bazaar. Although the complex has been modernised, the main building was f
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Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Centre
Set in the former Provincial Hall, a handsome Thai-colonial-style building from 1927, this museum provides an excellent primer on Chiang Mai history. Dioramas, photos, artefacts and audiovisual displays walk visitors through the key battles and victories in the Chiang Mai story, fr
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Wat Tham Yai Phrik
This Buddhist monastery is built around several meditation caves running into the island’s central limestone ridge and offers fine views from its hilltop chedi (stupa). Monks and mâa chee (nuns) from across Thailand come to take advantage of the caves’ peaceful environment. Someone
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Wat Yai Suwannaram
This expansive temple compound was originally built in Ayuthaya during the 17th century and was moved to Phetchaburi and renovated during the reign of Rama V (King Chulalongkorn; r 1868–1910). Legend has it that the gash in the ornately carved wooden doors of the lengthy wooden săh
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Prasat Muang Tam
In the little village of Khok Meuang, the restored Khmer temple of Prasat Meuang Tam is an ideal bolt-on to any visit to Phanom Rung, which is only 8km to the northwest. Dating back to the late 10th or early 11th century and sponsored by King Jayavarman V, this is Isan’s third-most
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Ao Maya
Dramatically flanked by green-clad cliffs, majestic Ao Maya sits on Phi-Phi Lehs western shoreline. In 1999, its beautiful sands were controversially used as a set for The Beach , based on Alex Garlands cult novel. Natural sand dunes were flattened and extra palm trees planted to i
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Anusawari Sam Kasat (Three Kings Monument)
Marking the centrepoint of the old administrative quarter of Chiang Mai, the bronze Three Kings Monument commemorates the alliance forged between by Phaya Ngam Meuang of Phayao, Phaya Mengrai of Chiang Mai and Phaya Khun Ramkhamhaeng of Sukhothai in the founding of the city. The mo
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Guanyin Temple
Signposted as the Goddess of Mercy Shrine Joss House, this fascinating Chinese temple is dedicated to the bodhisattva Guanyin, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy. The temples Chinese name (普岳山) on the entrance gate refers to the island in China that is the legendary home of the goddess.
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Wat Tham Khao Pun
The limestone hills surrounding Kanchanaburi are famous for their temple caves, an underground communion of animistic spirit worship and traditional Buddhism. Winding arteries burrow into the guts of the caves past bulbous calcium deposits and altars for reclining or meditating Bud
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Ancient Siam
Billed as the world’s largest open-air museum, Ancient Siam covers more than 80 hectares of peaceful countryside scattered with 109 scaled-down facsimiles of many of the kingdom’s most famous monuments. Visions of Las Vegas and its corny replicas of world treasures might spring to
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Nam Tok Sam Lan National Park
Just 2km down the road from Wat Phra Puttachai is Nam Tok Sam Lan National Park. Covering 44 sq km, the park has a central plain and offers good trekking opportunities and the chance to see pheasants, barking deer, wild boar and butterflies. While the park doesnt quite match its t
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San Phra Kan
Lopburis holiest place sits in the old towns roundabout. It has a modern (built 1951) shrine in front of a Khmer-era laterite base from a toppled prang that was previously known as săhn sǒong (tall shrine). The principal statue inside is a four-armed Vishnu body in Lopburi-Khmer st
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Sawankhalok Kilns
At one time, more than 200 huge pottery kilns lined the banks of Mae Nam Yom in the area around Si Satchanalai. In China – the biggest importer of Thai pottery during the Sukhothai and Ayuthaya periods – the pieces produced here came to be called Sangkalok, a mispronunciation of Sa
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Ao Salak Kok
The dense tangle of mangroves here are protected by a group of fisherfolk who recognise their ecological importance. Mangroves are the ocean’s nurseries, fostering the next generation of marine species, as well as resident birds and crustaceans, and this bay is now Ko Changs prime
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Phu Pha Thoep National Park
Although little more than a speck of a reserve at just 48 sq km, hilly Phu Pha Thoep National Park, also known as Mukdahan National Park, has some beautiful landscapes and is scattered with unusual mushroom-shaped rock formations. The main rock group sits immediately behind the vis
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Wat Saphan Hin
Located on the crest of a hill that rises about 200m above the plain, the name of the wát, which means ‘stone bridge’, is a reference to the slate path and staircase that leads up to the temple, which are still in place. All that remains of the original temple are a few chedi and
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Chiang Mai University
The main campus of Chiang Mais famous public university occupies a 2.9-sq-km wedge of land about 2km west of the city centre, partly covered by forest and open greenery. Its a peaceful place to wander and there are bike lanes throughout the campus and plenty of cafes for pit-stops.
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