All our Thailand guides tagged Chiang Mai.
Northern Thailand fills with smoke for weeks each dry season, and Chiang Mai has topped global pollution rankings. When it hits and how to plan.
What a Thai cooking class involves, what a market visit does and does not include, and what to ask before booking in Bangkok, Chiang Mai or the islands.
The April water fight explained, why it is also the hottest and most dangerous week of the year, the November lantern festival, and how to plan.
A route linking Chiang Mai, Pai, Mae Hong Son and Chiang Rai, with honest notes on the mountain roads, the burning season and how long each leg takes.
The route that fits without rushing: three nights in Bangkok, three in the north, four on an island, and why a cheap domestic flight beats overland.
Sky lantern releases around Chiang Mai are limited to permitted zones and hours, and the famous mass releases are ticketed. What you can do at Yi Peng.
The float on the water and the lantern in the sky are different festivals that coincide. What each is, where each is best, why mass releases are ticketed.
Three hundred temples in one city and one on a mountain: which four are worth your morning, the staircase of nagas, and the dress code that bars entry.
Inside the moat, along the river, in the hip quarter south of it, or up in the hills: what each part of Chiang Mai is like to sleep in and who it suits.
No riding, no shows, no bathing scrums: the questions that separate a genuine sanctuary from a rebranded camp, and what a good visit actually looks like.
Your Chiang Mai guide: the old city temples, the famous night bazaar, ethical elephant sanctuaries, the best day trips, and where to eat khao soi.