Northern Thailand Attractions to Add to Your Chiang Mai Plan
Chiang Mai works especially well as a base because it gives you two trips at once. One is urban and compact, built around old temples, walking streets, cafés, hotels, convenience stores, and neighborhoods that feel easy to settle into. The other opens outward into a much larger northern landscape of mountain viewpoints, garden projects, village stops, and national park country. That balance is a big reason a Chiang Mai Thailand guide can never stop at the city walls alone.