Chiang Mai residents rush to buy lottery tickets featuring numbers linked to Phum Phuang and recent India plane crash.

Witness the grandeur of Wat Chedi Luang, a stunning temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. With its historic architecture and peaceful setting, this sacred site offers a glimpse into the rich cultural ...

Chiang Mai is known for its mountainous terrain ... I attended a local "monk chat" at a temple called Wat Chedi Luang, where tourists can interact with monks — it was one of the highlights ...

Chiang Mai’s upscale design shops, where I sometimes made purchases but mostly got ideas, are clustered in three places: Nimmanhaemin Road, Tha Phae Road and along Charoenrat Road in the Wat Ket ...

1. Trying to hug or touch monks. Buddhism is the provincial religion of Chiang Mai, so many locals consider monks to be sacred. I traveled to Wat Chedi Luang, a local temple, to join a "monk chat ...

A foreign tourist fled after spray-painting graffiti on the historic 650-year-old Wat Lam Chang temple wall in Chiang Mai.

From 200 TH (£4.50). Wat Sri Suphan, a 16th-century temple almost entirely coated in silver, beautifully showcases Chiang Mai’s silversmithing heritage. Keeping tradition alive in a peaceful ...

The view back down over Chiang Mai from the hillside temple Wat Pha Lat really shows just how wide and vast the city is. The best Thai massages are available in the temples. They’re not ...

Chiang Mai has been called a “300-wat town”. Stick a pin anywhere in the map of its Old Town and you’ll find a Buddhist temple, or wat. They’re democratic places, open to all; just dress ...

The property shouts “Chiang Mai” from top to bottom ... all just a few minutes walk from Wat Phra Singh and the Sunday night market. Located on the eastern flank of the Old City moat, this ...