Warorot Market, Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai's main covered market - northern food, textiles and the city's Chinatown around it.
Warorot Market, Chiang Mai
Warorot Market - Kad Luang, the big market, in northern Thai - is the working market of Chiang Mai, between the old city and the Ping river. It is a three-storey covered hall with the food trade on the ground floor, textiles and clothing above, and stalls spilling out into the surrounding streets.
It is the best place in the city to see northern Thai food as locals actually buy it: sai ua herb sausage, nam phrik num chilli dips, cured pork, dried fruit, and mounds of sticky rice sweets. The upper floors carry hill-tribe textiles, cotton and lengths of fabric sold by weight.
The streets immediately around it form Chiang Mai's Chinatown, with a flower market alongside the river that trades through the night. It is a short walk east from Tha Phae Gate.
- Three Kings Monument — The Three Kings Monument honors Chiang Mai's founding rulers with a striking bronze statue, drawing visitors keen on local...
- Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai — The most revered temple in the old city, and the best surviving example of classic Lanna architecture.
- Wat Umong, Chiang Mai — A forest monastery below Doi Suthep, built around a network of brick meditation tunnels.
- Doi Inthanon National Park — The highest mountain in Thailand, with cloud forest, waterfalls and the twin royal chedis near the summit.
- Tha Phae Gate, Chiang Mai — The restored eastern gate of the old city walls, and the square where Chiang Mai holds its festivals.
- Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai — The ruined brick chedi at the centre of the old city, once the tallest structure in the Lanna kingdom.
