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Wat Rong Khun - White Temple
Wat Rong Khun - White Temple is a Buddhist art temple famous for its pure white architecture and intricate sculptures. The entire structure is primarily white, with exterior walls, roofs, and decorations covered in intricate stucco patterns and inlaid with extensive mirrored glass, creating a shimmering visual effect under the sunlight. Designed by Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, it blends Lanna architectural elements, traditional Buddhist imagery, and modern artistic expression, making it one of the most iconic landmarks in Chiang Rai. The grounds also feature a golden building that contrasts sharply with the main white hall, as well as spaces for displaying art.Chiang Rai · 11.7km from downtown
Wat Rong Suea Ten
Wat Rong Suea Ten is not far from downtown Chiang Rai and is one of the area's representative Buddhist temples. Its most distinctive feature is the color scheme of deep blue, light blue, and gold, with the main hall's exterior walls, roof, and decorations covered in intricate Thai patterns that are vivid and layered. Flanking the entrance are beautifully crafted naga serpent sculptures, whose coiled bodies and gold accents create a solemn yet magnificent visual effect. Inside the main hall, a large white Buddha statue is enshrined, surrounded by murals depicting Buddhist stories and related symbolic imagery. The combination of blue backgrounds and gold details gives the interior a striking artistic style.Chiang Rai · 2.1km from downtown
Baan Dam Museum
Baan Dam Museum was designed and built by Thai visionary artist Thawan Duchanee over the course of 36 years. Baan Dam Museum houses a vast collection of exhibits related to death and hell, incorporating ancient animal bones, primitive hunting tools, antiques, and specimens into various artworks using modern artistic techniques. Baan Dam Museum stands in stark contrast to Wat Rong Khun - White Temple, showcasing the vast difference between heaven and hell, good and evil. The difference between the Baan Dam Museum and the palace-like style of Wat Rong Khun - White Temple is that the area around the Baan Dam Museum is scattered with over a dozen buildings of varying sizes, adorned with buffalo horns. Some of these buildings are even 3 or 4 stories high. Because all the buildings, exhibits, and artworks feature a black color scheme, it is also known as the Baan Dam Museum.Chiang Rai · 9.9km from downtown
Wat Huay Pla Kang: Goddess of Mercy Chiang Rai
Wat Huay Pla Kang: Goddess of Mercy Chiang Rai is situated on a hill. The main pagoda here has 9 levels, and the steps leading up to it are flanked by two majestic Chinese dragons. Inside, there is a golden Buddha statue accompanied by standing statues of acolytes, creating a solemn and serene atmosphere. Outside the main temple, there is also a massive white seated Guanyin statue on a lotus, along with a snow-white smaller temple, which is very eye-catching.Chiang Rai · 5.3km from downtown
Chiang Rai Night Bazaar
This is a night market located in Chiang Rai. Compared to Chiang Mai, the Chiang Rai Night Bazaar is much smaller in scale, but it has everything you need. This small night market is one of the best places in Chiang Rai to stroll around and pass the time after dark. It offers a wide variety of handicrafts and souvenirs from Thailand's lowland and hill tribes, such as wood carvings, marble carvings, and paintings, as well as small items like pirated DVDs and T-shirts. In addition to the wide range of goods, there are local singing and dance performances for you to relax and enjoy. Of course, when visiting the Chiang Rai Night Bazaar, you must not miss the delicious fried food, barbecue, and various brands of beer. The Chiang Rai Night Bazaar has a large food court filled with Northern Thai snacks. Finding a seat in the food court to enjoy a meal while watching the performances is a delightful experience.Chiang Rai · 387m from downtown
Singha Park Chiang Rai
Singha Farm is both a farm and a park, and it can also be said to be a zoo. Every year, many tourists come here to enjoy nature and watch animals. In terms of farms, there are endless rice fields, more than 200 acres of oolong tea gardens, vineyards, fruit fields, and greenhouses for various vegetables; in terms of parks, there are various flowers planted here, a lavender field, and a lake; zoo On the other hand, there are several giraffes and zebras in captivity here, and tourists can feed them and play with them.Chiang Rai · 11km from downtown
Long Neck Karen Village
Long Neck Karen Village is home to the Long Neck Karen, one of the ethnic minorities located on the Thai-Myanmar border in the Northern Thailand region, having settled in places like Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand to escape war. The Long Neck Karen are a branch of the Karen people and are known as the Padaung in Thailand.Chiang Rai · 13.9km from downtown
Chiang Rai Clock Tower
Since its completion in 2009, the Clock Tower has become a striking and resplendent symbol of downtown Chiang Rai. During the day, the clock tower, all made of gold, shines with dazzling brilliance under the sunlight; at night, the projection lights illuminate the tower from bottom to top, presenting a quiet and solemn atmosphere. Every night from 7 to 9 o'clock on the hour, there will be a sound and light show here. With the music background of "Song of Chiang Rai", the clock tower will change into different colors with the lights.Chiang Rai · 2m from downtown
Wat Phra Kaew
Temple of the Emerald Buddha, named after the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is a gorgeous and exquisite temple and one of the famous royal temples. Legend has it that in 1434, a lightning strike struck a stupa in the temple, which collapsed to reveal the Jade Buddha hidden inside. Later, the Emerald Buddha was transported to Bangkok and enshrined in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok, which is also named Temple of the Emerald Buddha. There is a big Buddha carved from jade in the hall, which was raised by the believers later. It is 65 meters high. The body of the Buddha is translucent emerald green, surrounded by gold, and it looks brilliant and shining. PhraChaoLanThong The temple also houses a 700-year-old PhraChaoLanThong cast by Indian Bala art. It is 3.8 meters high and 2 meters wide. It was built by the Thai royal family to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother. It adopts the original Jade Buddha style. Sapphire from Canada was sent to Beijing for carving.Chiang Rai · 613m from downtown
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Chiang Rai · 518m from downtown
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Travellerbychoice28 June 2026
5.0
Out of this world. It seems straight out of the fantasy world- sparkling white and silver, beautiful temple shining in all its glory. One of the most popular attractions in this region, it is visited by people from near and far. Avoid afternoon as it can get very hot.
Wat Rong Khun - White Temple
NBO7 January 2024
5.0
one of the temple that you must visit when travelling to Chiang Rai. if you are travelling alone, you may rent the scooter to visit the temple. from Chiang Rai bus station, it only takes around 10-15mins.
Wat Rong Suea Ten
Sawadii24 May 2023
4.0
as name suggested a black house. the display is rather weird with many bones and skins. the most interesting sign is for the toilet.
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อั้ยยะละก๊ะ27 April 2023
5.0
Wat Huai Plakang is located in Rim Kok Subdistrict, Mueang District, Chiang Rai Province. It is a beautiful temple located on a hill and surrounded by hills. You can see beautiful scenery. The highlight of this temple is “Phop Chok Tham Chedi”, which is a 9-storey chedi with an unusual pointed shape. It is a mixture of Chinese and Lanna art. The red roof has dragon statues on both sides of the stairs. It is surrounded by small chedis representing the 12 zodiac signs. Wat Huai Plakang is a temple that the locals respect and believe that anyone who visits it will feel like they have ascended to heaven. Inside the chedi, there are Buddha images and various arhats. Inside the chedi, there is a large statue of Guan Yin carved from fragrant sandalwood.
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Singha Park at sunset
The beautiful view of Singha Park at sunset is really charming! It's nice to walk while feeling the refreshing and cool breeze💕
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jubu20 April 2023
4.0
The Long Neck Karen Hilltribe Village is a place where foreign tourists like to travel to experience the people, nature and friendly welcome.
Long Neck Karen Village
Saengpaew25 March 2023
5.0
For those who come to visit Chiang Rai, another check-in point that should not be missed is the Chiang Rai Clock Tower, which is beautiful and stands out prominently in the middle of Chiang Rai.
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TeeDeT16 May 2023
5.0
I came at a time when the monks were doing their evening work, so I couldn't go into the church. But the temple is very beautiful, cool, and peaceful. Even the Emerald Buddha, when viewed from a distance, is very beautiful.
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