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The white temple is just beautiful, love Chiang rai, would recommend to everyone.

Recomment a visit to Dio Tong 50km north of the city, with wonderful gardens surrounding a Royal mountain-top Palace.

Chiang Rai is a small city and, as small cities go, it is reasonable. They do cater for the Chinese more and more, so if you like Chinese food there are plenty of choices of restaurants but the historical aspects of Chiang Rai are certainly appealing.

..plenty of sightseeing to do in Chiang Rai

Most famous, probably, for its proximity to the Golden Triangle and Mae Sai, a shopping heaven for things from China. Also a place for people to cross into Burma to get their passports stamped. My favorite thing to do is to hire a van and go way up into the mountain to the coffee and tea plantations. Doi Tung is also well worth a visit. Not much in the town itself, though we like the traditional we markets, etc. but hiring a van can take you to a lot of really interesting places.

We went to the Municipality Gardens that were truly beautiful at night and eat at the local market. We saw the hill tribes which were interesting for my parents as first time visitors, but for me if is now far too commercial as I first visited them 25 years ago in their natural habitat. We also visited the gardens created by the King's mother which were really pretty and very interesting. Chiang Rai is a great place to visit.

Lot of interesting place to visit for example Thakilek, the border of Thailand and Myanmar, The golden Triagle, Wat Rong Khun.

The city itself is not much, so I would recommend for 1-2 nights are enough. But do stay in the mountain for a relaxation, there are plenty things to do.

However, we as visitors must respect them and their culture and we will be treated with respect and kindness in return. We visited the shrine of King Rama in the city. We also visited a famous museum built by a famous artist.

The nature around will be interesting but not better than any other city up north. Better use it as a stop place to visit the temple and then continue your trip to Mae Hong Son or Phayao and so on. The roads here in the north are breathtaking

I just stay 1 night in Chiang Mai, go around the city, enjoy the light & music performance at Clock Tower (around 5-10 min.), then go shopping in night bazaar and go to Singha Park for photo shooting in the next morning. I did not visit pagodas in Chiang Rai cause I has seen a lot in Chiang Mai :D. I feel peace in Chiang Rai but not too special.

The White Temple is awesome and must-have sightseeing while the Golden Triangle is quite far from the city and not so interesting. At night, I walk around the city center where I can have good street food. There is a gold big and impressive clock tower also. Very nice.

However, it rewards you with several good places... like their Mae Fah Luang Garden, good restaurants, the Golden triangle, Wat Rong Khun (the white temple) etc... I think these are very unique buildings and places that can excite the children. They are not places to have fun, but places to enrich their general knowledge. And you can take magnificent photos there.

Mehkong river, White temple, Black house, The Golden triangle and so on.... The city itself is also very nice to walkaround by foot.

We recommend to hire a car with driver which allows ti visit only the places you want to see (we paid 2000 bahts per day)

Night bazaar is so so, as well as walking street. Best thing about C Rai,there's very little to do apart from relax n chill out. A MUST is to hire a bike/cycle and venture out within a few minutes into the glorious countryside !!!!!!!!! Stunning.