CHIANG MAI Chiang Mai (in Thai เชียงใหม่ also sometimes written as "Chiengmai", is the second-largest city in Thailand, the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, and the capital of Chiang Mai Province. ABOUT NORTHERN SKY TOURS NORTHERN SKY TOURS is Offer Tours.Sight Seeing.Rent a Car.Tour guides. And with Driver.founded in 2003,specializing in Northern Thailand. Founded in 2003 by friends together they bring some eighteen years of experience in the tours business to this company. Guides are available who speak the following languages : English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese also local hilltrbe dialects. Whether you want to go into the jungle on foot or ride an elephant - cruise the rivers in a long tail boat or rafting slowly visiting with local tribes along the way, and perhaps stay overnight in a hilltribe village - or maybe explore the temples - go shopping and visit the many craft areas - live in comfortable luxury hotels with Kantoke dinners etc. -enjoy a very relaxing and invigorating Thai massage or make an excursion to the "Golden Tiangle."NORTHERN SKY TOURS wants to make a difference for you. We take care of you and your family and we will serve you privately. If you want to go on your own private tours we are the experts or if you prefer you can go with a small group. Four seasons tour also can arrange.
It is located at 18°47′20″N, 98°59′00″E, some 800 km north of Bangkok, among some of the highest mountains in the country. The city stands on the Ping river, a major tributary of the Chao Phraya river. In recent years Chiang Mai has become an increasingly modern city, although it lacks the cosmopolitan gloss of Bangkok. It has many attractions for the thousands of foreign visitors who come to the city each year. Chiang Mai's historic strength derived from its important strategic location near a southern branch of the ancient Silk Road, and long before the modern influx of foreign visitors the city served as an important centre for handcrafted goods, umbrellas, jewellery (particularly silver) and woodcarving.
Chiang Mai Province has an estimated population of about 1.6 million, with some 6-700,000 living in the city of Chiang Mai.
Beyond all doubt, however, the city is growing rapidly, as it has been perceived as the most livable city in all of Asia.
Wat in Chiang Mai
Buddha Image
Chiang Mai is blend of Cambodian, Burmese, and Indian cultures. The result is the distinct Lanna culture and archeology that is still evident in Chiang Mai today.
Many of the sites built during the Lanna Kingdom are still intact and available as interesting touring destinations
Ancient Buddhist temples can be seen almost everywhere in the city, with Wat Chaing Mun being the oldest. Other temples of interest include Wat Chedi Luang, which houses the city pillar that traditionally marks the center of a town; Wat Pra Sing, which holds a much revered Buddha image that is one of Thailand's oldest; and Wat Umong, which is a quiet meditational retreat shaded by majestic teak trees. .
BUDDHIST TEMPLES IN CHIANG MAI
. Chiang Mai has over 300 Buddhist temples (called "wats" in Thai) and ancient Buddhist temples can be seen almost everywhere in the city...
HISTORY
King Mengrai founded the city of Chiang Mai (meaning "new city") in 1296, and it succeeded Chiang Rai as capital of the Lannathai kingdom. Mengrai constructed a moat and a wall around the city to protect it against raids from Burma.
With the decline of the Lannathai kingdom, the city lost importance and often was occupied by either the Burmese or by the Thais from Ayutthaya.
As a result of the Burmese wars that culminated in the fall of Ayutthaya in April 1767, Chiang Mai itself was so depopulated that the remaining inhabitants abandoned the city for fifteen years (1776 - 1791). Lampang functioned as the capital of what remained of Lannathai during that time.
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