Culture · 11D | 10N
Temples, Textiles & Hill Tribes
Eleven days through four old capitals: Chiang Mai's monasteries, Lampang's teak temple, Sukhothai's thirteenth-century ruins by bicycle, and the northern textile villages.
- Best time
- November to February
- Route
- Chiang Mai · Lampang · Sukhothai · Chiang Rai
Day by day
11 days, planned in full
Eleven days through four old capitals: Chiang Mai's monasteries, Lampang's teak temple, Sukhothai's thirteenth-century ruins by bicycle, and the northern textile villages.
Day 1
Arrive in Chiang Mai
Into a heritage hotel inside the walls, with an evening at Wat Chedi Luang while the monks are chanting.
- Night
- Chiang Mai
- Meals
- Dinner
Day 2
The Lanna monasteries
Wat Phra Singh, Wat Chiang Man and Wat Suan Dok with a guide who can read the mural cycles, then the Lanna architecture centre.
- Night
- Chiang Mai
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 3
Silk, silver and lacquer
The San Kamphaeng craft road: a silk reeling shed, a niello silversmith and a lacquerware workshop, with time at each bench.
- Night
- Chiang Mai
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 4
South to Lampang
The teak monastery at Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, walled and moated like a fort, and a ceramic kiln in the afternoon.
- Night
- Lampang
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 5
On to Sukhothai
Three hours south to the first Siamese capital, staying in a garden lodge a bicycle ride from the historical park.
- Night
- Sukhothai
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 6
Sukhothai by bicycle
The central zone at seven when the light is low and the ponds still, then Wat Si Chum's enormous seated Buddha and the western ridge.
- Night
- Sukhothai
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 7
Si Satchanalai
The sister city an hour north, with far fewer visitors, then the Sathorn textile museum's collection of old Sukhothai weaving.
- Night
- Sukhothai
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 8
North to a weaving village
The long drive back north to a Lua village, where the afternoon goes on indigo dyeing and a backstrap loom under the house.
- Night
- Village homestay
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 9
To Chiang Rai
On through the hills with an Akha village stop, then Wat Rong Khun and the black house, which is its exact opposite.
- Night
- Chiang Rai
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 10
The Mekong border
The Golden Triangle at Sop Ruak, the opium museum's serious history of the trade, and the Emerald Buddha's original home in town.
- Night
- Chiang Rai
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 11
Fly home
The morning flight from Chiang Rai and the connection through Bangkok.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 10 nights in heritage hotels, a garden lodge and a village homestay
- Return economy airfare and the internal Chiang Rai–Bangkok flight
- Private car and a cultural guide for nine of the eleven days
- Silk, silver, lacquer and indigo workshops with all materials
- Bicycle hire at Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai
- All temple, historical park and museum entries
- Daily breakfast and the named lunches and dinners
Not included
- Meals not named in the itinerary
- Travel insurance
- Textiles bought at the workshops
- Tips for the guide and driver
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