Chiang Mai, Thailand Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Despite recent and rapid economic progress, CHIANG MAI – Thailand's second city – manages to preserve a little of the atmosphere of an overgrown village. The old quarter, set within a two-kilometre-square moat, has retained many of its traditional wooden houses, and inviting guesthouses, good markets, cookery, massage and meditation courses and plenty of sights make it a hugely appealing place to many travellers. Plus, of course, Chiang Mai is the main centre for hilltribe trekking . more »