Chiang Mai
A walled old town ringed by villages that are still villages.
Inside the moat it is cafés and guesthouses. Ten minutes out in any direction it turns into artisan hamlets, temple forests and the best khao soi in the country.
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Baan Nok craft hamlet
Chiang Mai, ThailandCeramicists, one coffee cart, and a pond. Ten minutes off the loop and nobody follows.
Khao Soi Lung Prakit Kad Kom
Chiang Mai, ThailandA charcoal-fired khao soi shop in the old Kad Kom market, the bowl people credit with making Chiang Mai's khao soi famous.
Khao Soi Mae Sai
Chiang Mai, ThailandA decades-old khao soi shop near Chiang Mai's Chang Phueak neighbourhood, cheap and consistently packed with locals.
WHYs Nimman Cafe & Restaurant
Chiang Mai, ThailandA green, plant-filled food hub in Nimman stringing several small cafés and kitchens around one courtyard.
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Baan Nok craft hamlet
Chiang Mai, ThailandCeramicists, one coffee cart, and a pond. Ten minutes off the loop and nobody follows.
Khao Soi Lung Prakit Kad Kom
Chiang Mai, ThailandA charcoal-fired khao soi shop in the old Kad Kom market, the bowl people credit with making Chiang Mai's khao soi famous.
WHYs Nimman Cafe & Restaurant
Chiang Mai, ThailandA green, plant-filled food hub in Nimman stringing several small cafés and kitchens around one courtyard.
Thailand
The north is a different country from the islands, and the better one.