Among some of the highest mountains in Thailand and along the beautiful Ping river you will fine the 'rose of the north' called Chiang Mai. It offers many attractions and thousands of foreign visitors flock here fore their Chiang Mai holiday each year. Chiang Mai's historic strength derived from its important strategic location on an ancient trade route, and long before the modern influx of foreign visitors the city served as an important centre for trade. Chiang Mai is well known among travellers as a shoppers paradise, it also offers the traveller lots of natural and historical attractions and some of the best Chiang Mai hotels.
In recent years Chiang Mai has become an increasingly modern city, although it lacks the cosmopolitan gloss of Bangkok.
