Chiang Mai is a gorgeous city in Northern Thailand with a rich history, a fascinating culture, and seriously lush green scenery (did someone say waterfalls?).

It’s super easygoing and comfy compared to Bangkok, and it’s actually a better starting point than a lot of Thailand’s bigger cities.

And beyond the jaw-dropping greenery, you’ll find cozy little restaurants that clearly try (in a good way), cool bars and stylish cafés, massage centers, cannabis shops, ice-cream spots serving homemade scoops, great food for cheap, and cute, well-designed food markets with a relaxed vibe (instead of the huge, packed markets in town or the downright intense ones in Bangkok)… and the list just keeps going.

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