Phrae is a small, unhurried northern town once at the centre of Thailand’s teak trade. Its legacy lives on in grand teak mansions, a moated old town and the hilltop golden stupa of Wat Phra That Cho Hae. Outside town, the eroded pillars of Phae Mueang Phi look like a desert canyon. It is a rewarding stop between Nan and Lampang or Sukhothai.<\/p>\n
Phrae has a small airport with flights from Bangkok. Northern-line trains stop at Den Chai, about 25 km away, and buses run from Bangkok’s Mo Chit terminal. The old town inside the moat is easy to explore on foot or by bicycle.<\/p>\n
A hilltop temple with a gilded stupa traditionally wrapped in satin cloth (“cho hae”), one of the north’s most important pilgrimage sites, especially for those born in the Year of the Tiger.<\/p>\n
A beautiful pink teak mansion with fretwork decoration, built for a noble family; it displays antiques and documents from the teak era.<\/p>\n
The former residence of the last ruler of Phrae, a grand teak building now a museum.<\/p>\n
Earth pillars and gullies shaped by erosion, often compared to a canyon; best in the early morning or late afternoon.<\/p>\n
One of the town’s oldest temples, with a Lanna-style stupa and a small museum, inside the old moated city.<\/p>\n
The home of “mo hom”, indigo-dyed cotton shirts and cloth that are a symbol of Phrae.<\/p>\n
A hillside temple with Chinese-influenced architecture and views over the valley.<\/p>\n
Remains of the old earthen walls and moat circle the historic centre.<\/p>\n
Day 1:<\/strong> morning at Wat Phra That Cho Hae, lunch in town, afternoon at Vongburi House, Khum Chao Luang and Wat Luang. Day 2:<\/strong> sunrise or late afternoon at Phae Mueang Phi, then shop for indigo cloth at Ban Thung Hong.<\/p>\n Wat Phra That Cho Hae holds an annual fair, usually early in the year, with a procession of cloth to wrap the stupa. Songkran<\/strong> in April is celebrated in Lanna style with merit-making, sand chedis and water play. Dates change; check with TAT and read our Songkran etiquette and survival guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Teak houses, Wat Phra That Cho Hae and indigo-dyed mo hom cloth.<\/p>\n Take the northern line to Den Chai, then a bus or taxi to town.<\/p>\n A park of eroded earth pillars outside town.<\/p>\n Northern dishes and local snacks. See our Phrae food guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cover photo: Wat Phra That Cho Hae.jpg<\/a> \u00b7 \u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e23\u0e04\u0e4c\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\/\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e07\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e39\u0e25\u0e40\u0e01\u0e47\u0e1a\u0e43\u0e19\u0e04\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e39\u0e25\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e35\u0e27\u0e34\u0e01\u0e34\u0e21\u0e35\u0e40\u0e14\u0e35\u0e22\u0e04\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e4c – \u0e40\u0e17\u0e27\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e20\u0e32\u0e2a \u0e21\u0e32\u0e01\u0e04\u0e25\u0e49\u0e32\u0e22 \u00b7 CC BY 3.0<\/a> \u00b7 Wikimedia Commons<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Phrae guide: Wat Phra That Cho Hae, Vongburi House, Khum Chao Luang, Phae Mueang Phi, indigo mo hom cloth and a 2-day route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"province":[247],"class_list":["post-5804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attractions-en","province-phrae-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5827,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions\/5827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=5804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Festivals and events<\/h2>\n
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