Overview
Chiang Mai City Culture Ride is a half day cycling tour that takes you through and around the rich cultural centre of Chiang Mai. During this ride of 25km, we bike as much as possible over quiet roads and small lanes passing beautiful temples and colourful markets while seeing local people continue their daily activities. We ride through small back roads and alleyways around and through the centre of Chiang Mai.
What you will be doing
We will stop at a silversmith who fabricates beautiful jewellery in different shapes and sizes (sorry, no shopping). We will then visit the adjacent Silver Temple to see the monks keeping themselves busy making decorations of alloy used for the renovation of this temple
We will continue our ride through narrow alleys and small lanes to the centre of the city where we visit Wat Chedi Luang, which was built in the 14th century. Thailand’s most revered Buddha statue, the Emerald Buddha, used to reside in this temple until the Laotian kind took it to Luang Prabang (Laos) around 1545. Nowadays this Buddha statue can be found in Bangkok’s Wat Phra Kaew
After shooting pictures of this remarkable Chedi, we will stop for a refreshment at the Chiang Mai Women’s Correctional Institution. This institution aims to reform and rehabilitate inmates who have almost completed their sentences. Their residents are serving light sentences for minor crimes, and they come from poor backgrounds, with many being hill tribe women
Not too far from here, we make a stop at the most visited and most beautiful temple of Chiang Mai, Wat Phra Singh. The temple houses a significant Buddha statue: the Phra Buddha Sihing, which gives the temple its name
We continues to the outer circle of the centre, passing through a fresh and flower market where we see the most beautiful flowers of the North. This area is called the “China Town of Chiang Mai
We cycle further and cross the river and stop for another refreshment at a local market. Here we have more time to explain to you about and taste some exotic fruits,and/or local snacks. After this stop, we take a surprising route back to our office.
Where we'll meet
🧭 Meeting/pick-up point: 1 3 Don Pin Soi 9 Tambon Mae Hia, Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai, Chang Wat Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand
🗺️ Instructions: We will meet at our office.
Things to know
Accessibility:
Children friendly
Fitness requirement
Moderate fitness level
Tour Language
English
License requirement
None
Additional information:
Since we visit temples during the tour, participants are required to dress appropriately.
Inclusion ✅
Cycling equipment
Snack
Refreshments
Water
Tour guide
Exclusion ❌
Pick up and drop off transport
About your host
Recreational Bangkok Biking Co., Ltd.We operate daily bicycle tours in Ayutthaya, Bangkok and Chiang Mai that are suited to everybody who can ride a bicycle. The tours will bring you to unseen parts of the city and give you an unforgettable experience in Thailand.
For every trip booked, Kodama Travel donates £1 to Just One Tree to restore our forests and the ocean.