TTLP01 - Lampang Escape – 2 days

Your guide and driver will meet you at the hotel at 0830.  Transfer to Chiang Mai railwaystation.  Board the slow train that departs at 0930. You will pass Saraphi, Lamphun and the Khuntan tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in Thailand. It is a very scenic train ride.At Hang Chat station we will disembark. This will be around noon. Our driver will be waiting for us. He will take us to Wat Prathat Lampang Luang, by many considered the most beautiful temple of Northern Thailand.

We will have lunch at a local restaurant near the temple. After lunch we will drive to Lampang. The city of Lampang claims to be the leading centre of Lanna culture. It certainly is much older than Chiang Mai and has some of the most beautiful temples of Northern Thailand. In the 19th century Lampang became a centre of teak logging with at least 4,000 elephants working in the area.

It has strong Burmese influences due to the Burmese workers the British logging companies brought with them. There are some magnificent historic houses dating back from that period.After arrival we will check into our guesthouse. We will make a walking tour of Talat Gao street with its many historic houses. Your guide will tell you the history of some of the beautiful houses. For dinner we recommend you the Riverside restaurant within walking distance of the guesthouse. Overnight at the Riverside Guesthouse – aircon room