Mae Rim ★ 3.9
The Mae Sa valley north of the city is a green day trip of strawberry farms, garden cafes and resort restaurants, an easy hill escape for a long lunch.
Lamphun is a food day trips in Chiang Mai.
Thailand's longan capital and one of its oldest towns sits half an hour south, worth the trip for fruit-market stalls and temple-side noodle shops.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
The Mae Sa valley north of the city is a green day trip of strawberry farms, garden cafes and resort restaurants, an easy hill escape for a long lunch.
The Hang Dong fringe pairs the Baan Tawai woodcraft village with garden restaurants and tasting rooms, a low-key foodie loop through the paddy-field south.
A misty mountain coffee village an hour east, where old homestays serve village lunches and stream-side cafes pour beans grown on the surrounding hills.
A craft-and-hot-spring district east of the city where you boil eggs in mineral springs, browse the weekend Chamcha food market and eat rustic lunches.