Hang Dong and Baan Tawai ★ 4.0
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.
Mae Rim is a food day trips in Chiang Mai.
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.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
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.