Chiang Mai Travel Guide (2026): When to Go, Where to Stay, Getting Around
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Chiang Mai, Without the Rookie Mistakes We almost booked Chiang Mai for March, purely because the flights were cheap. A friend who’d spent a winter there talked us out of it in one sentence: “You’ll land into smoke and spend the week indoors.” That’s the burning season — the part of the Chiang Mai travel guide nobody puts on the brochure — and it’s the single mistake that can quietly ruin an otherwise perfect trip. We moved the dates to December instead and got blue skies, cool evenings and a city that felt like it was showing off. ...