Chiang Rai Travel Guide (2026): Best Time to Go, Where to Stay & Temples
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 Rai, Beyond the White Temple Photo Everyone shows up in Chiang Rai for one photo — the dazzling white, mirror-flecked temple that looks like a sugar palace from a dream. We did too. What nobody told us was that we’d booked our trip for late March, walked out of the airport into a grey wall of haze, and spent the first afternoon wondering where the famous northern mountains had gone. They were right there. We just couldn’t see them through the burning-season smoke. ...