Phrae in North Thailand

Phrae Province, Thailand is famous for its reserves of teak forests. Phrae City has many 1800s colonial-style teak mansions built by Farang merchant class that came to trade teak lumber. Teak logging ban have reduced Phrae's lumber industry to teak furniture production.

Phrae City is located in the Yom River Valley. Phrae City is 550 kilometres from Bangkok.

Nearby ...Lampang (west 100km) / Phayao (north 140km) / Nan (NE 120km) / Uttaradit (south 74km) / Chiang Mai (far west) / Sukhothai (far south)

Accomodations in Phrae

Maeyom Palace Hotel

Thepvong Place Guesthouse

Attractions in Phrae

Mae Yom National Park ...home to elephant, barking deer, mountain goat, black bear, warthog and rabbit species.

Wiang Kosai National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติเวียงโกศัย) ... several waterfalls

Temples in Phrae

Wat Phra That Cho Hae (วัดพระธาตุช่อแฮ) ... famous Buddhist religious site of the Phrae province. Built in time of Sukhothai rule. 33m tall Chiang Saen Chedi ... have skin of brass metal sheets.

Wat Luang (วัดหลวง) ... 500 year old Buddha

Wat Phra Non (วัดพระนอน) ... Big Sleeping Buddha

Wat Phra Bat Ming Mueang (วัดพระบาทมิ่งเมือง) ... Big Buddha footprints

Wat Chom Sawan (วัดจอมสวรรค) ... Burma-style architecture ... Antiquities include marble Buddha statues, bamboos coated with lacquer Buddha statues, and ivory Buddha statues.

Wat Phra Luang (วัดพระหลวง). ... Sukhothai-style Chedi ... "That Neong" (ธาตุเนิ้ง), translates as the Chedi leaning

Wat Phra That Chom Chaeng (วัดพระธาตุจอมแจ้ง)... 29m golden Chedi