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 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








