Thailand travel guide

What to do in Chiang Mai in one day comes down to four experiences that sit well together: Wat Phra That Doi Suthep on the mountain, two temples inside the Old City, a Northern Thai meal and an evening market. Chiang Mai was once the capital of the Lanna Kingdom, and its moated Old City...

You have one Southeast Asia trip. Two cities made the shortlist. Hanoi or Bangkok, which one do you choose? Bangkok is the reflex answer. It has the infrastructure, the name recognition, the Instagram grid. But here’s what most experienced Asia travelers will tell you quietly: Hanoi is the one that stays with you. The one...

December is generally one of the more reliable months to visit Thailand, but conditions depend heavily on where you go. Bangkok and Chiang Mai sit in the heart of the dry season, with daytime highs of roughly 29 to 32°C and noticeably cooler nights in the north. The Andaman coast, including Phuket and Krabi, is...

Bangkok in March marks the start of the hot season: dry, sunny and getting warmer by the week. The city remains highly workable in these conditions, but only if you stop treating the whole day as sightseeing time. Temples, markets and river life belong to the early morning and evening; the middle of the day...

Bangkok’s headline sights earn their reputation: the gilded halls of the Grand Palace, the reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, the riverside temples, a street food culture few cities can match. Yet the capital has a second, quieter register that most itineraries skip. It lives in Chinese shophouse alleys, canal-side timber houses, a centuries-old Muslim community,...

Planning a Thailand and Laos itinerary starts with one question: how do you fit two very different countries into one trip without spending half of it in transit? They pair beautifully. Thailand brings energetic cities, outstanding food and easy, polished travel. Laos slows everything down, with Mekong scenery, golden temples and small towns that feel...

Bangkok and Siem Reap are two of the most visited stops on a Thailand and Cambodia trip, and there are normally several ways to connect them, whether by air, bus, train, or private car. Right now, though, land border crossings between the two countries are closed to ordinary travelers, so flying is the only practical...

Just two hours west of Bangkok’s traffic and skyscrapers sits a destination that feels like an entirely different country. Kanchanaburi blends heavy history- the Bridge over the River Kwai and the Death Railway- with a gentler side made of waterfalls, quiet countryside, and riverside stays that turn a simple day trip into something far more...