Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Western Union
( 0 5322 4979; Th Huay Kaew)
Send or receive money by wire. There are counters
at Central Airport Plaza, Kad Suan Kaew shopping centre, Th Huay Kaew and also avail-
able at any post office.
POST
A private
postal shop
on Th Ratchadamnoen is a good place to organise packages home.
Main Post Office
( 0 5324 1070; Th Charoen Muang; 8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon Sat & Sun)
Other
convenient branches on Th Singharat/Samlan, Th Mahidon at Chiang Mai International
Airport, Th Charoen Prathet, Th Phra Pokklao, Th Chotana and Chiang Mai University.
TOURIST INFORMATION
Chiang Mai Municipal Tourist Information Centre
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
0 5325 2557; Th
8.30-11.30am & 1-4.30pm)
Small city-run tourist information centre near the night
Tha Phae;
bazaar.
Tourism Authority of Thailand
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(TAT; 0 5327 6140;
www.tourismthailand.org
;
Th Chiang Mai-Lamphun; 8.30am-4.30pm)
English-speaking staff provide
maps and recommendations for tour guides; TAT doesn't make hotel reservations. It's just
over Saphan Lek on the eastern side of the river. At the time of writing the office had tem-
porarily relocated to 164/94-95 Th Chang Khlan while a new building was being con-
structed on the original site.
USEFUL WEBSITES
1 Stop Chiang Mai
(
www.1stopchiangmai.com
)
Comprehensive website covering tourist attractions
and amenities.
Chiang Mai Sawadee
(
http://chiangmai.sawadee.com
)
Hotel booking site.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Regularly scheduled flights arrive and depart from
Chiang Mai International Airport
(
www.chiangmaiairportonline.com
)
, which is 3km south of the old city. International and domestic
routes and frequencies vary with the seasons and tourist demand. Direct flights linking
Chiang Mai to Chinese cities are expanding rapidly.
Air Asia
( 0 2515 9999;
www.airasia.com
)
Flies to Bangkok (Don Muang Airport), Kuala Lum-
pur, Phuket and Macau.
0 5328 4985;
www.airbagan.com
)
Flies twice a week to Yangon.
Air Bagan
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