Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tourist Information Centre
( 0 5475 1169; Th Pha Kong; 8.30am-noon & 1-4.30pm)
Opposite Wat
Phumin, this helpful information centre is hidden behind vendors and coffee shops.
Getting There & Away
7.30am-7pm)
is the only air-
Nok Air
(
08 8263 2012, nationwide 1318;
www.nokair.co.th
;
Nan Airport;
line operating out of Nan, with flights to Bangkok.
Nan Taxi
(
08 4617 0777)
do es airport
transfers for about 100B per person.
From Nan, all buses, minivans and
sŏrng·tăa·o
leave from the
bus station
at the south-
western edge of town. A motorcycle taxi between the station and the centre of town costs
30B.
If you're connecting to the train station at Den Chai in Phrae, you can hop on any bus
bound for Chiang Mai or Bangkok.
Getting Around
Săhm·lór around town cost 30B to 40B. Taxis can be hailed via Nan Taxi.
Several businesses, including Amazing Guest House, Fah Place,
Oversea Shop
( 0 5471
0258; 488 Th Sumon Thewarat; 8.30am-5.30pm)
and Nan Guest House hire bikes (per day from
60B to 100B), and motorcycles (from 180B to 300B).
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Around Nan
Nan Riverside Gallery
Twenty kilometres north of Nan on Rte 1080, this private
art gallery
(
www.nanartgallery.com
; Km
20, Rte 1080; admission 20B; 9am-5pm Thu-Tue)
exhibits contemporary Nan-influenced art in a
peaceful setting. Established in 2004 by Nan artist Winai Prabipoo, the two-storey build-
ing holds the more interesting temporary exhibitions downstairs - sculpture, ceramics and
drawings - as well as a permanent painting collection upstairs (which seems to be mainly
inspired by the Wat Phumin murals). The unusual building is a light-filled converted rice
barn with an arrow-shaped turret. The shop and cafe have seats right on the Mae Nam Nan
and the beautiful manicured gardens are nice to wander around.
From Nan, take any northbound bus or
sŏrng·tăa·ou
(30B) to the gallery.
