There is so much packed into the 1-mile square old city that you could spend days exploring. I've distilled it down to the top-5 monuments, the most famous entry gate and the cutest streets and sois.
By day it’s a photogenic Euro-style café; by night Co & Co Nimman flips into a buzzy bar with DJs, cocktails and a mixed, nightlife‑hungry crowd right in the heart of Nimman.
A softly lit courtyard tucked behind the Night Bazaar, Chiang Mai 19 Bar is an easygoing, open-air hangout where cocktails, BBQ smoke and pop playlists mingle under the lanterns.
One Nimman is Nimman’s open-air living room: a Euro-style plaza of indie boutiques, design-y cafés and night markets where Chiang Mai’s creative crowd drifts between cocktails, live music and late-night street food.