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ลำปาง
Northern Thailand
601 km from Bangkok
Province of Chiang Mai
Population : 50 000
Northern Thailand
601 km from Bangkok
Province of Chiang Mai
Population : 50 000
Budget
Recomm. stay
1 à 2 jours
Visits
General Information about Lampang
Located just before Chiang Mai on the road to the North of Thailand, Lampang is often overlooked by travelers. Yet the city has one of the most beautiful temples of the north, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang and some other equally interesting temples. It also has the unique peculiarity to offer horse-drawn carriages for transportation instead of the usual tuk-tuks. The National Elephant Institute, an big elephant conservation center is also one of the most famous attractions of Lampang. This is certainly not a city where tourist stay for long but perhaps a step on the road to Chiang Mai.
Hotels & guesthouses in Lampang
There are no many hotels and guesthouses in Lampang. Travelers don't stop to sleep here for a lot. If a advance booking is not necessary, it may be interesting to book your room so the hotel or the guest house can pick you up at the bus terminal or at the train station which are a little eccentric. Accommodations are scattered so it is best to call first to be sure they have available rooms even if it is generally the case.Find accommodation in Lampang
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Weather & climate in Lampang
Lampang has a relatively dry climate compared to the neighboring provinces. In winter (from November to March) the weather is sunny and the temperatures pleasant with cool nights and mornings (14-17 °C or less but it is rare). From March to June, it's summer. April is the hottest month with temperature that can exceed 40 °C at the hottest moment of the day. The rainy season runs from May to the end of October but Lampang receives less rainfall than neighboring provinces and rarely suffers from the flash floods like the one taht affected Chiang Mai in recent years. Even in September, the rainiest month, rainfall barely exceeds 200 mm.The best time to come to Lampang is from November to April. There is no time of year when it is not advised not to come to Lampang although in August and especially in September it rains more.
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Practical information about Lampang
Here no tuk-tuks but songteaws and horse carriages (this is the only city in Thailand is to provide this type transportation ). You can get to lampang by train, plane or by bus. A bus travel from Bangkok takes 8 hours (online booking available here)How to get around in Lampang ?
To go around in Lampang there is a bus network that are actually songtaews (shared taxis) yellow and green for trips in the city and marine blue for trips to the cities nearby. So to go to Ko Kha near Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, the emblematic temple of the province, take blue songthaew 2462. Note that if there are no taxis with meters in Lampang, yellow and green songtaews easily leave their bus function to become private taxi.Train and bus stations are quite eccentric, it will cost up to 100 THB to reach them from your accommodation. But there alos are horse carriages in Lampang. They are the pride of the city but they do not take you everywhere, they are actually different roads in the city where they go. It is alos quite pleasant to travel by bicycle in Lampang. Some guesthouses rent bicycles.
How to ask in Thai to go to Lampang ?
I want to go to Lampang / Yak paï ti Lampang.Where is Lampang ? / Lampang you ti naï ?
Must-visits in Lampang
Wat Phra That Lampang Luang
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Our opinion :
Wat Phra Kaew Don Tao
วัดพระแก้วดอนเต้
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