Nan Riverside Art Gallery
THAI NAME: วัดหนองบัว LOCATION: Amphoe Mueang District in Nan Province GPS: 18.940337 100.767709 Nan Riverside Art Gallery is a large private art gallery
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A quiet and tranquil province, Nan nestles in a valley in Northern Thailand. About 668 kilometres from Bangkok, it covers an area of 11,472 square kilometres and is made up of the following districts: Muang, Wiang Sa, Na Noi, Pua, Chiang Klang, Tha Wang Pha, Thung Chang, Mae Charim, Ban Luang, Na Mun, Santisuk, Bo Klua, Chaleom Phra Kiat, Song Kwae, and Phu Phiang.
The people of Nan descend from the Lan Changs (Laotians). Their forebears moved to settle around present day Pua district which is rich in rock salt deposits, about 700 years ago at the time when Sukhothai was becoming the kingdom of the Thais. They subsequently moved south to the fertile Nan River basin which is much more extensive. Nan’s history is deeply involved with its neighbours, in particular Sukhothai which played an important role in both political and religious terms before Nan became a part of Lanna, Burma and Thailand in that order. Today Nan is still the home of numerous Thai Lu and other hill tribes who retain highly interesting customs and traditions.
Wat Phra That Chae Haeng
THAI NAME: วัดพระธาตุแช่แห้ง LOCATION: Phu Phiang District in Nan Province GPS: 18.758381 100.791247 Wat Phra That Chae Haeng is about 2
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THAI NAME: พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติน่าน LOCATION: Amphoe Mueang District in Nan Province GPS: 18.776243, 100.770885 The building of the Nan National Museum was actually
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THAI NAME: วัดภูมินทร์ LOCATION: Amphoe Mueang District in Nan Province GPS: 18.774527 100.771633 A uniquely designed and the most interesting temple in
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THAI NAME: วัดพระธาตุช้างค้ำวรวิหาร LOCATION: Amphoe Mueang District in Nan Province GPS: 18.776238 100.772102 Opposite the Nan National Museum is Wat Chang Kham
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THAI NAME: วัดสวนตาล LOCATION: Amphoe Mueang District in Nan Province GPS: 18.784392 100.774010 Wat Suan Tan, which was built in 1230, features
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THAI NAME: วัดหนองบัว LOCATION: Tha Wang Pha District in Nan Province GPS: 19.088706 100.786088 Wat Nong Bua, in Nong Bua village of
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THAI NAME: อุทยานแห่งชาติ ดอยภูคา LOCATION: Nong Bua District in Nan Province GPS: 19.085168 101.061459 To the north of Nan in Nong Bua
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is located just before reaching the town on Highway No. 101. An ancient religious site, it has rectangular Chedi bases
Read morePha Chu or Pha Cheot Chu
is a cliff located within the Si Nan National Park which covers extensive forested and mountainous areas. The cliff can
Read moreThe Thai Lu Village-Ban Nong Bua
is about 40 kilometres to the north of the town on highway no.1080, with an additional 3 kilometres after the
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about 22 kilometres along the road winding over the shoulder of the mountain some 96 kilometres from the provincial town,
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