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Getting
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By
Car -
From Bangkok drive on Highway No.1 (Phahonyothin) to Highway
No.32 passing the provinces of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Ang
Thong, and Nakhon Sawan, then take Highway No. 117 to Phitsanulok
and drive on to Highway No. 11 to Lampang, Lamphun and Chiang
Mai. The route is 695 kilometres. |
From
Bangkok drive to Nakhon Sawan and then take Highway No. 1 passing
Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, Lampang, and Chiang Mai. The route is 696 kilometres |
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By
Bus - Buses to Chiang Mai depart regularly from Kampaeng Phet
2 Northen bus station.Bus will take
you on the 10-hour journey from Bangkok can be made on air-conditioned
coaches and non-airconditioned
uses originating from the Northern Bus Terminal on Bangkok's
Kampaeng Phet 2 Road
(Tel: 0-2936-3600 or 0-2937-8055) |
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Rail -
Air-conditioned trains make the 750 kilometer journey to ChiangMai.The
State Railways of Thailand
(Tel: 1690 or 0-2223-7020) operates daily services from Bangkok's
Hualumphong Railway Station including a popular overnight
sleeper. |
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Air -
Thai Airways (Tel:1566 or 0-2280-0060)
operated daily flights from Bangkokto Chiang Mai and flights
from Chiang Mai to other northern Thai cities.
Bangkok Airways has 2 daily flights
connecting Chiang Mai with Bangkok. In addition, they have
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servicing
the Chiang Mai-Sukhothai route. For
more information, contact their Bangkok office at tel. 02 265 5555,
265 5678
Phuket
Air offers 2 daily shuttle service flights from Chiang Mai to Chiang
Rai with YS-11 aircraft. The journey takes only 40 minutes and the
flight times are at 07.30 a.m. and 6.00 p. m. For more information,
call Bangkok Office 66 2679-8999 or Chiang Mai Office 66 5392 2118-9
Nok Air call 1318 or visit www.nokair.co.th
for reservations. Apart from Bangkok-Chiang mai flight, the airlines
also operate flights between Chiang mai and Udon Thani twice aweek.
Orient Thai Airlines, call 02 267 2999
Foreign Airlines :
Air Mandalay operates flights between
Chiang Mai and Yangon on Sundays and Thursdays. Contact 053 818
049 (Chiang Mai office)
Mandarin Airlines operates flights
between Chiang Mai and Taipei three times a week on Tuesday, Friday
and Saturday. For more information call, 053 201 268-9 (Chiang Mai
office)
Lao Airlines operates flights on the
Chiang Mai Luang Phrabang route three times a week on Tuesday, Friday
and Sunday. Call 053 223 401 (Chiang Mai office),
Silk Air operates flights between Chiang
Mai Singapore three times a week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
Call 053 276 459 053 276 495 (Chiang Mai office) |
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