Phrae Festivals The Phra That Cho Hae Fair (งานประเพณีนมัสการพระธาตุช่อแฮ), held in around March, involves a procession to carry robes to cover the Chedi. The procession follows the Lanna style. All participants are decked out in traditional Lanna attires. Doklomlaengban Songkran Muangphrae Nung Mohhom Tae Ngam Ta or Songkran Festival in Phrae on 13 – 17 April every year at...
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Tourism Sights Wat Luang (วัดหลวง) Some of its major features include the Viharn and Chiang Saen-style Chedi enshrining a Holy Relic brought over from Myanmar. Others are the museum housing various antiquities including several 500-year-old Buddha statues and an ancient Lanna-style wooden structure. To the west of Wat Luang is Wat Phra Non (วัดพระนอน) near the site of the old city walls. Some of the...
Local Market Hua Dong Market About 9 kilometres to the south of town on Highway No. 101 in Sung Men district is the Hua Dong Market. It is the centre of products made from wood and rattan, mostly household furnitures and decorative items. Operating day: Daily Operating time: 07.00 – 18.00 Category: Local Market Language Support:...
Village, Community Ban Thung Hong About 4 kilometres away on Highway No. 101 (Phrae-Nan) is Ban Thung Hong, a village noted for the making of products made from Mo Hom material. It is a local cotton fabric dyed in blue which is used in making native and modern wears. Operating day: Daily Operating time: 07.00 – 17.00 Category: Village, Community Language Support:...
Village, Community Ban Fai Folklore Museum Ban Fai Folklore Museum compound as the Ban Fai garden restaurant three kilometres from town on the Phrae-Sung Men road, is made up of several buildings and wooden structures displaying exhibits on the local way of life. The different types of wooden houses demonstrate the different statuses of the local people. There are also market and shop-houses of the past. Operating day: Daily Operating time:...
Other nature sites Phae Mueang Phi About 12 kilometres out of town, and with a further 6 kilometres after a right turn, is the Phae Muang Phi, a wide area with no large trees. Because of subsidence and erosion of the soil, the harder elements remain and are formed into the shapes of exotic-looking mushrooms. Operating day: Daily Operating time: 08.00 – 17.00 Category: Other nature sites Language Support:...
Waterfalls Namtok Huai Rong Amid cool forested area is the Huai Rong Waterfall. It can be reached by taking Highway No. 101 (Phrae-Rong Kwang) and go on for 60 kilometres northward. Turn left at Km. 78 and proceed on for a further 4 kilometres. Operating day: Daily Operating time: 08.00 – 17.00 Category: Waterfalls Language Support:...
Caves Tham Pha Nang Khoi Another interesting cave is Tham Pha Nang Khoi which is about 40 kilometres north of town on Highway No. 101 at Km. 59 within Rong Kwang district. A 50 metre-long rail leads to the cave mouth. Along the winding tunnels are strangely-shaped stalactites and stalagmites. At the end of the cave is a stalagmite shaped like a woman holding a small child. In front of the Nang Koi (waiting woman) stone is a heart-shaped...
