Experts' Choice Award Wiang Kum Kam
What the experts agree on
This evocative 13th-century Lanna Kingdom site sprawls across a sleepy village south of Chiang Mai, where ongoing excavations reveal ruins rivaling the Old City's scale—atmospheric and remarkably undiscovered compared to busier temples.
“ Today, the excavated ruins are scattered around the winding lanes of a sleepy village 5km south of Chiang Mai. ”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "Wiang Kum Kam is now being excavated, and archaeologists have been amazed to uncover a cluster of buildings almost as large as Chiang Mai's Old City. " Full review
Lonely Planet "Finish your tour at the atmospherically tumbledown remains of Wiang Kum Kam, the heart of the 13th-century Lanna Kingdom"
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