Chiang Mai, Thailand’s northern hub, is contemporary Southeast Asia in miniature: confident, youthful, on the move and yet deeply reverential towards its diverse heritage and long history.
Situated around a moat-lined square of ancient city walls, the Old Town is home to a dizzying number of historic buildings, museums and temples. But this is no relic of an era long since passed: with its large university, thriving creative industries and a bustling scene of expat entrepreneurs, Chiang Mai feels like a young city on the edge of greatness.