Wat Chiang Man: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

Wat Chiang Man (Thai: วัดเชียงมั่น, Northern Thai − sometimes also written as Wat Chiang Mun) is a Buddhist temple (Thai language: Wat) inside the old city (which is contained within the city walls and moat) of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand.Wat Chiang Man was built by Mangrai: 209  in 1297 CE as the first temple of Chiang Mai on the location of Wiang Nopburi, a fortified town of the Lawa people which had been used by King Mangrai as a camp during the construction of his new capital city Chiang Mai.