Wat Phra That Doi Suthep

วัดพระธาตุดอยสุเทพราชวรวิหาร

A gold chedi on the mountain with the whole city below

⚠ Dress code; 306 steps

Hours

Daily, roughly 6am–8pm (sources vary from 5am–9pm; check on site)

Tickets

Foreigners 30 baht, plus 20 baht return for the lift (50 baht together at the booth, as of 2026). Walk the stairs and you skip the lift fare.

Address

Up the mountain road at the end of Huay Kaew Rd, Suthep. Search 'Wat Phra That Doi Suthep' on maps

The road twists up the mountain for about twenty minutes, then drops you at the foot of a staircase lined with seven-headed naga serpents. Climb all 306 steps and the gilded chedi is throwing sunlight back at you while barefoot pilgrims circle it clockwise. Walk to the edge of the terrace and the whole of Chiang Mai spreads out below, airport runway included. If the steps look like too much, there's a lift (locals call it the cable car) beside the ticket booth. Sunset tours that stay until the city lights come on are popular.