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attractions

Listed below is just a few of the attractions of Phrae, as a guideline to some of the places to visit

Wat Luang

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.

   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.

Ban Rong Fong

A village that specialises in making metal agricultural tools using traditional production methods

  Wat Phra That Cho Ha

A major religious site of the province, it was built since the time of Sukhothai. The 33 metre-tall Chiang Saen-style Chedi housed a Holy Relic. It was built of bricks and covered with bright brass sheets. According to tradition, anybody born under the Tiger year will visit this temple during there life time

Phraya Chaiyabun Memoria

Governor of the town during 1897-1902, he was slain by rebelling Shan tribe men when he refused to cede the town to them. After the rebellion was put down by government troops, King Rama V ordered a memorial erected in his honour.

Folklore Museum

In the same compound as the Ban Fai garden restaurant  is made up of several buildings and wooden structures displaying the local way of life. The different types of wooden houses demonstrate the different status of the local people.

  Hua Dong Market

This is the centre of products made from wood and rattan, mostly household furniture and decorative items, and a great place for bargain shopping

  Tham Pha Nang Kho

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 stalactite. They are the source of the legend of the love of a woman who waited for her lover until she turned into stone.