Phayao

Phayao (พะเยา) is a city in the Northern River Valleys of Northern Thailand, about 700 km from Bangkok and 100km northeast of Chiang Mai. Wikivoyage

Population 17,467 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Thailand

• 191PolicePolice
• 199FireFire
• 1669AmbulanceAmbulance

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Thailand

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Wat Tilok Aram Attraction · 860 m
• Buddhist walk Attraction · 440 m
• Phayao Education Park Museum · 760 m
• sign Attraction · 790 m
• Buddhist gong Attraction · 850 m
• Buddhist robe arount tree trunk Attraction · 860 m
• Buddhist bells Attraction · 860 m
• Buddhist candle Attraction · 870 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Fish 2
• Steak 1
• Regional 1
• Thai 1

All 7 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Sukkhaphap Park 690 m across 970 m
• 90th Anniversary Princess Mother Park 270 m across 850 m

Getting around

• Pier to Wat Tilok Aram 450 m
• Phayao Bus Terminal 990 m

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