For first-time visitors to Chiang Mai, the flower festival is an indispensable tourist destination on their journey. During the festival, the city known as the "Rose of the North" is filled with the colors of flowers. Purple orchids, yellow chrysanthemums, elegant white chrysanthemums, elegant fresh roses alongside carnations, tulips... create a lively and charming flower picture. Among those flowers, orchids are the flower with the most varieties and colors, and are also the most famous flower of Chiang Mai.
Beautiful girls of the flower festival. Photo: Traveller.
The highlight of the festival is the flower procession. The splendid flower boats are woven into images of temples, animals, or stories from Buddhist legends. Visitors will admire the brilliant colors and fragrant scent of flowers, and enjoy the works of art made from flowers under the skillful hands of artisans.
You will also see beautiful girls sitting on flower floats parading through the streets. Dancers in traditional Thai costumes gracefully dance to the music. With the graceful dance and the rhythmic music, the streets are filled with the colors of flowers. The most beautiful girl in the festival is selected from hundreds of candidates and each year one young woman will have this honor.
During this occasion, handicrafts and other local products are also exhibited and sold at the festival. Chiang Mai Flower Festival is one of the most famous cultural and tourist events that attracts millions of tourists to the city every year. For first-time visitors to Chiang Mai, the flower festival is an indispensable tourist attraction on their journey.
Boats made from flowers at the festival. Photo: Traveller.
During the festival, the city known as the "Rose of the North" is filled with the colors of flowers. Purple orchids, yellow chrysanthemums, proud white chrysanthemums, elegant fresh roses next to carnations, tulips... create a lively and charming flower picture. Among those flowers, orchids are the flower with the most varieties and colors, and are also the most famous flower of Chiang Mai.
The highlight of the festival is the flower procession. The splendid flower boats are woven into images of temples, animals, or stories from Buddhist legends. Visitors will admire the brilliant colors and fragrant scent of flowers, and enjoy the works of art made from flowers under the skillful hands of artisans.
You will also see beautiful girls sitting on flower floats parading through the streets. Dancers in traditional Thai costumes gracefully dance to the music. With the graceful dance and the rhythmic music, the streets are filled with the colors of flowers. The most beautiful girl in the festival is selected from hundreds of candidates and each year one young woman will have this honor.
During this occasion, handicrafts and other local products are also exhibited and sold at the festival. Chiang Mai Flower Festival is one of the most famous cultural and tourist events attracting millions of tourists to the city every year.
