A stay at Teresa Teng’s favourite Chiang Mai hotel, now an InterContinental, for cocktails, Thai massage, great regional cuisine, even a balloon ride
- Relax by the pool, enjoy a massage, make yourself at home at the bar or visit the city when you stay at the five-star Intercontinental Chiang Mai The Mae Ping
- Chiang Mai is known for its temples, artisans and museums, but if you want something more adventurous, the hotel can lay on a balloon ride
Just 15 minutes from Chiang Mai International Airport, the new InterContinental is close to the northern Thai city’s night bazaar and the 13th century Tha Pae Gate.
In a former incarnation, as the Imperial Mae Ping, the hotel was a home away from home for Taiwanese pop star and actress Teresa Teng Li-chun, who died of a suspected asthma attack while in Chiang Mai, in 1995.
The hotel’s 240 rooms and suites face either the old town or the misty slopes of Doi Suthep mountain, and each is a showcase for chang sip mu: traditional arts that encompass lacquering, wood carving and metal beating.
The hotel’s designers have blended history and heritage with modernity, nowhere more so than in the high-ceilinged lobby, with its teak features – Chiang Mai was known for its trade in the wood during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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