Handicraft - silver

I would like to visit handicraft villages, especially places where silver jewels are made. Can anyone please suggest if this is worth visiting and if so, where I can find those places and how to get there from Chiang Mai?

Thanks!

Handicraft - silver

Hi Kata1, We found 3 wholesale shops selling their silver jewellery just by walking the streets %26amp; exploring. I don%26#39;t have the adress but they where in the same road as the Ancient temple. Someone may know the name of the road.CJ

Handicraft - silver

Long ago there was a village specialized in silver handicraft, it was located just outside Chiang Mai city, right across the Chiang Mai Gate.

Today the village has been absorbed by an expanding city, but it gave its name to a street where you can still find silverware shops and workshops. It is Wualai Road, starting at Chiang Mai Gate.

On Saturdays the street is closed to traffic for the weekly open market.

This is also the street where you find the %26#39;Tri Yaan Naa Roos Colonial House%26#39; a small boutique hotel with a very nice atmosphere.

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If you want to visit the silversmiths on Wulai road then it is best to go in the mornings and wander the small sois (lanes)off Wualai road and you can find the people actually making the siver by listening to the clanging sounds. Most producers are delighted to have you stop and watch as they do not get many visitors as wualai is still mostly producing for the local market.

The street is closed only in the Saturday late afternoon but best to go another time to see the silver workers producing their goods as they finish working by then. Wualai - means a Jersy style or patterned cow.

Futher out of town on the chiang mai - hangdong hi-way near the Sumung turn off is the old ceramic village also worth a visit and it is still producing pottery

Hi all,

thanks for the tips! Doc, the hotel you mentioned, is it worth staying there for night or two? It sounds wonderful. I tried to google the name of the hotel to find the price and other info but with no success. Do they have any webpage? Can you please write me if this area is close to night bazaar or other interesting places to visit in Chiang Mai?

Rearding Wualai road silver handicraft visit, what time in the morning should I go there to see the silver workers?

Thanks again!

Try this spelling- Tri Yaan Na Ros Colonial House

It is a closer spelling and should work!

It is not near the night bazaar and listed on trip hotel pages.

If you like off the beaten track places but walking distance to night bazaar try ';Puripunn Baby Grand Boutique Hotel'; higher priced but in a different class.

Any time after 8:00am the silversmiths start to work.

Hi, Kata 1, you know, in China, there are some Miao ethnic villages, all the people there are good at making silver things. Silver play the most important role of their life. According to their traditional custom, women always wear numerous silver items from their head to feet, such as hairpins, earrings, bracelets... Want to know more about this, you can go galleriapangea.com/jewelry/鈥roducts.html to have a look.

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