松德寺

这里位于去素贴山的路上，我们是回来的时候在这里停留了两个小时，拍了一些照片，吃了一顿午饭。这里有最著名的斋饭，味道还行，价格不贵。我最喜欢的是那些白色的佛塔，整齐地排列在入口处，听说这些佛塔吸引了很多摄影爱好者在日落时分前来拍照。

松徳寺在清迈老城西面素贴路上，靠近清迈大学后门的附近，这个寺庙是王家寺庙，进门看到很多个白色的灵塔，下面都刚有王族亲属的骨灰，去的时候大殿修葺，地上好多灰，寺庙可参观地方不多也不大。

纯白色的寺庙，一开始和酒店前台说她以为是清莱的白庙。其实是个墓地，每个瓮都装着和尚的骨灰。但是场面很震撼，对于心无恶意的人来说，没有一丝害怕。

接着又来到了 松德寺 Wat Suan Dok วัดสวนดอก位于清迈古城西面，离古城约1公里。SuanDok泰语原意为花园，寺庙是600年前兰纳王库那为恭迎素可泰高僧SumanaThera前来讲学而修的，寺内供奉佛陀舍利，并有皇家陵园。寺中青铜佛像乃是全泰国最大。地址：สุเทพ อ.เมืองเชียงใหม่ จ.เชียงใหม่ 50200穿橘色纱衣的僧人在白色建筑的衬托下非常显眼。我们在寺庙拍摄前都有拜拜，告知他们我们要拍摄以示尊重。走在墓碑之间，一点也没有害怕的感觉，心境反而是一种平静和开阔的感觉~~~离开这里还是忘不了那美丽的建筑，每一处都如此精致和细腻~~归还摩托车的时间要到了，加上下午要去拜县，我们返回了酒店。不一会，就有人过来接我们了~~泰国人真的都满守时的。

这一天最后一站是Wat Suan Dok ，脚力所至，沿着素贴路可以步行前往的寺庙就是Wat Suan Dok 。清晰的框架结构的寺庙，位于古城外以西。这里有全泰国最大的青铜佛像。进寺庙的路上一路进来都有很多白塔，这些都是泰国皇室子弟的骨灰供放地。

游完功甘城后我们就去到Wat Suan Dok等日落，但去到的时间还早，才4点多，所以我们决定到周边先走走吃吃，然后再回到这里看日落，夕阳西下，殿内佛音缭绕，殿外佛光普照啊，甚是庄严神圣

This is hidden away just outside the old city. Beautiful temple, along side are bright white mausoleums of the thai royals, the effect is breathtaking.Well worth a visit.

I think this is one of the best temples Isaw near Chiangmai area. It is true that it is easy to get used to stare at the different architectural and artistical charateristichs you will find in this area (and generally speaking in Thai), but maybe specifically for this reason I found out that sometime you can discover more beauty in little unexpected spot rather than into biggest and well known facilities. Ok, maybe I gave too "professor-like" comment here, but it was just to share my personal like for this Wat specifically. For the colors, the white portion of it, with the landscape of the golden dome near by....I felt really good. And this is the best way to analyze when someone asks you: Did you like it?

This temple is on the western side of the old town and we visited it on the way back from the mountains. What impressed us is the Chedi and the white mausoleums around it. The Pagoda itself is quite new and didn't get us.

Well worth a visit. One of the nicest I have ever seen. And very very large. Not on the main guidebook trail and yet one of those most worth the visit.

I really enjoyed walking around inside and outside of this temple. A lot of golden artifacts but it is the atmosphere that I enjoyed so much.

It never ceases to amaze me. Just when I think I've seen all the variations on the Temple theme I catch another out of the corner of my eye. This on has a tremendous temple. I mean gigantic! Out of scale large! It has some very old arches around back. That's how I found it. I saw this extremely old arch cruising a back road. I went through and was blown away by the tremendous white graveyard stone works. Upon inspection I see it's right on the road to Doi Suthep. I swear you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a temple around here!

Stunning white Chedi with background of Doi Suthep. Really beautiful on a bright sunny day, with lots of history & story of previous royal family of Chiang Mai.

After being sort of templed out, i really liked Suan Dok. It was mellow, with a small amount of tourits and a nice short trip out of Chang Mai.

You can view the main temples in central Chiang Mai within a day by renting a tuktuk. Just remember to bargain with the price. I paid 500 baht for seeing five temples. I'm confident you can totally get one for less, I just knew I'd be spending time at each and having the driver take pictures for me too because I came solo. This temple is definitely worth a stop on your trip. It wasn't even that crowded in the hours just before the noon so it was fairly peaceful. At night 5-7 they have "Monk Chat" sessions where you can speak with Monks to help them practice their English, if you're into informal conversations with a monk. Go for it.