Buping Rajaniwet Palace or Bhubing Palace

Thailand / Chiang Mai /
 palace, presidential palace, rose garden, interesting place, botanical garden
Bhubing Palace (TH พระตำหนักภูพิงคราชนิเวศน์) is located on Doi Buak Ha, Muang District, Chiang Mai Province. It is the royal winter residence in Chiang Mai where the Royal family stays during seasonal visits to the people in the northern part of Thailand.
The palace is also the royal guesthouse for prominent state visitors from abroad. In the past Their Majesties welcomed or granted royal audience to State visitors only in the capital of Bangkok. Bhubing Palace was built in 1961. The construction started initially with only the royal residence building and the guesthouse. The other buildings were built at later dates.
The building called Phra Tamnak Siri Song Bhubing is a log cabin style building which was built using eucalyptus wood. The building was commissioned by the Queen who wished to study the use of eucalyptus in buildings. The building is located on a hill above the palace water reservoir.

พระตำหนักภูพิงคราชนิเวศน์ เป็นที่ตั้งอยู่บนดอยบวกห้าบนเมืองเชียงใหม่

1400 meters high; interesting place for highland plants as well as flowering plants usually grown in more temperate climates.

Website: www.bhubingpalace.org/main_en.php
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   18°48'21"N   98°53'49"E

Comments

  • This is one of the King's palaces. It has nice gardens and is a relaxing side trip. White people pay more that Thai's to get in. If you are wearing shorts you will be required to rent long pants made of burlap to put over your shorts. (This common in Thailand, but still doesn't feel good to have it happen to you, even more so since it is the King of Thailand's palace. And he was born in the USA.)
This article was last modified 11 years ago