Thailand road trips
Routes worth the driving, with stops that earn the detour.
35 provinces
Chanthaburi
An eastern province on the coast, close to the Cambodian border.
Trat
Thailand's easternmost border province, on the Gulf coast and scattered with beautiful islands.
Sa Kaeo
An eastern border province, up against Cambodia.
Nakhon Ratchasima
Korat, the gateway to Isan, spread across a vast plateau.
Buriram
A southern Isan plateau province, near the Cambodian border.
Surin
A province of southern Isan, close to the Cambodian border.
Sisaket
A border province of southern Isan, up against Cambodia.
Ubon Ratchathani
A large city on the Mun River, at Thailand's far northeastern edge on the Lao border.
Chaiyaphum
A province of folded hills and deep green forest in lower Isan.
Bueng Kan
Thailand's newest province, on the Mekong, an Isan border town facing Laos.
Udon Thani
The big city of upper Isan, and the way through to the Mekong country.
Loei
A province of folded mountains, cool the year round, in upper Isan.
Nong Khai
A riverside town on the Mekong, a border province that carries you across to Laos.
Sakon Nakhon
A city beside a great lake, ringed by the Phu Phan range in upper Isan.
Nakhon Phanom
A town on the Mekong with a clear view over to Laos, quiet and easy on the eye.
Mukdahan
A Mekong town, a border province linked to the Lao side.
Chiang Mai
The old Lanna city, set in a northern valley, with cool air the whole way there.
Lampang
A northern town wrapped in mountains, on the Wang River.
Uttaradit
A town on the Nan River, where the plain meets the mountains of the lower north.
Phrae
An old town in a basin, ringed by mountains in the upper north.
Nan
A small town among northern valleys, on the border with Laos.
Phayao
A small town on Kwan Phayao, a wide freshwater lake among northern mountains.
Chiang Rai
Thailand's northernmost province, full of high mountains and cool air the year round.
Mae Hong Son
A town in a valley, ringed by folded mountains on the Myanmar border.
Kamphaeng Phet
A historic town on the Ping River, full of old ruins on the lower northern plain.
Tak
A town on the Ping River, and the way west to the Mae Sot border.
Sukhothai
An ancient town and Thailand's first royal capital, on the plain of the Yom River.
Phitsanulok
Song Khwae, with the Nan River through its middle, a key junction of the lower north.
Phetchabun
A province ringed by hills and high ranges in the middle of the lower north.
Ratchaburi
A town on the Mae Klong River, near the Tenasserim range in the west.
Kanchanaburi
A province of mountains and the River Khwae, on Thailand's western border.
Phetchaburi
A province with mountains, sea, and the Phetchaburi River through the middle of town.
Prachuap Khiri Khan
Thailand's narrowest province, mountains and the Gulf coast running side by side.
Ranong
An Andaman coast town on the Myanmar border, known for its hills and its year-round rain.
Chumphon
The first province of the south, the Gulf coast on one side and hills on the other.
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?How to use this page
- 1These groupings are SawadiKub's own starting point, not an official ranking.
- 2A province can sit in several categories — Krabi is both beach and nature.
- 3Use “See it on the map” to find where this group sits in the country.