🔄 Updated 22 Jun 2026
The picks
Fah Lanna Spa
A day spa the whole city seems to rate, with a Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice award every year. Three branches — old city, Night Bazaar and Nimman — all with a leafy Lanna feel, a welcome ritual and private rooms. Packages range from a single-hour Thai massage to a long half-day spa. Open 12:00 to 21:00; booking ahead gets a better rate and skips the wait.
Oasis Spa Lanna
The old-city branch of the Oasis chain, right next to Wat Phra Singh, built as Lanna-style pavilions in a garden — quiet and green despite the central location. It's known for the Lanna treatments that blend northern-Thai techniques with modern spa work, and offers free transfers within town. Pricier than a corner shop, but the setting and service earn it. Booking ahead is strongly advised.
Lila Thai Massage
Affordable massage with a genuinely good story behind it: it was founded by a former director of Chiang Mai Women's Prison to give released inmates honest work, and every therapist completes a 180-hour training course. There are 8 branches around the old town, open 10:00 to 22:00, with Thai and foot massage running just a few hundred baht an hour. Skilled hands, and your money helps people getting a fresh start.
Cheeva Spa
An upmarket day spa near the northwest corner of the moat, holding around 4.7 on Tripadvisor from nearly 800 reviews. Treatment rooms are private villas, with a foot-washing welcome and refreshments afterwards. The Cheeva Experience package bundles a body scrub, wrap, Lanna massage, milk bath and a facial. It costs more than a standard shop, but plenty of guests say it's worth it. Book online ahead — it fills up.
Let's Relax Spa
An easy-to-find chain with consistent quality — handy when you want somewhere clean and comfortable without gambling on what you'll get. In Chiang Mai it has branches at Pavilion Night Bazaar, on Tha Pae Road and in the One Nimman mall, open 10:00 to 22:00, which is longer than many. Foot, Thai and oil massage are all here, and the Dream package is a popular pick. Mid-range pricing, bookable online.
RarinJinda Wellness Spa Resort
A riverside wellness resort in the Wat Ket area, good for a full spa day or an overnight stay. Its spa is billed as the most complete in the north, with a hydrotherapy pool, a Japanese-style onsen, steam rooms and singing-bowl sound therapy. You don't have to be a guest — day passes are available — and it's about a 10-minute walk from town. Book treatments ahead to get the time you want.
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