Rachamankha Chiang Mai

The Rachamankha is much more than just a hotel. It is an experience. For the owners, who are two of Thailand's most famous designers and architects, it is a creation of love and a treasury of Lanna art and Chinese antiquities, which can be found in every guest room and throughout the hotel. The combination of Lanna art and interior design, and the temple style architecture has created a haven of peace - the kind that penetrates you and touches your heart. This is an ideal hotel for people in need of rest and relaxation

The design of the hotel is taken from the viharn (chapel) of one Thailand's most beautiful old temples, Wat Phrathat Lampang Luang in Lampang Province, which is why the hotel looks and feels like a temple. The hotel is planned according to ancient principles of Chinese architecture because the architect and interior designer want the hotel to reflect the Chinese roots of Thai architecture. The interior design is based on northern Thai Lanna culture, which is a blend of Chinese, Dai, Laotian, Lua, and Burmese cultures. This accounts for why the hotel is full of Chinese antiques and exemplifies the art and architectural features of all of these cultures. Altogether, the hotel is a cultural masterpiece 

one of the uppermost aims of creating the Rrachamankha was to enable tourists to experience - feel and touch - genuine Lanna culture, even though it will take many years to recoup the enormous cost of construction and decoration. No expense has been spared to create this experience, and indeed, many items of Lanna furniture and many of the decorative pieces of Lanna culture were bought in Burmes, Lao and China.