Comfort Best of Chiang Mai

Day 1: Chiang Mai Arrival 
Your driver will be waiting for you at the airport exit holding a sign with your name From there, your driver will take to your accommodation: Bodhi Serene Chiang Mai, just inside the old town's walls so you're close to all the significant sights and sounds of Chiang Mai. Check-in and relax after your long journey! 
 
Accommodation: Bodhi Serene in a Superior Room 
Transportation: Chiang Mai Airport (CNX), Train Station, or Bus Terminal to Bodhi Serene by Car or Van 
 
Day 2: Chiang Mai 

Wake up and enjoy your breakfast, then the morning is free at leisure. Now's the time to either relax or go on a little urban adventure. In the afternoon, make your way to the meeting point for your bicycle tour and begin your adventure. Learn a little about the history of the old town as you cycle through quiet alleys and rarely used backroads before reaching a local night market where you can sample some delicious treats and delicacies. After the visit to the local market, you will make your way back and pass some historical sites along the way before returning to our starting point. Explore the town or make your own way back to your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Bodhi Serene in a Superior Room

Day 3: Chiang Mai 
Wake up and enjoy your breakfast and then get ready to experience real Thai cooking with a little of the special Northern Thai flavor! You will be picked up between 8:30 and 9:00 for your morning cooking class. Get ready to learn how to cook tasty Thai food in a beautiful home garden setting. Start with a trip to the local market to get to know the ingredients, and shop for whatever you need for your dishes. 
 
You can choose to make 6 dishes from 6 different categories: 
Appetizer: som tam (papaya salad) or spring rolls, 
Curry Paste: green, red or massaman, 
Curry: green curry, panang curry, khao soi (Chiang Mai noodles) or massaman curry, 
Soup: tom yam kung (hot and sour shrimp soup), tom kha gai (chicken in coconut milk soup) or Thai noodle soup, 
Stir Fry: pad thai (fried noodles Thai style) or stir fried cashew nuts with chicken, 
Extra Dishes: sticky rice with mango or banana in coconut milk. 
 
In the home garden, you will start cooking one dish at a time. One wok per person so you really get a feeling for the techniques. Thai food is based on a balance between the different flavours; spicy, sour, sweet, salty, and bitter. It goes beyond a single dish but seeks to balance a full meal of various dishes. You will get an understanding of this philosophy during your afternoon and, once you have cooked your way through, you can take a seat to test all of the lovely dishes you have prepared yourself. 
 
Expect to be back at your hotel after lunch with a cookbook in hand and a very full stomach! 
 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch 
Accommodation: Bodhi Serene in a Superior Room 
 
Day 4: Chiang Mai 
Wake up and enjoy breakfast and then check-out from your accommodation. Good luck with your next adventure! 

Meals: Breakfast