Condos for Sale in Riverside, Chiang Mai

Riverside — known locally as Wat Ket or the Ping River east bank — is the most atmospheric stretch of central Chiang Mai, running roughly from the Nawarat Bridge south to the historic Iron Bridge (Saphan Lek). It combines boutique riverfront hotels, colonial-era Chinese-Thai shophouses, Warorot Market (Kad Luang), and the quiet leafy lanes around Wat Ket Karam. The area sits directly across the Ping from the Old City, which gives retirees cultural proximity without the tourist density of Tha Phae. The honest tradeoff is flood risk: the October 2024 Ping River event pushed water to 5.3 m at Nawarat Bridge, inundating riverside streets and forcing a full evacuation of McCormick Hospital.