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Phra
Tamnak Doi Tung
 Apart
from Wat Phra That Doi Tung, also situated on the Doi Tung
Mountain is a beautiful royal residence known as Phra Tamnak
Doi Tung.
The
royal villa is situated on the slopes of the adjacent Pa Kluay
Reservoir. It was originally built on the theory that the
local hill tribes would be honored by the royal presence and
thereby bring an end to the practice of opium cultivation.
It
was also meant to serve as a royal winter retreat for the
Princess Mother, who passed away in 1995, but who had previously
set up the Doi Tung Development Project in 1987. The main
attraction for visitors to Phra Tamnak Doi Tung is the 'Suan
Mae Fa Luang' - the beautiful landscaped gardens of the villa
filled with hundreds of different kinds of plants and flowers,
and named in her honor.
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