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Chatuchak Weekend
Market

Chatuchak Market, held every Saturday and Sunday, is the biggest
market in Thailand. An estimated quarter of a million people visit
this veritable shopaholic’s paradise each day. The vast site has
more than 15,000 stalls, but products are grouped by theme into a
series of numbered sections, making it easy to find specific items.
Home Decor
1
Items to beautify
your home (left) can be
found in sections 2 to 7.
If you wish to buy bulky
items, you can ship them
home via a number of
shipping companies
located in the market.
Crafts
2
Thailand is
renowned all over the
world for its handicrafts,
NEED TO KNOW including woodcarving s,
basketware, lacquer ­
MAP T5 • Thanon ware, ceramics, silk,
Phaholyothin silverware, and musical
• Skytrain Mo Chit, instru ments. Such items
Subway Chatuchak Park can be found in section 8
or Kampaeng Phet of the market, where,
• www.chatuchak.org
with a little bit of luck, all
Open 6am–6pm the gifts you may need
Sat & Sun for friends and family
can be bought in one go. Chatuchak
• Go to Chatuchak in 4
Park
the morning to avoid Plants
the worst of the heat. 3 If you need a break from
Bargaining is expected, In this section of the crowds, head to the
and some vendors will the market you can pick adjacent Chatuchak Park
reduce their initial up a young fruit tree or (below), just north of the
prices by half. a rose bush, a sweet­ market. Running the
smelling jasmine plant,
• Simple maps are or a delicate orchid. length of the park is
an artificial lake. Also
handed out free but They also sell fertilizer, in the park is J. J. Green,
serious shoppers should flower pots, and a bohemian night market
pick up Nancy Chandler’s gardening tools. selling secondhand gear.
map of Bangkok,
available at many
bookstores and hotels.
• To eat and drink
in air-conditioned
comfort, head for the
Dream Section, where
there are several
smart restaurants.

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