The famous markets in Thailand

Thailand has become a shopper's paradise because there are many famous markets. Don't miss them in your tour in Thailand.

Chatuchak Market

Chatuchak in Bangkok in Thai means weekend market, the largest market of the world. It is up to 1.13 km2 wide and can sort 15,000 counters, welcome between 200,000 and 300,000 visitors each day. Chatuchak Market, adjacent to the metro station of Bangkok Kamphaengphet, takes about 5 minutes walk from the Mo Chit station and Chatuchak Park.



Time market is open from 8 am to 6 pm on the second day 7th and Sunday. There are many ways to get to Chatuchak Market from anywhere in the capital Bangkok, extremely convenient for very low cost ( type air routes, including 502, 503, 509, 510, 512, 513 ), No. 77 bus route often, tuktuk, taxi, motorcycle taxi,...

  

If inside, people are often advised to follow a spiral. If traveling in groups is not the best way if you get lost or separated groups may provide 'll wait another milestone in the party base in the market. Also, while the Chatuchak, attention is not smoking. Acts of violation will be fined 2000 Bath.



Dumnoen Saduak Floating Market

Than 100km from Bangkok southwest, Ratchaburi province, is the floating market attracted the most tourists. Market selling food items, souvenirs along the canal.


Boats used by local residents is kind of square boats, with a conical nose and characterized.



There is everything to attract tourists, from handicraft goods to agricultural products, fruits, spices, flowers and even traditional Thai massage at the market. Market is a place selling handicrafts and souvenirs. By the end of the fair will be interlaced canals flowing across the fields of fruits such as oranges, tangerines, grapefruit,... The market started from early morning meeting.



Taling Chan Floating Market

Taling Chan Floating Market is one of the attractions, located in the west of Bangkok. Attraction here is that many traditional Thai dishes prepared right on the boat, at the end of the meal, guests can also choose desserts and fruit on the other boat.

The market has formed in Thailand from centuries ago, open from 9 am - 16 hours.



Like Dumnoen Saduak floating markets, Taling Chan floating market is quite narrow area is not widely Cai Rang floating market in Vietnam ( of Can Tho ). However, it brings back a lot of Thai culture. It was also the location of a selected number of famous movies filmed in Thailand such as : Bangkok Dangerous (2008 ) by actor Nicolas Cage starred.



Maeklong Market

Maeklong flea market just 500m long, is situated about 60km from Bangkok to the west. It sold so many delicious dishes typical of Thai cuisine. Located close to the tracks, the train runs every hour through the destinations that people preferred adventure tourism.



When preparing to run trains through the market area, people identify with the arrival of the train whistle rang loudly.


When the train was running through, all trading activity returned to normal.



Or Tor Kor Market

Located near the famous Chatuchak flea market, is open on weekends Or Tor Kor Market, which sells and imports of vegetables, specialty vegetables of all Asian countries.


Guest visit Or Tor Kor market can also taste like salted seafood, sweets and delicious street food such as fried pork, with pineapple custard bread, and Thai curries.



Items were many visitors at Or Tor Kor purchase is the most packet curry and spicy Thai soup.  ChoOr Tor Kor is also one of the typical market in Thailand.



Klong Toey Market



Klong Toey Market is fresh markets of Bangkok 's largest scale, each day just stopped sales after 2 am and before 6 am.


Here can find all sorts of fresh goods, vegetables, fish, meat, fruits, spices,...



Bo Be Market

Be Bo Cho is known as the center for wholesale garments for over 30 years. Bo Be Market located near Hua Pong Lom, on Krung Kasem Road. For the year Maboonkrong shopping center ( MBK ) 1.3 km located on Krung Kasem road, Siam Square shopping center about  1.6 km

If selected as bus transportation, the bus number 1, 4, 7, 25, 53 can meet your needs.



In addition there are complex marketplace shopping, entertainment, hotels, upscale restaurants, commercial centers Bo Be( Bo BeTower ). With over 1,300 stores here are considered locations consumption garments largest in Thailand. Furthermore, Bo Be provide freight service to all over the world. You have a lot of options for all types of men's clothing, women and children.




Pak Khlong Talat Market

Pak Khlong Talat is a huge market in Bangkok, Thailand. This is a wholesale market for flowers, fruits, and vegetables, as well as attracting visitors. Market located on Chak Phet Road and Memorial Bridge.


Operating time almost 24/24 hours a day, this is considered typical street market in Thailand. In addition to fresh flowers, dry flowers, artificial flowers, and hundreds of other flower varieties, the market is also the focal point of the available flowers - a sacred amulet and featured on country Thailand.



Most of that jasmine is the circular ring is considered to bring good luck omen are sold throughout the market. Marigold garlands used for offerings to the gods or kings, also sold much here.



Chiang Mai Night Market

Chiang Mai is one of the leading attractions of Thailand. Famous night market teeming along some streets and walkways, inside buildings and temple grounds.



Market have items of handicrafts, works of art, clothing and a full range of imported items with a large number, is considered a modern shopping center.



At first, markets owned by the Chinese traders, but since it was expanded scale as commercial buildings, it was no longer owned by a group of people. Instead, it belongs to many owners, and most of them are Thai.
  


Hua Hin Night Market

The night market every evening meetings, from 18 hours to 23 hours, selling souvenirs, handicrafts, cuisine and especially seafood from the Sea Hua Hin. Seafood restaurant are on display outside, along the street look very attractive.


After guests check out, bargain prices and an instant later is already having delicious dishes are put on the table processing. Vertical markets around also a lot of unique items and hard to move if you will encounter quite a lot of smaller markets sold a lot of fancy items.



But most are still jewelry, souvenirs,... However, alternating small stall, visitors can still encounter major stores selling expensive brand.

Ton Van

Visiting amazing temple in the world in Thailand

A temple architecture most bizarre planet, attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists to Thailand each year.

Wat Rong Khun is considered a temple architecture unique in the world, with a combination of traditional Thai art and contemporary surrealist style. Located in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, the temple has become a national cultural icon, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.



The temple was designed by artist Chalermchai Kositpipat - a famous architect in Thailand. The work is dedicated to the life he wanted to give his country a masterpiece of architectural art combined. The temple was built in 1997 and completed in 2008.


Moat leading to the main temple with stone bottom arm like a miniature hell .



The difference in this is the whole temple is covered with white, symbolizing the purity of the Buddha. Studded by thousands of pieces of mirror, so no matter what angle they stand in the temple appear sparkling and dazzling in the sunshine.
To reach the temple, visitors must pass through a bridge across a moat with arms full of stone bottom of a miniature hell. The raised arm as implied desire transcended the pain they are suffering.





Inside the temple is decorated with frescoes of the school of surrealist art. What makes visitors not surprised and excited is the image of the superhero guy Neo in The Matrix or the machine space... appearance in a Buddhist temple.





Pictures of the superhero guy Neo in The Matrix... appeared in the temple.

Outside, hundreds of masterpieces of stone sculpture carved and inlaid mirror were making them extravagant and unique than ever. Modern Art glass mosaic combined with Thai architectural style that works here become artistic masterpieces.

10 icons of Bangkok

  1. Golden Temple 

The sharp tip of the roof, tall shiny yellow rose against a blue sky has become one of the symbols of Bangkok and Thailand. The temple built meticulously, brilliantly gilded Buddhist beliefs expressed " entrenched " in the spirit of the Thai people. It is also one of the destinations should not be missed in your Thailand tours.

 2. MBK 



MBK is one in a lot of shopping center in the heart of Bangkok. We can say the Thailand 's capital is paradise for believers shopping with MBK- center of commerce, Tokyu, Central World and Siam Paragon.

 3. Chatuchak 



Besides the busy commercial center, visitors to Thailand also enjoyed walking in the broad market and crowded. Chatuchak Market is the largest and most diverse Bangkok where selling everything : jewelry, clothing, antiques, household items cheaply surprise. Market is only open on Saturdays and Sundays.

 4. Vespa 



If in Bangkok, you easily see the Vespa to run on the street and cars and tuk tuk. In Bangkok, people especially like Vespa and they formed many clubs like this.

 5. Food streets 



As one of Bangkok's charm. On every street of Bangkok, travelers can enjoy the scrumptious specialty : grilled spicy octopus, mango sticky rice, Thai noodles and tea...

 6. Traffic jams 



Traffic congestion is an unavoidable because in Bangkok too many vehicles. A small note for the visitors, you were sitting in a taxi that met congestion, let's get off the taxi and walk, because your time sitting in a taxi still be charged.

 7. Tuk tuk 

Tuk tuk is a media favorite in Bangkok. This is a very cool blue car shape and cheap. A special feature is the tuk tuk drivers are often drive very fast... On the street, so if you choose to go by tuk tuk, you must stick firmly into the seat.

 8. The apartment building 



Aside from a Bangkok with temple tradition of gold, palaces, Bangkok with modern high-rise buildings with lights during the day or night.

 9. Pratunam 



One of the biggest clothing  market in  Bangkok. The market has many diverse business activities : food, massage, jewelry...

 10. Patpong 


Patpong is also known as " sinful ways " of Bangkok.Tips for when to Patpong as if you were lured into one of the bars along the road and then be required to pay a sum of money " exorbitant ", paid for them and go to the police department. The police here will escort you to the bar and asked the bar at refund money for you.

The unique umbrella village Bo Sang

Located for the eastern city of Chiang Mai, Thailand, about 9 km, Bo Sang formerly part of the ancient Lanna kingdom with many beautiful temples and rice fields fertile, but more striking is the craft of making handmade box.

Bo Sang in Thai means " umbrella ". Currently, cell profession for over 5 centuries. Initially, the small village, the family gathered over many cell generations. Gradually, the village expanded with sonorous reputation of sophisticated products. Today, all the villagers are living by doing manual box.

Bo Sang produced mainly from automobile sunshades made from bamboo, silk and paper made from trees Sa. To make Sa paper, the bark was boiled in a large tin box about three hours. Then the pounding bark until smooth and stir throughout the lurch form of the lake and is a large tank until the pulp particles are soluble in water. The wood frame will make the task of shaping the dough into the lake first page. Finally, the paper is dried in sun for about 20 minutes.

The process of framing and decorative bamboo also requires diligence and doing art like Sa paper. The bamboo tubes are cut, soaked in a mixture solution to remove small insects then split off for use. The bamboo stick is shaped as framed, was poached by the mixture solution again.

The final step is to decorate the umbrella beautiful and vivid. The motifs used are common flowers and birds.

There is no limit to the size of the Bo Sang umbrella. Plus to the normal umbrella village Bo Sang also can be very large umbrella fly umbrella used in Chiangmai Sea Games held in 1996 with well over 2 m in diameter. So far, the village retains Guinness made the world's largest umbrella.

The Bo Sang umbrella souvenirs are international travelers and hunters are preferred in Thailand.
Bo Sang umbrella Festival staubflocke third week of January yearly is one of the most popular festivals in Thailand. Go along with Bo Sang festive season, visitors will not be overwhelmed by the multitude from the color of umbrellas made from handmade paper and silk. The whole village, as don the outfit with splendid blend many brilliant colors of countless umbrella decorations are everywhere from village gate convoy parade.

The umbrella all sizes and colors for travelers to visit Bo Sang.
Visitors can participate throughout or some stages of the process to craft a beautiful umbrella. This will be a pleasant experience for anyone.

7 things not to be missed when traveling in Thailand

Thailand attracts tourists by the beautiful landscapes, magnificent temples, magnificent, unique traditional festivals and countless shopping opportunities lease agreement... Here are the activities that you can not miss visiting this place in your Thailand tours.

  Bustling floating markets where wholesale. 

 1. Visit the floating market 

The canoe up and down the river, offering fruits and local specialties are the highlight of the floating market in Thailand's countryside. You can boat or walk along the river to see both sides of the river bustling scene of his preference. On the sides of the channel is also fair, lively and bustling colorful flavors.

Floating Market, Thailand has a large foreign visitors eager to learn and enjoy a few more to go around the floating villages along the river. When the boat rocking out really small canal into large rivers and crept through the pretty village of two rivers, the scenery is peaceful. Amphawa, Damnoen Saduak, and Khlong Lat Mayom floating market is the fame that you should look at a time when the Crown.

 2. Visit the Chatuchak weekend market 

Chatuchak Weekend Market has many of the same characteristics as the night markets of Hanoi meeting only on weekends, the pavilion was designed portable outdoor. Market is open from 8 am to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday. This is considered the shopping paradise of Thailand.

 Shopping paradise Chatuchak weekend. 

The market is divided into 27 huge area, stretching over an area of ​​110,000 m2, held just two days last week in Bangkok. This is the ideal destination for those who want to buy sarong fabric, crafts, furniture, handmade beaded map and everything you can think of with a very affordable price.
 3. The beautiful beach 

Considered a tourist paradise in South East Asia, Thailand is famous for its beautiful beaches on the island of Phuket, Phi Phi, Koh Samui, Hua Hin and Krabi. Any season of the year, the country is still golden temple attracts large number of pilgrims visit and vacation.

 Explore the tourist paradise of Thailand Sea. 

A peaceful space with white sand beaches, sunshine yellow, with coral reefs and diverse marine ecosystem would be the ideal destination for those looking for bold summer vacation tropical seaside.

 4. Thailand's Royal Palace 
One of the characteristics of tourism in Thailand is attractive from the chain of ancient architecture : Golden Temple, Golden Tower, Golden Temple. Also for that reason Thailand is called the land of Golden Temple.

 Architectural ensemble of the Royal Palace in Thailand. 

Referring to the Golden Temple in Thailand is just to remind people architectural complex located in the royal palace - Grand Palace, is made by mixing, combining ancient Thai architecture with the architectural style modern West. Come to the Grand Palace, visitors will admire the cultural elite, Thailand architecture and more are immersed in a virtual world spiritual magic, peaceful.

 5. Pleasure shopping at MBK Center Central greatest 

 Largest commercial center called MBK 

MBK Center is an 8-storey building, which is considered as one of the biggest shopping centers in Asia. It has more than 2,000 stores and services, including 150 dining and large movie theater. You can find all kinds of items can bargain here include clothing, cosmetics, leather goods, jewelry, electronics, IT, theaters, karaoke, playing computer games... And a 4-storey Department Store.
 6. Elephant 
Come to Khao Yai National Park, elephant riding and exploring the tropical forests of Thailand is the experience you can not miss when tourists visit the country Golden Temple. In addition, you should also take the time to visit the zoo Safari World Natural 12 km from Bangkok, Samutprakarn crocodile farm 100 kilometers from Bangkok or Bangkok snake farm 20 km from...

 Not just riding, you can participate with an elephant football match. 

7. Discover culinary 

Referring to the cultural cuisine of Thailand is remembered spicy chili, sour, sweet, bitter and spicy special garlic, galangal, lemongrass, lime leaves.... Through an ingenious blend of hands and delicate Thai people helped to Thai cuisine is one of 10 countries with a rich cultural and culinary world. The traditional food of the Thais that every visitor to Thailand to have a chance not to be missed is the papaya salad, sweet and sour shrimp soup ( Tom Yum ), spicy soup ( Kang PHED )...

 Thai cuisine will surely give you unforgettable experience. 

The beautiful beach, the skyscrapers in the capital Bangkok and culinary culture unique and exquisite... How did captivates visitors from everywhere around the world.