Weekend Market (Chatuchak Market) Bangkok

This market is one of the largest in the world with 9,000 - 15,000 traders and is a must for anyone who came to Bangkok to do some shopping. Chatuchak Market is enormous and can get between 200,000 - 300,000 visitors in a single weekend.

You will find anything and everything at this market including clothes, books, animals, plants, artifacts, wooden items, material, baskets, antiques, unusual items, silks, silver wear, jewellery, household items, souvenirs and much, much, much more!! When you are preparing to go to the market, make sure you take a bottle of water with you and make sure you drink it, as you will find that you will get dehydrated very quickly if you don’t.

Warning: If you are a strict supporter of animal rights or if you don’t like to see animals in poor conditions, it is recommended that you might want to avoid the animal section of the market. Nothing bad happens to the animals; however it might be disturbing to see the animals caged up and not in the best environments.

If it is raining and you are thinking of going to the market, think again unless you want to be walking in down the ailes in water up to your ankles. This is ok if you are wearing sandals and have any blisters or cuts covered up with waterproof plasters.

To get to the market, catch the Skytrain to the end terminal called Morchit which is exactly where the market is located. The market is located opposite the old northern bus terminal along Phahonyothin.

The market is open every weekend (Saturday & Sunday) from 7am to 6pm. It is strongly advised that you should get to the market at around 9am if not before as the market does get extremely hot and crowded later in the day. If you are attending the market in April & May, get there as early as you can otherwise it gets unbearably hot towards midday and you will wish you had never gone.