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Chatuchak
Located: 10 kms North of Siam centre

Access: Excellent
Star rating: 3 to 4
Valued for money: Excellent
Duration: Min 4hrs

This zone features the largest weekend market in Asia. 

If your a seasoned shopping you can handle it but it's sooooo big! 
Next door is beautiful parks and gardens and close by are several tourism attractions noted in the family link.

Both BTS (skytrain) and MRT (Subway) pass through this zone, stopping within a few hundred metres, the brief walk will pass by many street vendors and traders offering souvenirs and the like.


Photo Gallery:  Shopping Chatchak > youtube video 










tour zone features Chatuchak

Culture: MedShopping: Medium
Family: HighPopular tours: Low
Transport: High
overview eBook intro  <>  tour Logistics


Transport:

 
 
 Major public transport: High

BTS skytrain & MRT Pass through this area 
Land: Taxi: car / tuktuk / motor bike is frequent 
Water: River & canal ferry close by

Photos:

 
 album in main zone page





 

Icons:

  • Chatuchak or JJ Markets
    THE MARKET! 10,000 stalls, sells everything from furniture to jewellery, paintings, art supplies and Thai artifacts.
    Section 8,9,1,13,15,17,19,25,26, and 27 are open on Friday.
    Very cheap crockery. Open: weekends,
    Officially 08.00-18.00, some shops not open until 10.00.
    Freight service for overseas sending are on site. 
  • Railway Markets It's grabbed the attention of the city's hipsters, retro freaks and antique hunters Talad Rot Fai.
    "Talad" means market and "Rot Fai" means train, an apt name for a market set beside an old set of train tracks.
    Open: every Fri-Sat-Sun 2 pm to midnight.







 

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Longdo map shopping zone Chatuchak <> map tricks > Shopping  <>  web directory: Shopping







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