SHOPPING IN CHIANG MAI

When it comes to shopping, Chiang Mai is just a maze of spectacular shops. Not just the price is impressive but the immensity of goods offered. Everything you have in mind you’ll surely find it here. The bustling Night Bazaar is the best place for souvenirs, shopping malls of course offers the latest brand in fashion. Weekend markets also offer almost everything too. Basically, there is something for everyone here.

 

Night Bazaar	Central Shopping Plaza
Weekend Market	Central Airport Plaza
Warorot Market	Baan Tawai
Muang Noi Market	Borsang Umbrella Village

 

Night Bazaar

Night Bazaar is the popular place to shop in Chiang Mai. It entices huge numbers of foreign visitors. It is located between Chang Klan road and Loi Khro Road. It takes almost four blocks of Chang Klan Road. It consists of hundred of stalls.

The night bazaar offers range of Northern Thai and hilltribe handicraft products including artwork, clothes, carving, fabrics, jewelries and much more. The assortment is really amazing but some of the more popular items on offer are CD’s, DVD’s, clothes, shoes, Thai silk, handbags, house wares, furnitures and antiques.

                

Night Bazaar operates daily between sunset and midnight. Prices in the night bazaar aren’t fixed so don’t forget to do a bit of haggling to get the best deal. When haggling with Thais remember to smile and be light hearted and friendly.

 

Weekend Market     

Weekend market is also known as Walking Street Market or Sunday Market as market opens every Sunday from 4pm until midnight. Weekend market starts at the Tha Pae Gate and runs along the Ratchadamnoen Road, The street is closed to traffic to give way to Weekend Market which becomes an institution in Chiang Mai.