Night markets
Chatuchak, the Sunday Walking Street in Chiang Mai, Phuket's Lard Yai and the night bazaars of Luang Prabang-style provincial towns.
The best markets are weekly, not nightly: Chiang Mai's Sunday Walking Street and Phuket's Lard Yai both close a road and are worth planning a trip around. Chatuchak is weekends only.
Go hungry, carry small notes, and buy food where there is a queue of locals. We can send you with a guide, but honestly the market is better explored alone once you know which section to start in.
Where to do it
Places that make it work
Market
Chatuchak Weekend Market
Fifteen thousand stalls across 27 sections, from vintage denim to orchids, plus more food than anyone can reason…
Market
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
The classic floating market, an hour and a half west of Bangkok: narrow canals, fruit boats and vendors who have…
Market
Sunday Walking Street
A kilometre of Ratchadamnoen Road closed to traffic every Sunday evening, filled with crafts, food stalls and te…
Neighbourhood
Phuket Old Town
Sino-Portuguese shophouses, cafés, galleries and the Sunday Lard Yai market on Thalang Road.…
Market
Asiatique the Riverfront
A riverside night market in old warehouses, with a Ferris wheel, restaurants and a free ferry from Saphan Taksin…
Neighbourhood
Fisherman's Village, Bophut
A strip of old wooden shophouses on Bophut beach, now restaurants and bars, with a Friday walking street.…
