Chiang Mai flourishes with markets of all types, so here’s a guide to some of the best local and tourist ones around the city (reproduced from my Shopping Post):
Day Markets
Baan Tawaii – Beautiful wooden furniture and sculpture market. Also sells handicrafts and other household decor very inexpensively: go south on Hang Dong Rd. and follow the signs.
Warorot (Kad Luang) – Local supplies, clothes, household goods, textiles, foods, etc. within Chinatown on Chang Moi Rd. Both locals and tourists populate this bustling maze of a market.
Hmong Lane – Hmong tribal goods & textiles next to Warorot on the soi just west of Kuang Men Rd. You can find Walking Street type wares here for half the price!
Muang Noi – Huge variety of fresh fruits and veges from dozens upon dozens of local vendors. Along the American embassy walls and just north of Warorot market.
JJ Market – Wooden Furniture and Antiques on Atsadathon Rd.
Ton Lamyai – Flower market along the west side of Ping River, immediately south of Warorot.
Kamthieng – Flower, plants, garden, pet supplies: behind Tesco Lotus and north of JJ Market
Prince Royal Flea Market – Local sellers for secondhand, vintage and antique items or other unique finds (radios, decor, clothes, toys, hammocks, tools, etc.) and a massive amulet market. Every Saturday and Sunday at Bamrung Rajd Rd., north of Kaew Nawarat road.
San Kamphaeng Night Market – Similar to, but smaller than CMU Market: about 10 min. down SK Road from the Super Highway
Borsang – Sa paper, colorful paper umbrellas and lantern market open during the day: San Kamphaeng Rd. at 1014 intersection
Night Markets
Walking Streets – Tourist handicrafts, art, fisherman pants, street food, music: Sunday on Ratchadamnoen Rd. and Saturday on Wualai Rd.
Kad Suan Kaew Night Market – Great second-hand clothing and some new clothes in front of the KSK mall. Open weekend nights.
CMU Night Market (Student Market) – Local market for the trendy CMU coed and expat on Huay Kaew Rd. in front of CMU. One of my favorite markets to shop at for clothes (tanks, t-shirts, shorts), shoes, bags, shades, etc. Great style! Some larger European sizes available also. Opens from around 6pm-10pm every night.
ThinkPark – On weekends, the new Think Park at the corner of Huay Kaew and Nimmanhaemin Roads offers a creative, hipster market. You can buy handmade candles, old film cameras, thrift items, quirky lamps, and other artistic designs.
Muang Mai – Small local market selling clothes and household items, sometimes with a rickety ferris wheel for the brave. Behind Big C and Index Living Mall, off the superhighway
Night Bazaar – The most famous tourist handicraft market in CM. It includes Anusarn and Kalare markets. On Chang Klan Rd.
Holiday Market – Gifts, wrapping paper, cards, clothes, snacks etc.: opens a couple months before Christmas on Tunghotel Rd.
San Kamphaeng Night Market – Similar to, but smaller than CMU Market: about 10 min. down SK Road from the Super Highway
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