Chatuchak Weekend Market

                    
                Chatuchak Weekend Market

Informatin:


Good morning to everyone.Today I would like to introduce Chatujak weekend market.This is a large open public ground covering approximately 35 acres on Pahonyothin Road. 

Known as Suan Chatuchak,it hosts the popular"weekend market"where people buy and sell a thousand local products. Chatujak weekend market is next to Bangkok's Chatujak Public Park on Pahonyothin Road,the most popular promenade ground for Bangkok's working class.

Chatuchak Weekend Market (or Jatujak Market; Thai: ตลาดจตุจักร) is one of the world's largest weekend markets covers area of 70 Rai (27 Acres) altogether divided into 27 Sections, contains more than 15,000 booths selling goods from every part of Thailand.

Chatuchak Weekend Market,is very popular shopping centre to Thais and has become a popular place to tourists and foreigners who stay in Bangkok, has over 200,000 visitors each day(SAT-SUN) 30% is foreign.

There are almost everything can be found here at a bargaining local price (not a tourist price), and most vendors actually come from local factories, like antique wood carving, clay handicrafts, local souvenirs from every parts of Thailand, Buddhist amulets, wooden funitures, hand made decorated flowers, plant, ceramic wares, dools, Thai Bejarong, Chinese wares, graden decorated plants, stones, trendy fashions, silk, hill-tribe outfits, fluffy dogs and more miscellaneous, etc.

When open

-on Friday night at 00.00 am-Morning Saturday for wholesale
-on Saturdays and Sundays from 7.00 am.-6.00 pm.
-WED-THU (Plants & Flowers) 6.00 am - 6.00 pm.
    
How to go there:

1.by bus= a lot of bus to pass here ;for example,number 8,145,29,39,77,136,and so on.They can read a take off by place short name on mini tab at the side of bus when it slowly or stop a bus to the passenger.

2.by BTS=the last station is Chatujak.

3.by MRT=get off at Khampaengpet station.

****It is easy to go there.There are many way how to go Chatuchack Weekend Market.

How to contact:

1. http://www.bangkok.com/shopping-market/popular-markets.htm
2. http://www.chatuchak.org/

Advantages:

1.It is center of city 
2.It is easy to go there by public car.
3.There are a much of product,cloth,and so on.
4.It is not expensive.

Disadvantages:

1.There are a lot of people,so be careful their bag

2.The rising temperature;beside,they are sick

Map of Chatuchak Weekend Market:

credit:bangkok.com