Chatuchak Weekend Market - Bangkok - TravBuddy

If you love shopping, you have to go to Chatuchak Weekend Market on saturday or sunday!
I love this market and I've been there about 6 times already!
You can find really EVERYTHING there but take your time!
Chatuchak market is really very, very, very big and if you wanna see everything you have to visit this market a few times!

Prizes: you can find really cheap and also expensive stuff... best thing is to ask in a few shops before you buy something!
And don't forget to ask if you can have it cheaper! ;-)

Chatuchak Weekend Market is huge! We intended on going just on Saturday and we spent all day there, and then went back again on Sunday! There are so many things to see and buy! It is a swarm of people and goods. It really overwhelmed me with the range of things to see and the amount of foods and spices in the air! We had Nancy Chandler's map of Bangkok (Amazon.com!) which had a detailed map of the market, which gave us a good idea of what to expect, and what we wanted to buy or see. It is a lot of fun to get lost and wander around the market, but when it's time to go home and you are tired, it is handy to have a map. You can buy anything there. Silks galore, t-shirts (really cool ones too), fashionable clothing, 'antiques', crafts, foodstuffs, bags, belts, pets!! (puppies, kittens, squirrels, heaps of huge weird types of aquarium fish, birds, rabbits... etc! but don't go to the pet section if it is going to upset you to see them in not-so-kind living quarters). I enjoyed myself a lot there. At this market, bargain about 10-40% below what they are asking. Always start bargaining at around 40-50%. And remember to smile and be polite! That will get you the best deals!