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Banglamphu Market
Frabrics, clothes and accessories market
Banglamphu. Daily 10am-7pm

Simply a small marketplace served a community around Wat Chanasongkram during the period of King Rama III. The area has become a market with all types of traders ranging from street vendors, hawkers, stalls, retailers to department stores offer inexpensive items, especially readymade clothing, leather goods, footwear, cosmetics and curios. Bargaining is recommended.

Flag Market
Flag Market
Emblem and flag's shops area
Behind Wat Bowon. Daily 8am-8pm

There are 4 shops on one side and one more across the street selling various flags of any sizes and nation and anything related to flag as well as emblems. This is the only area in Bangkok to get the stuffs mentioned above. The shops in this area occupy the old row houses adjacent to Wat Bowonniwet. The special characteristic of these row houses is they look like one-story building from the outside but do have 2-story interior.

Wat Ratchanatdaram
Amulet market
SW corner of Ratchadamnoen Klang and Mahachai Road. Daily 8am-6pm

On the premise of Wat Ratchanatdaram situates one of the well-known amulet market in Thailand. The amulet market is not the cheapest place to buy amulets of any kind especially for the foreigner who has no knowledge of amulets. For people who know the most expensive one can be worth in million bahts.

Nam Ob Nang Loi
Thai-style scented water and powder
Mahachai Road. Daily 8am-6pm (221-5500)

Nam Ob Nang Loi can be seen ubiquitously from grocery store to supermarket throughout the country. It is extensively used to pay respect to the elderly especially during the Songkran festival. This scented water has been around for more than 80 years and passed on to the third generation of the family. The store whole-sales their porducts but can spare a few for a stopbyer.

Bamrung Muang Road
Bamrung Muang Road
Buddha images and Monk's supply area
Between Mahachai Road and Tanao Road. Daily 8am-6pm

Stretched from Tanao to Mahachai road lying several stores sell Buddha images in various sizes and shapes as well as monk's supply. Monks come here to order prnciple Buddha images for their temple while people come here to buy 'Gifts for Priests' or traditional shrine for their home.

Nai Muen Store
Rattan Shop
Near Rommaninat Park. Daily 7am-6:30pm

Not so much different from other rattan stores nearby but its history has been long. Nai Muen store has been in business for almost 100 years. Starting from selling basketeries made from nearby correction facility, which is recently transformed into a public park, Nai Muen store was the first store to bring prisoner-made furnitures into public's eyes. Nowdays, the store sells its own rattan products made by several upcountry villages.

Sampeng Market
Frabrics and whole sale consumer goods street
Soi Wanit 1

At the east end of Phahurat road is the beginning of Sampeng Market on Soi Wanit 1. Sampeng is one of the biggest and oldest market for frabrics and readymade clothing in Bangkok. Consumer goods are sold here as well. Soi Wanit 1 has been closed for any 4-wheel vehicle only motorcycle is allowed inside this soi. A stroll along the road gives a glimpse of Bangkok history. Crowded everyday and beware of the pick-pocket.

Unakan Intersection
Gun shops area
Charoen Krung and Unakan Road. Daily 8am-8pm
At Unakan Intersection corner of Charoen Muang and Unakan Road, The gun shops have been here approximately 40-50 year. Some of very first store have gone out of business. There are about 50 gun shops right now in this area and some have moved to the near by shopping mall, The Old Siam Plaza.

The Old Siam Plaza
Shopping Center
NE corner of Tri Phet and Phahurat Road. Daily 10am-8pm

The Old Siam Plaza has been developed on top of an old Ming Muang Market as a 5-story shopping center. The hight limit and old style architectural details have been deployed to preserve the intregrity of the old city area. The center specializes in Thai-made goods such as clothes, earthenware, and home decorative items. Some of the old stores in the area have opened their branches here and international fast food chain such as Mcdonald can be found. The 4th and 5th floor are an area for residential units.

Phahurat Market
Frabrics, clothes and wedding accessories
SE corner of Tri Phet and Phahurat Road. Daily 8am-7pm

Also known as the little Indian of Bangkok, Phahurat market has been mostly own by Sikh merchants. Fabrics, readymade clothings, wedding gowns and wedding souvenirs can be found in this area. Sikh temple, Siri Guru Singh Sabha, is just a walk away off the street. Several restaurants selling tradtional Indian foods are ubiquitous as well.

Memorial Bridge's Night Market
Clothes and accessories both brand new and second-hand
Memorial Bridge. Daily 7pm-2am except Wed

Hardly known by any tourist. Memorial Bridge's Night Market has become popular among local in the past several years. The price here is known to be lower than the one at Chatuchak weekend market. With several hundred stalls to stroll and the complimentary of the cool breeze from Chao Phraya river, unlike the hot and sweaty Chatuchak, make this night bazzar another shopping stop of the night.

Pak Khlong Market
Fresh cut flower and argricultural products
Chakphet Road. Daily 24 hours

Next to Chao Phraya river, Pak Khlong market used to be a significant floating market in early Ratanakosin. At present, the market is Thailand's biggest wholesale market for all kinds of fresh cut flowers and argricultural products. Deliveries of goods come by land and water between 1am to dawn. Plenty of flower stalls lining Maharat Road near the Memorial Bridge offer colorful and bustling scenes every morning. Flower lover makes sure to ckeck out this market in the early morning.

Ban Mor (South Side)
Diamond and jewelry's shops
South side on Phra Phiphit Road. Daily 8am-8pm

This area once was a pottery village, as what the name 'Ban Mor' means. The shophouses were built later and transformed the area to diamond and jewelry shops as of now. The pottery symbol representing the original activity of the area still can be seen on top of the pediment of the shophouse unit at the entrance of an old market.

Ban Mor (North Side)
Hi-Fi products and accessories area
North side on Phra Phiphit Road. Daily 8am-6pm

On the north side of Phra Phiphit road around the corner of Bon Mo Road is the site of Bangkok's major hi-fi market selling anything related to hi-fi products. One major store now on the third floor of the Old Siam Plaza.

Ti Thong Road
Insignia and trophy's shops
West of Wat Suthat along Ti Thong road. Daily 8am-6pm

Lying on the west side of Wat Suthat, this street used to be the place to make gold-leaf by hammering gold until it became very thin hencing the name 'Ti Thong' meaning hammering gold. When King Rama I brought down the central Buddha image from Sukhothai to Wat Suthat, he had ordered a major renovation of Wat Suthat in which the gold-leaf is an essential element. Nowadays, just the name stays and all the stores now sell insignia, premium and trophy for all occasion.

Lang Krasuang Market
Music instruments and military's supplyshops
East side on Atsadang Road. Daily 8am-6pm

This area has been called Lang Krasuang, meaning behind the ministry, because across the street lying several ministry buildings. Shophouses lying next to each other sell moderated priced, second-hand goods from pawn shops, electronic appliances, music instruments, camping equipments, uniforms and military's supply.

Khaosan Road
Clothes and accessories, Souvenirs, Music CD
Banglamphu. Daily 10am-10pm

Since Khaosan road has tranformed itself into a mecca for backpackers, there is a need to buy some new personal belongings when they arrive or ready to take off for new destination. All kinds of souvenirs are also in huge demand from tons of these tourists who're about to go back home. Ready-made clothes both in Thai and western styles as well as knock-off products ranging from watch to music CD can be found everywhere. Bargaining is a must here.

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