"Coming to Chiang Mai without experiencing at the Night Bazaar is considered as not having been to Chiang Mai" - it is a witty saying spread among tourists when traveling to Chiang Mai - Thailand. Indeed, the Bazaar night market has a lot to offer for tourist: from food, fashion to souvenirs.
Chiang Mai is not only famous for its beautiful and ancient tourist destinations. It is also a shopping paradise for visitors. "Coming to Chiang Mai without experiencing the Night Bazaar is considered as not having been to Chiang Mai" - it is a witty saying spread among tourists when traveling to Chiang Mai - Thailand. Indeed, the Bazaar night market has a lot to offer tourists: from food, and fashion to souvenirs.
Chiang Mai is a shopper's paradise, and nothing beats shopping for a bargain more than in in the famous Chiang Mai Night Bazaar. The Night Bazaar, on the east side of the old walled city, is approximately 1km long on Thanon Chang Khlan (large roads in Thailand are named Thanon, and smaller side streets are named Soi) (so Thanon Chang Khlan translates to Chang Khlan Road). The Night Bazaar is open every day of the year regardless of the weather from dusk till around midnight.
In the daytime, Chang Khlan Road is an ordinary street full of shops, hotels, and restaurants of all types including Starbucks and Burger King, along with the first McDonalds in the city. There are also several large shopping arcades running off the main street. It's at night time tho that the place really comes alive.
If you go there in the late afternoon you will see lots of busy workers wheeling the little metal stalls out and lining them up side by side on the footpaths down both sides of the main road. As the sun sets over Chiang Mai all the street vendors turn up and load their goods for sale into their stalls.
The Lights, fans, and portable TVs (Thais love their TV soapies) are plugged in and turned on and the tourists start arriving in numbers. You will most likely find the same vendors in the same spot every night.
In the Night Bazaar you will find a huge variety of brand name designer goods (real and fake) (clothing, T-shirts, belts, shoes, jewellery, watches, DVD's & CD's) and local Thai goods at really low prices.
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