Chiang Mai Shopping

Chiang Mai Thailand has a very popular Night Bazaar within walking distance of most of the City center hotels & guesthouses. (กาดหลวง Kad Luang) market. Ancient caravan traders made Chiang Mai into a shopping Mecca as it was a cross roads between India and IndoChina ... Traders swapped opium, silks, teak timber, tea, lacquerware, musk, silver, gold, copper, cotton, betel nut, tobacco, jade and ivory.

Shopping Attractions Chiang Mai

• Night Bazaar Chiang Mai ... open street vendors selling fake designer goods and cheap souvieners on Chang Khlan Road between Tha Phae Road and Si Donchai Road.
• Chiang Mai Night Bazaar Building ... main building of the Night Bazaar market area filled with small arts and craft stalls.
• Saturday's Walking Market ... also called the Wualai Walking Street ... mostly food vendors.
• Sunday's Walking Market ... open stalls along Rajdumnern Road near Tapae Gate ... more hand made crafts.
• Anusan Market and Food Center ... handicrafts and textiles.
• Warorot Market ... traditional flower and fruit market area.
• Kad Suan Keaw ... food shops, and restaurants.