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Chiang Mai Shopping Walking Tour
Guide Location: Thailand » Chiang Mai
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 7
Tour Duration: 2 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 2.9 km
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Author: vickyc
Chiang Mai will captivate you with its shopping opportunities. You will find diverse, unusual and unique goods at very convenient prices. Chiang Mai is one of the cheapest places in Thailand to shop. You'll find silk, silver, clothing, ceramics, antiques, Buddhist art, lacquer and neilloware, and more. Take this self-guided tour to explore Thailand's most exiting shopping.
Tour Stops and Attractions
La Luna
1) La Luna
La Luna displays and sells contemporary art and crafts by Thai artists. It promotes both well-known and young artists. You'll find prints, posters, photos, sculpture, accessories, and other things here. The artworks are colorful and reflect spiritual and social changes in Thailand and Asia. La Luna is located on the banks of the river.
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Tree House
2) Tree House
The Tree House is situated along the riverbank in Chiang Mai, where many tourist shops are situated. It offers wonderful handmade arts, along with Thai ceramics, textiles and other things. Everything you buy here is made by local artisans and is of good quality. The shop itself represents the Lanna style.
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Villa Cini
3) Villa Cini
Villa Cini is a popular brand in Chiang Mai. It sells Thai fabrics, unique antiques and home decor items. It offers especially good silk and antiques. The prices aren't quite as low as the markets, but it's worth it. There are things here that will satisfy most any taste.
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Waroros Market
4) Waroros Market
Waroros Market is open daily until late at night. Here, you can find everything that Thailand offers and it's of good quality. You can find food, clothes, shoes, handicrafts, herbs, cosmetics, jewelry, lacquer-ware, silks, ceramics, souvenirs, etc. Also, you'll find Hill Tribe handicraft items and textiles in the streets surrounding the market.
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Night Bazaar
5) Night Bazaar
The Night Bazaar is Chiang Mai’s shopper’s paradise with shops selling a range of products at pocket friendly prices and up market goods for the more discerning. It is a three block stretch of shops along the Chang Klan Road.
The Night Bazaar is the cheapest place for purchasing a range of products and tourist souvenirs in Thailand. One can buy antiques, Thai silk, fake Rolex watches, cheap luggage, video games and cheap cds and DVDs in the small shops that are found everywhere. It is also popular with tourists for the many establishments that offer services like camera shops, mobile phone shops, travel agents, internet cafes and tailoring. One can choose and purchase Thai silk and get a custom made suit stitched in one day. One can also get a portrait painted at the bazaar in traditional Thai attire. Most tourist souvenirs and handicrafts are mass produced but one can spot a unique object among them.
Notable buildings along the market are the Ven Ping Night Bazaar with two floors of shops selling authentic antiques, clothing and crafts. The Kalare Center building has a selection of restaurants serving traditional Thai and international cuisines. The Chang Klan Plaza is an indoor shopping center with high end stores and the Anusarn Market has eateries serving a variety of seafood dishes.
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Umbrella Workshop
6) Umbrella Workshop
Umbrellas have became the symbolic souvenirs of Thailand. Here they are made from paper, cotton and silk, and are decorated by local artists. At Umbrella Workshop, you will see the process of umbrella making, from start to finish. Everything is made by hand - not only the umbrella, but even the material it's made from. These umbrellas make very nice presents to take home.
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Walking Street - Ratchadamnoen Road
7) Walking Street - Ratchadamnoen Road
The Walking Street- Ratchadamnoen Road is a Sunday evening market in Chiang Mai. It is popular with tourists and locals looking for authentic crafts, traditional food and local street entertainment.
Ratchadamnoen Road, the main road between Tapei Gate and the Wat Phra Sing in the old city is closed for traffic and becomes a pedestrian road every Sunday evening between 2 pm and 10 pm. The street is flanked by stalls set up by vendors of handicrafts. Many stalls are run by the craftsmen themselves and the objects displayed are unique and diverse. Decorative objects made of wood, coconut shells, ceramics, fabric and paper are popular with the locals and tourists to take home as souvenirs.
The grounds of the many temples that line Ratchadamnoen Road become food courts on Sunday evenings and visitors can enjoy local Thai culinary delights freshly made at the stalls. Some culinary favorites are the Som Tam or green papaya salad and Khao Soi, a soup that is a specialty in Northern Thailand. There is also plenty of entertainment with street musicians, Thai dancers, living statues and puppeteers performing for interested passer bys. The Walking Street- Ratchadamnoen Road Sunday market has become today one of the most visited Chiang Mai institutions that is frequented by locals and tourists.
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