Taling Chan Floating Market Bangkok |
Taling Chan Floating Market is located on the Chak Phra Canal off the Choa Phaya river. It's in front of the Taling Chan District Office on the Thonburi side of Bangkok. This alternative choice of the floating market to seeing traditional Thai villagers living along the canal, it transformed in the past when communities lived near rivers and canals.
This market opens only on weekends from 08.30 - 17.00 hrs. The Taling Chan floating market is a lot of stalls, and vendors sell orchard products such as fresh fruits, vegetables, orchid flowers, and plants. There are also some Thai food and sweets which some of them cook on boats for sale. Attractive the floating restaurants on the canal.
Fantastic with the optional tour is the boat tours can be taken from the pier at Taling Chan floating market. The long tail boat trip offers to sightsee the beautiful pictures along the canal with Thai house style, and Thai ways, and most valuable that you will have opportunities to see the magnificent old temples built in the late Ayutthaya and early Rattanakosin styles.
Taling Chan Floating Market Bangkok |
Also, the tour covers the orchid farm and the snark farm. At the snake farm, you will see many kinds of animals and they also have a special delight show the snark show. The ticket price for the long-tail boat tour can be checked at in front of the counter. At this place you make you get more experience with the Thai way. If this weekend you don't have any plans, please try to visit here.
Open: 09:00 - 17:00 (weekends only)
Contact:
Taling Chan District Tel: 0-2424-5448
How to get there:
- Take bus number 79 or 83, which crosses the Chao Praya River to the Thonburi side of Bangkok.
- By private car, There are 2 routes to get Taling Chan floating market.
1. The first route is using the Charansanitwong Road and getting into the Bangkhunnon road and driving along the main road for a while and turning left at the Taling Chan junction, driving along the main road, then noticing the Taling Chan district and stopping there.
2. Another route is Borromratchachonnanee road, drive along the road pass through The transportation going to the south of Thailand, then you will notice the Taling police station, drive along the main road until you see the Taling Chan district