Chatuchak Market has 27 different zones just to name a few Clothing’s ( jeans, printed T shirts, Silk and cotton clothes), Garden Zone (tree plants, flower plants, vases, garden utensils & gardening tools), Book Zone (mostly second hand books) ,Souvenirs (silver accessories, jade accessories, Buddha statues, sculptures) ,Furniture & decorations (Thai and western style), kitchen crockery, Animals, (variety of Thai reptiles, snake etc) Chatuchak market is also a good place to pick of fish aquariums and accessories with variety of fishes include marine water fishes, if your lucky you can able to see baby sharks for sale
The prices in Chatuchak market are considerably cheaper than the shopping malls or street stalls at night bazzar ,siliom road or sukumavit road, price becomes more competitive as you buy in higher quantity, bargain is mandatory on non priced items, the price may slash down from 10% to 50% on the opening price
Chatuckak being the largest open market in Thailand, it’s like a maze with lot of entrance and hundreds of small lanes inside, each lane starts with a gate No. and group of lanes than forms a Zone, while you walking it’s easy for you to get completely lost inside the market, so please try remember the zone and the gate no of your entrance, as you go deep inside the market, there are sign boards hanging in middle of each lane which makes lot easy for you to identify your position, if your are tired of walking or lost your way, take the help of mini electric van service operated by government they will drop you to your desired location inside the market<<br/>
Recently it’s been observed that Chatuchak market has become a creative center with many young thai designers and painters displaying their creativity, as you walk along the road you will be able to witness Thai road artists performing their skills
when your legs are giving you away, your stomachs are growling for food and the heat is just too much to bear, there are an array of thai food stalls in Chatuchak Market itself. Hop into any of the stalls that serves food, or cool yourself down with fresh fruit smoothies, fresh coconut juice or cool cool beers (from local to imported beers are available).
Chatuchak is an open market it tends to get very busy, hot and humid during the day so its recommended to go either early morning or late afternoon the opening hours of the market are 9.00 to 6.00 Saturday and Sunday
Beware while buying antiques it’s hard to distinguish between original and copy special permission from customs department is need to carry real antiques out of Thailand