Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand
3.0 (5.509 reviews) Tuesday: 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #15 in Damnoen Saduak Bodies of Water • Flea & Street Markets
Very quiet after COVID
Visit one of Thailand’s largest and most famous floating markets, where vendors on boats sell local food and unique pieces—from kitchenware to clothing. Try the warm coconut pancakes, pad thai, boat noodles, and classic mango sticky rice as you float along the slender canals. You can find fresh fruits and vegetables here too. Don't forget to see the traditional wooden houses on stilts along the way. Seasoned travelers would suggest an early morning start to combat the heat and beat the crowd. Join a half-day tour on a long-tail speedboat or a paddle boat to explore the market. – Tripadvisor
Address
, Damnoen Saduak, Thailand, Postal Code: 70130.
Mobile
Website
http://www.floating-market-bangkok.com/
Working hours
Monday : 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday : 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Wednesday : 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Thursday : 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Friday : 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday : 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sunday : 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 1:32
User Ratings
3.0 based on (5.509 reviews)
Reviews
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2Cheyenne T 5:00 PM Aug 3, 2022
Market of souvenirs + scammed
Aside from the scam, the market itself isn’t spectacular. There are not many stalls and the merchandise is all souvenirs, which we weren’t interested in. The prices are extremely marked up and you can find the same items elsewhere for cheaper. There are only a few merchants selling food and drinks from their boat. The rest of the market were stalls on the docks that we float next to in the boat. We stopped by a coconut sugar “factory” but all we could see was another souvenir shop. Avoid the scam. Our taxi driver was hired by our hotel and he charged us a low 1500 baht for a full day trip. Originally we had agreed on just going to Amphawa market but he insisted that we go to Damneon as well. He said that Amphawa wasn’t open till 3pm today so we should go there first. He brought us to a boat stall farther out from the actual market and we paid 3000 baht for two people to go on the boat tour. The boat tour itself actually wasn’t bad. Our driver was kind and did his best to communicate with us in English. He brought us to the market, pointed out monitor lizards and water snakes as we passed them. He even paid for us to feed fish in the river which was fun. We made the most of the experience even though we fell for the tourist trap.
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3AlvinNJQ 5:00 PM Jan 10, 2020
Nothing much to do
This location have it's history of Thailand first floating market. However there is nothing much to do. There is shops, foods, live snakes and some animals which you need to pay to take a pictures. One thing I dislike was the locals in floating market give two type of prices to Thai people and foreigners. For eg, I was having my brunch in one of the restaurant and the stall owner asked if we are Thai as my gf was. So she said some dishes for Thai are 70 bahts but for foreigners is 100 baht + for each dishes. So I won't recommend anyone coming in here because how they treat us foreigners, they will simply raise the prices for you anyhow be it clothing or food etc. So is better to go in Bangkok floating market than spending so much money on packages for this and elsewhere outside Bangkok. One thing good is that you get to explore how they sell food via boat etc and have a view of traditional type of floating market.
