Tour dei mercati galleggianti locali di Khlong Lat Mayom e Taling Chan (SHA Plus)

The first market you visit is about 45 mins from Bangkok. It is a very large market which is floating in that it is partly on a pontoon next to a canal, but it is not a floating market where you are on a boat and so are the sellers. It is very busy with local people but we saw very few foreigners. You walk through to get on a boat and take a ride around the canal which is very nice and interesting and the walk through the market again. We asked to stop for a bit and buy breakfast which was great to try different foods. The next market is very small and probably not worth the top - we only stayed for maybe 15 minutes. Our guide was very nice and pointed out some foods but didn’t explain about the history of the markets or Thai culture which would have been interesting. It was a nice way to spend the morning even if not quite what we expected.

What a great experience. This tour really allowed us to see how people from Thailand lived in their floating market world. It was spectacular. We loved all the hustle and bustle that was going on there. We took a canal boat ride first so we could see how the people brought their food to the market. Then we went to the beautiful smells of the food being sold and Cooked for us. The choices are limitless. Cindy,our guide helped us decide on some traditional items plus we sampled a few of our own. Come hungry because you will want to try everything! After our eating extravaganza we went to TalingChen market which was a much smaller street market but it gave you the neighborhood feel that you get from a hometown market. There were elder musicians playing lovely music. What a treat. We highly recommend you going on this tour ASAP because this style of living is fading with the younger generations. Don’t miss it!

It's an old-fashioned floating market. I miss the boat ride. The floating restaurants are reasonably priced and relatively compact in size, but as they are close to Bangkok city, we recommend going to the mall on weekdays with priority if you want to go shopping during the day on weekends.

Picked up in air conditioned car out side hotel with cold water bottle awaiting me. English speaking guide was very informative and filled lots of holes in my limited knowledge of Bangkok and its history. Tour started with the canal boats and an exploration of the waterways surrounding Khlong Lat Mayom floating markets. Feilds of bananas, mangoes, apples were all shown and revered. Even saw several monitor lizards in the waterways. Returning to the market there were many choices for breakfast. And I mean many. Whatever you can think of it was there. An endless walk through the markets in pursuit of stomach filling goodness. Actually I gorged myself like a pig. Trying everything I could and then some. When I could hardly walk it was time to go to the second market Taling Chan. This market was a lot smaller but as my guide said it has different wares from the other. Similar to a region offering different delicacies this also didn’t disappoint. Live traditional music an added bonus. All in all a great tour that I would recommend to all. Thanks Bangkok!

It was a nice experience, because in those markets you really know how the local people live. I recommend visiting

Great tour that gets you out of the city a bit. Had a good time and would recommend. Large part of what made my tour good was “sunny” the guide who spoke great English and was funny, smart, knowledgeable and personable. I saw monitor lizards too!

This is a very good tour if you have already toured Bangkok and know the local foods. if this is your first tour in bangkok, you will be a bit disappointed as it will feel just as you are only going through the market... with no tastings and you will have to pay for every thing that you want to purchase and consistently ask "what is this"... I wished the tourguide had some elements to "discover" and pre-defined vendors to stop. but its really just walking around the 2 markets... the tourguide does not know anyone in the markets so it seems very non-personable (versus other tours we've taken where the guides know all the vendors). Tourguide is very positive and drives safely and is very knowledgeable only if you know which questions to ask because you need to extract the information from them. Boat ride was fun. overall a bit expensive for what this tour provided for.

Kelly the guide made it an awesome experience. The higlight of my Bangkok visit so far. Great sightseeing and great shopping and tasting

Positive: We had a very knowledgeable and friendly tour guide who was able to answer all our questions which helped us learn more about Thai food and culture. Negative: The tour was promoted as a half-day activity from 8 am to 1 pm, but ended after 3 hours already. We were brought to a market a 40 mins drive outside of Bangkok. The market itself is not a floating market apart from maybe 3 boats with a few items to sell on them. There we hopped on a boat that drove us through some canals where there was basically nothing to see. We were wondering the whole time when we would arrive at the floating market, but when we returned to the static market after 40 mins we realized that this was it. After exiting the boat we wandered across the market which was basically no different from what we had seen in Bangkok already. No tasting/food was included in the 75 USDollars per person so we had to buy the things we wanted to eat. We then drove to another market that was tiny and had nothing to do with a floating market at all. We walked across and because we were not hungry anymore we were done after 30 mins and jumped back into the car that drove us back to the city. All in all, very disappointing taking into account the price which this is offered for! The 2 stars are just for the guide who was excellent and probably does not see much of the excess fees.

This is a must do! Our guide was amazing. She answered our million questions about the Thai people, lifestyle and culture. We spent time boating through villages along the canals and then walked through multiple floating markets sampling countless foods. Some we knew. Most we had never seen! It was a perfect morning!