Unique Bangkok Markets: Train Market & Floating Market Adventure
Description
Experience Thai culture at the Damneon Saduak Floating Market. Discover the art of bartering the Thai way as you practice your trading skills with locals wearing wooden hats and selling tropical fruit, coconut sugar candy, mango sticky rice, and tom yum on their self-paddled small boats. Benefit from a small group size as you ride the train to the Maeklong Railway Market, uniquely situated on a working railway track. Get your adrenaline pumping as you shop along the Maeklong Railway Market before the next train comes through. • Once-in-a-lifetime floating market experience • Try delicious local treats and tasty seasonal fruits • Quickly do your shopping at the thrilling Maeklong Railway Market • Hassle-free hotel pickup and round-trip transport from Bangkok
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Itinerary
The group will start at the pick up point by 8.00 am then drive to Maeklong Railway Market , nicknamed (Thai:Talat Rom Hup), meaning the "umbrella pulldown market".It is one of the largest fresh seafood markets in Thailand, and is centered on the Maeklong Railway's track. Whenever a train approaches, the awnings and shop fronts are moved back from the rails, to be replaced once the train has passed.
Apart from providing transportation, Damnoensaduak Canal also provides farmers with adequate water for agricultural purposes for the whole year around. More than 200 small canals were dug by local peasants to connect with it to get water to splatter their land. Day in and day out from about 8 a.m. to about 11 a.m. the Floating Market is routinely crowded with hundrreds of vendors and purchasers floating in their small rowing boats selling and buying or exchanging their goods. What they purchase are particularly food, fruit and vegetable which mostly brought from their own orchards. ITINERARY: 08:00 - Pick up from hotel 08:30 - Departure from Bangkok 09:30 - Arrive train market waiting the pass along market 10:45 - Continue to Floating market 12:00 - Arrive floating market and free time 1 hour 01:30 - Back to Bangkok 14:00 - Arrive in hotel
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Free of charge Door to Door Pick up for CITY CENTER BANGKOK DISTRICT AREA (3 KM radius area) with namely Sukhumvit Soi (Lane) -1 to 33, Sukhumvit area Soi 1 to 33 (odd) and Soi 2 to 24 (even), Pratunam, Silom, Langsuan, Wireless Road, Sathorn, Surawongse, Siam, MBK, Yawarat (China Town), Khao San Road (Excluded City Tour) can pick up only in our meeting Royal Rattanakosin Hotel You can also join our tours at BANGKOK MEETING POINTS - Our office, Sun Leisure World Corporation, 23rd Floor, Athenee Tower 63 Witthayu Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 3 miles (5 km) radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Boat ride is not wheelchair accessible
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 3 miles (5 km) radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
- Free of charge Door to Door Pick up for CITY CENTER BANGKOK DISTRICT AREA (3 KM radius area) with namely Sukhumvit Soi (Lane) -1 to 33, Sukhumvit area Soi 1 to 33 (odd) and Soi 2 to 24 (even), Pratunam, Silom, Langsuan, Wireless Road, Sathorn, Surawongse, Siam, MBK, Yawarat (China Town), Khao San Road (Excluded City Tour) can pick up only in our meeting Royal Rattanakosin Hotel
- An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 3 miles (5 km) radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
- We are SHA Plus certified. A certificate awarded to an organisation proving that they have approved Covid-19 health and preventative protocols in place and that 70% or more of all employees have been fully vaccinated.
- 48 hours is needed to arrange for tour with special language other than English, we have the right to cancel with full refund if booking is made less than 48 hours
Reviews(29)
We visited the railway market. It's free. You have a good time because it is very typical. When the train passes it brushes past the hawker stalls. To have.
This is a great tour! The pickup was on time. The guide was fantastic - would answer any questions you had even not related to the tour! Her English was very good and she helped everyone order lunch which was so yummy! Both markets were super interesting and the guide told you how much you were expected to pay for some things to help you bargain with the people on the market. We even got to go on the railway market train which was a very unique experience! We were back in Bangkok at the time she stated at the start of the day. Couldn't be happier with this experience.
The tour was amazing and Jenny was even more amazing! Best tour guide ever! I highly recommend this tour to anyone going to Bangkok. If possible request Jenny by name. What you see is exactly what you get. I also recommend having some money on hand so that you can support the sellers at the floating market and at the train market. Please also listen to the instructions you get at the train market. A lot of tourists we're standing in the way of the train just to get a selfie at such a dangerous time.
Big scam too bad I realized too late we paid 6000 bth for a visit of 2 hours while the real price does not exceed 3000 bth host to them
Dear Sir/Madam, From Bangkok to Maeklong Railway and Damnoensaduak Floating Market is almost 130 KM drive with one dedicated guide and private car will never cost you 3000 thai baht or 90 USD. Thanks for doing tours with us, Sometime you spend much to see the place which is well deserved to visit. We are sorry that you did not like the place, we also have join tour for just 35 USD and you should have opted that to see the same things with group. once again thanks for giving us chance to serve you and we are sorry that you did not enjoy the place.
Nice trip with a good, friendly guide (named Jay). People work very hard for their money. Due to COVID-19 there are fewer tourists (which we really liked, because it was quieter). The floating Marley is highly recommended! The guide told us how to negotiate and gave us extra information about buildings we passed along the way, local customs, faiths and of course the king and his family.
This was a great pleasure to have you with us and thanks a lot for giving us a nice review, this encourage us to keep doing wonderful experience for your respected traveler, we wish you a great stay and have a great journey ahead !
Giant crowds at the floating market. They get you on a boat and only take you to a waterway stopping at every stall. Not recommended Suggestive market crossed by the railway where every hour the train passes and the owners of the stalls promptly collect everything there is on the rails and , after the train passes, quickly everything returns to the same as before
Caro viaggiatore, grazie per averci scritto. Ci auguriamo che i nostri servizi ti siano piaciuti. Continua a viaggiare e continua a condividere la tua esperienza
Well many will say it's a tourist thing and it's true but as it is Venice Florence guys Rome is a particular market where beyond the market you see where these people live Of course seen once enough
Siamo lieti di leggere che sei stato benissimo. Le tue parole gentili sui nostri prodotti e servizi sono molto apprezzate e siamo sicuri che il nostro team sarà lieto di leggere i tuoi commenti.
Good tour showing daily life of the market on water and very interesting how the railway market packs up and unpacks just before the train arrives. Our guide Meow was informative and entertaining.
Your review is greatly appreciated! We are so pleased to hear that you enjoyed all that our property has to offer. We hope to welcome you back very soon!
If in the area, you must visit just for the experience! Beware of the smell - it is one of the worst I have experienced and I have been in post hurricane areas with rotting animals for ten days. Go for the experience - it is quite a thing. Bought a shirt from a vendor and he was friendly and zero pressure to buy. Loved that.
Dear customer thanks for your review . We acknowledge you for writing to us. This is a floating market tour so you may have to see a lot of water bodies during the tour . Any way thanks for booking with us . Hope it was a great experience for you . Thanks for opting our services.
Cute, different, neat, clean, very friendly people. You have to go to know this type of trade. Although it seems very touristic, it represents the typical culture of the place.
Gracias por optar por nuestros servicios. Estamos encantados de leer que pasaste un tiempo increíble. Sus amables palabras sobre nuestros productos y servicios son muy apreciadas y estamos seguros de que nuestro equipo estará encantado de leer sus comentarios.
