Taling Chan

Taling Chan market is a mainly Thai affair, although a few foreign tour groups now throw it on their itinerary as a far more realistic and traditional market experience than Damnoen Saduak, using boats to ply the waterways of the Thonburi canals. The market takes place on weekends, getting going around 9 a.m., and running into the late afternoon. The focus of the Taling Chan market is food, food, and more glorious food, probably offering every possible kind of Thai snack, sweet, and main dish ever created. Seafood dishes are the main draw, fresh and half the price they'd cost in Chinatown, served from boats in canal-side restaurants. Boat tours of the nearby Thonburi canals and waterways are also available, passing traditional stilt homes and giving a glimpse into what life was like in the Bangkok of old