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One of the most famous pictures of Thailand, and one of
the most visited tourist sites on the outskirts of Bangkok, is the famous
Floating Market. The original and most promoted Floating Market, Damnoen Saduak, is located 110 kilometres from Bangkok in
Rachaburi province.
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Getting to the Floating Market takes between one and
a half to over two hours from Bangkok depending on traffic
conditions. We recommend, if your time in Bangkok allows you, to
do this tour at the weekend to avoid spending an unnecessary
amount of time in traffic.
The original canals which now make
up the Floating Market were built in 1866 on demand of His Majesty
the King of Thailand to help ease communication in the province.
The actual Floating Market started in 1967 and today thrives with
hordes of tourists from all over the world.
Canals in and
around Bangkok are an important method of transport and help to
facilitate communication between different areas of the city. To
this day many people still live along the canals and frequently
use boats as a method of transportation from one point to another.
As food is a very important part of Thai culture, you will see
mobile food stores selling anything from fruit, Som Tam, barbequed
chicken, and other delicacies moving around Bangkok, on the
streets just as an ice cream van does in most western countries.
This also applies to the canals where you will frequently see
boats moving from house to house selling different wares.
Thailand does have Tesco's, Carrefour, Leading Price and other
major supermarkets all around the country and most communities
will have there own 'wet market' selling fresh produce, so if you
hope to see many Thais buying their daily needs at the Floating
Market you may be disappointed.
Most people visiting the Floating
Market are foreigners and Thai tourists, but it does offer
visitors an excellent opportunity to see something different and
take some great pictures of what is a true Thai icon.
We
recommend travellers to organise a tour to enjoy the Floating
Market. Most tours will pick you up from any of the hotels in
Bangkok. The tour normally starts around 06:30 (slightly later
at weekends due to the lack of traffic).
You do need to verify that
the tour is in fact of the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and not another,
as there are hundreds around, and you should also clarify what the tour price actually includes, and
how many people will be in your tour.
If you use a reliable and
well known company then they will be able to accommodate your
every need, and create a tour which best meets your expectations.
Most tours to the Floating Market
will include some side trips, such as a visit to the Sugar House
where you will see how Thai's make sugar from coconuts, a visit to
the Teakwood Handicraft Center, where you can marvel at how
Teakwood is carved into artistic masterpieces and also a visit to
the Rose Garden where lunch is normally served followed by a truly
excellent cultural show.
If you have time and still enough energy
then the Crocodile Farm is also not far from the Rose Garden and
saves you having to travel all the way back again.
Perhaps the
only question that remains is - is it worth spending half a day
minimum on a tour to and around the Floating Market? What we would
answer to that, is if you have sufficient time, and have looked at the
pictures and feel it would be of interest then definitely, we
don't recommend though, that you take a tour to the Floating
Market instead of visiting some of Bangkok's other great
attractions, such as the Grand Palace etc. For us some of the
other major attractions in and around Bangkok would take priority.
== We have seven pages of
Pictures of the Floating Market in Bangkok for you to browse
through ==
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