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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

Damnoen Saduak, Thailand
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Type: Flea/ Street Markets, Bodies of Water
Fee: Yes
Recommended length of visit: 1-2 hours
Owner description: Famous for its tourist-friendly floating markets, Damnoen Saduak is the one you’ll find in the tourist literature on Thailand. Bring your camera along... more » Owner description: Famous for its tourist-friendly floating markets, Damnoen Saduak is the one you’ll find in the tourist literature on Thailand. Bring your camera along to witness the river packed with wooden boats overflowing with fruit and vegetables, which they sell to people standing on land. The scene is colourful and loud; just as you’d expect from a Thai market. Just 100km from Bangkok, it’s best accessed by package tour, which any local tour operator can organize. « less
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toronto
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 12, 2013

Go early and enjoy your visit. My husband and I stayed at the Eastin Grand Hotel in Bangkok and took a taxi from the hotel at 6 AM. We arrived around 7:15, and hired a boat for an hour to visit the floating market. We enjoyed this special place and cultural experience. The vendors were nice. Took lots of great... More

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new york
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 12, 2013 via mobile

We rented a taxi and paid 1200 tbh round trip from our hotel in soi 29 Legacy suites. When we got to the pier lots of women and men insisted for us to rent their boat. They asked for 3000 tbh each hich included a elephant ride, coconut sugar factory and a temple stop also. We said no and was... More

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Linz, Austria
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 10, 2013

This place is beautiful in itself, but has been spoiled by over-exploitation for touristic purposes. It has lost its original meaning of being a market for Thai people (selling food and stuff), and has developed into yet another tourist souvenir shop. You will find here the same stuff you'll also be offered in the streets of Phuket, Koh Samui or... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 8, 2013

It is a nice experience to sit on a boat and do some shopping but other than that it is not worth it. Normally the tourist people are taken to private boat place which costs around 1000 THB to 1500 THB, I am hearing different price from different people so assuming it depends on the place where driver takes you.... More

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Arlington, Texas
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 7, 2013

Floating market. 1 hour outside of Bangkok. Our driver charged us 1000 bhat for the day. Beware of this cheap transit because they will take u to places that they get commission. We paid 1500 Bhat each total of 4500 bhat for all of 3 people in a covered boat at floating market which is wayyyyy too much to hire... More

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Los Angeles, California
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 5, 2013

We just got back from Thailand and wanted to share our experience to the Damnoen Saduak floating market, so that visitors can avoid getting scammed. We did not go to the market via tour group because we were only in Bangkok for two days and did not want set a schedule. On our last day we booked a taxi to... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed May 5, 2013

Myself and my wife were staying at Rembrandt hotel and the hotel guard advised us to hire a car with a driver. The driver appeared to be a very nice man only to know at the end that he was the greatest crook that I have ever met. He charged us 1200 baht and took us to this place called... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 4, 2013 via mobile

We hadn't planned the floating market but last minute decided to get up early on Day 2 after a taxi driver offered 1000TBH to drive us there (1+ hr drive) from BKK & wait 3 hours to then return us to hotel. We left at 6:30am & arrived at an empty carpark, on outskirts of market (off a main road)... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed May 1, 2013 via mobile

The boat ride was cool but the place is full of cheap trash. Dirty and smelly and the tour operators dump you there for two long hours. Far too long and most of us spent the second hour waiting on hard benches to be picked up. By all means do this as part of a day trip to another destination... More

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Sfax, Tunisia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 29, 2013

The floating market is about 70 km from bangkok. The easieast way to reach it is by private a/c car (especially during hot weather). The driver brought us to a shop offering guided tours in the floating market on motorboats. We took a 2h30 tour including elephant trekking for 4000 baht (2 persons) after bargaining. I' m not sure if... More

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