Chiang Mai is Thailand's hub for handicrafts, offering a wide variety of high-quality items, primarily bamboo, wood carvings, and rattan products. In downtown Chiang Mai, you can also find many excellent embroideries, silver jewelry, hand-woven straw mats, wooden products, and fabrics. There are also artisans specializing in handicrafts who set up stalls on the streets of Chiang Mai; their distinctive attire makes them easily identifiable. The following are must-see attractions in Northern Thailand: the largest shopping center, handicraft village, weekend market, and Chang Khlan Road Night Market.

shopping center

Chiang Mai Airport Plaza

Chiang Mai Airport Shopping Mall is the largest shopping center in Northern Thailand. It frequently offers discounts on brand-name products such as LEE jeans, CAMEL T-shirts, and HUSH PUPPY shoes, all at reasonable prices, significantly cheaper than in China. The food court on the basement level of PLAZA offers a variety of delicious and affordable Northern Thai snacks.

2 Mahidol (Highway 1141), Chiang Mai, Thailand

It takes about 10 minutes to get from the old town by tuk-tuk; there are also minibuses that take you to the old town for free.

Kad Suan Kaew Shopping Center

Ga Chung Khao Shopping Center, part of the Central Group, is known as "Sen Tan" by Thais. The basement features a local food area with a wide variety of dried and fresh goods; the first and second floors are dedicated to Northern Thai specialties. Tourists looking for discounted cosmetics or jeans shouldn't miss it.

From 10:00 to 21:30, take a tuk-tuk from Huay Kaew Rd., Suthep, Muang, Chiang Mai. The journey takes about 10 minutes.

Specialty Stores

Bo Sang Handicraft Village

Bo Sang Handicraft Market is located in Bo Sang Handicraft Village. Shops lining the roads of the Sang Kamphaeng area are decorated with lanterns and colorful flags, showcasing and selling local handicrafts. Visitors can observe the production process of various handicrafts in the handicraft villages along the Bo Sang-Sang Kamphaeng road. Many of these handicrafts are popular souvenirs for Chinese tourists. 8:30~17:00 66 5 3338324 Bo Sang Handicraft Village

Ban Tawai Wood Market

Ban Tawai Wood Market primarily sells wood carvings and furniture, as well as various handicrafts. The market is large and offers services from several international logistics companies. It is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Chiang Mai's Old City and can be reached by car.

90 Moo 2 Baan-Tawai, Khun Khong, Hangdong, Chiang Mai 50230

Specialty Market

Chiang Mai Sunday Market

The Sunday Market occupies several streets inside Tha Pae Gate, the east gate of the Old City. It closes off at 4:00 PM every Sunday to become a pedestrian street, making it arguably Chiang Mai's largest night market. The market sells a wide variety of souvenirs at inexpensive prices, mostly local handicrafts, including antiques, silver jewelry, embroidered bags from mountain ethnic minorities, Thai silk, cotton fabrics, bamboo crafts, celadon, silverware, furniture, lacquerware, wood carvings, and hand-painted paper umbrellas. Compared to Chang Klan Road, there isn't much room for bargaining here.

Enter from Tha Pae Gate, the east gate of Chiang Mai Old City, between 3:00 PM and 10:00 PM on Sundays.

Changkang Road Night Bazaar

The Chang Khlan Road Night Market is located on Chang Khlan Road, east of the Old City. Every evening, stalls set up along the street selling various Chiang Mai handicrafts and tourist souvenirs. There are also many shops selling souvenirs and daily necessities. Free ethnic minority song and dance performances and instrumental music are held in the central square; the elegant music blends with the surrounding vendors' calls, creating a unique and exotic atmosphere. Remember to bargain when shopping here, as vendors often inflate their prices.

66 5 3235575 is located on the west side of the intersection of Chang Klan Road and Loi Khro Road. It is about a 20-minute tuk-tuk ride from the old city.

Chiang Mai Saturday Market

The Saturday Market, located outside Chiang Mai Gate south of the Old City, closes to the public at 4:00 PM every Saturday to become a pedestrian street. The market features numerous vendors selling handicrafts, as well as many producers who sell their products directly, offering more affordable prices than the Chang Khlan Road Night Market. Here you can also sample various Northern Thai snacks and enjoy street performers.

The Wualai Walking Street, located south of the Old City, runs along Wara Road, south of Chiang Mai Gate, and can be reached on foot.

Unique shops

Herb Bascis

Herb Basics sells products made with local Thai ingredients such as lemongrass, lemon leaves, mangosteen, and coconut, as well as scented soaps, shower gels, and body lotions. They have several branches in Chiang Mai. Herb Basics is a small, local Chiang Mai brand that primarily uses locally sourced Thai ingredients.

Monday to Friday 9:00-20:00, Saturday 9:00-18:00, Sunday 14:00-20:00