The Bang Noi floating market in Amphawa: Everything you need to know for a visit!

The Bang Noi floating market is located about 5 kilometers from the Amphawa floating market. Historically, the canal on which it sits housed a local floating market over a century ago. With its wooden stalls and a small museum displaying pottery from the Mae Klong River along the canal, it resembles the Amphawa floating market but is less charming and attracts fewer visitors. While you do come here, you can visit the impressive Wat Bang Kung temple, nestled among the roots of a tree. This temple is also included in the boat tours offered from Amphawa. Although the Bang Noi floating market is busiest in the mornings, it remains, in my opinion, the least interesting of the four floating markets within a 20-kilometer radius: Amphawa, Damnoen Saduak, Tha Kha, and Bang Noi.

The market is open on weekends from 8 a.m. until late afternoon, but it's busiest in the morning. In the afternoon, most people head to Amphawa, where it's more of an evening market.

To get here from the floating market in Amphawa, you can take a motorbike taxi (40 THB). However, the cheapest option is to take the blue bus or songthaew No. 333, which stops right outside the entrance to the floating market parking lot in Amphawa. It will take you directly to the entrance of Bang Noi Market for 5 baht. You can also catch this bus or songthaew from Samut Songkhram (or Mae Klong, which is the same place) and the surprise market by the railway line there. From there, the ride to Bang Noi costs 15 baht.

How to get there

How do you get to the Bang Noi Floating Market? From the Amphawa Floating Market, you can take a motorbike taxi (40 THB). However, the cheapest option is to take the blue bus or songthaew number 333, which stops right outside the Amphawa Floating Market parking lot. It will take you directly to the entrance of the Bang Noi market for 5 baht. You can also catch this bus or songthaew from Samut Songkhram (or Mae Klong, which is the same place). There's a surprisingly large market there, located by the railway line. The ride from there to Bang Noi costs 15 baht.