Klong Sra Bua Weekend Floating Market, Ayutthaya Overview

(This attraction is now Permanently Closed)

Located in the north side of the older part of the city, Klong Sra Bua Floating Market is located in Ayutthaya near Wat Na Phra Men and is a part of the Phra Nakorn Ayutthaya historical park. Although the name of the market suggests that the visitors can shop here, but the place is a local ‘Dinner Theatre’ which is a unique experience if you are visiting Bangkok for the first time. While some food vendors sell their food off their floating boats, others set up their stalls along the market. The spectacular Klong Sra Bua Floating Market not only offers magnificent views of greenery surrounding the park, but it also offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to the visitors to ravish the local delicacies.

The Klong Sra Bua Weekend Floating is based on a canal that was dug specially for the monarch, to go from his palace to the fields where the catching of the elephants would take place. a little down the canal, outside the city, it opens out into a large lotus pond with a stage in the middle of it. The stage is used to perform special folk dances and one can buy a huge variety of food.

Things to Do at Klong Sra Bua Floating Market

Some of the most amazing activities that visitors enjoy indulging in here are elephant rides, clicking pictures with the mighty tiger, feed fishes, buffaloes and goats, go on a boat ride around the market. The Water Theatre performances which are organized in the middle of the big pond showcase the popular folk tales in the region. The story which is the theme of the performance and Sepa (Thai Verses) are exclusively written and enacted by professionals who are skilled for this form of art. If you are fortunate, you might also catch the live Thai style orchestra band whose performance is scheduled once every day. The orchestra usually performs on Phra Lor (the folktale in which the protagonist gets caught up in a series of interesting incidents), Phra Suton-Manorah (it is a romantic tale of a prince and the unique half-bird half-woman), Krai Thong (the story in which the main character fights off with the king crocodile) and Sangthong (the story of a kid whose house was a conch seashell).

Food at the Khlong Sra Bua Weekend Market

If you reach the Khlong Sra Bua Floating Market early and you do not have the appetite, there is always the option of buying a couple of local Thai snacks unless you have the appetite to enjoy the sumptuous lunch. Some of the most recommended food items available at the Khlong Sra Bua Floating Market are butterfly pea flower and Hemp Sesbania flower, fried flower such as needle flower, fried beef wrapped in leaves, Islamic sun-dried beef, Ayutthaya style noodle, pork satay and Tom Yum Thai rice noodle.

Tips

1. The place is an ideal destination if you want to try the authentic Thai street food at affordable rates.
2. It is always good to check with the locals about the timings of the Floating Market because on, some weekends, the Market might be closed.

How To Reach Klong Sra Bua Weekend Floating Market

If you are travelling from Bangkok, the ideal means of transport to reach Khlong Sra Bua Floating Market is to rent a car. Get on the Highway Number 1 and keep driving along Pratu Nam Phra In. Further, turn onto Highway Number 32 followed by a left turn to get onto Highway Number 309 to reach Phra Nakorn Sri Ayutthaya. Upon reaching the island, take the Ou Thong road close to the city canal to reach Baan Klong Sra Bua. You will further pass by the Wat Poh Sri till the rod takes you to the Klong Sra Bua floating market. There is a parking space available in front of the market.

If you are planning to use public transport to reach the Floating Market, you can board a bus from the New Mo Chit Station to Ayuttaya.