Sunday Walking Street

One of the most famous shopping experiences in Chiang Mai, the Sunday Walking Street is a busy night market that runs from Tha Pae Gate along Ratchadamnoen Road every Sunday. It is nothing short of a festival, complete with blazing lights, music, entertainment spaces, artists, massage parlours, local street foods, shops selling local handicrafts items, and of course, seas of people.

This boisterous attraction in the city, Sunday Walking Street, as the name denotes, opens every Sunday from 4:00 PM until midnight. Serving as a venue to several food stalls, traditional Thai souvenir stores, and many other funky stores, Sunday Walking Street also features performance stages for beauty pageants, dance recitals, and many such events.

Although being a ‘Sunday’ market, this market also functions on a Saturday where visitors can witness the same stalls and shops seen on the Sunday Walking Street market. This weekend market acts as a significant income source for many of the local families who work the whole week making the items they sell on the weekend.