Bangkok: Railway Market and Floating Market Private Tour Bangkok: Railway Market and Floating Market Small-Group Tour
ID: GYG324098-574228
Category:
Country: Thailand
Duration:
07:00 hours
Description
Visit Bangkok's floating market on this tour. You’ll also get to visit the see-it-to-believe-it Railway Market, where an active train track doubles as a makeshift shopping strip.
Experience Thailand's unique market culture on this unique tour. Start with a drive to the railway market, located about 2 hours from Bangkok. Watch as vendors set up their goods along active railway tracks, with fresh produce, cooking supplies and more all lined up a mere few inches from the track's edge. See what happens when the train comes through: vendors gather up their things and lower their canopies and step aside as the train travels right through the middle of the market, getting back to business as soon as it has departed.
Afterwards, continue on a short drive to a palm sugar plantation, where you’ll visit the house of a villager who still makes palm sugar the traditional way.
Next, board a small boat for a ride through narrow village canals, to reach the famous floating market of Damnoen Saduak. Get off the boat here and walk around to explore more of the market. Around noon, head back to Bangkok and return to the meeting point which is right next to BTS (Skytrain) station National Stadium. Your local guide will be happy to give you directions back to your accommodation or to other sites you should see.
Highlights
- Explore the famous floating market and try delicious local treats
- See local life along the water while riding a small boat through village canals
- Discover a unique market set up on active train tracks
- Learn how to make palm sugar at a local family-run village plantation
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Traffic conditions may delay the return journey to Bangkok
• If any of the sites on the itinerary happen to be closed due to reasons beyond control, an alternative site will be visited
• Children between the ages of 6 and 11 inclusively are permitted on this tour at the specified rate
• Children under the age of 6 are not permitted on this tour
• Effective September 1, 2021, travelers aged 18+ must produce proof of COVID-19 vaccination on Intrepid Urban Adventures tours. Children aged 6-17 must present a negative COVID-19 test, proof of recovery, or proof of vaccination. View full policy at urbanadventures.com/vaccine
All participants who are over 18 years old must present proof of full vaccination. Participants aged 6-17 must present either proof of full vaccination, proof of Covid-19 infection in the past 9 months, or a negative PCR or lateral flow Covid-19 test taken no more than 72 hours before the activity starts
Lobby of Lub D Siam Hostel 925/9 Rama 1 Rd. Wangmai, Pathum Wan, Bangkok
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
