Don Wai Market, 250px
Don Wai Market ( th, ตลาดน้ำวัดดอนหวาย, ตลาดน้ำดอนหวาย, lit. "(Wat) Don Wai Water Market", but sometimes translated as "floating market") Is a riverside market in
Nakhon Pathom Province,
Thailand. It is located along the
Tha Chin River
The Tha Chin river ( th, แม่น้ำท่าจีน, , ) is a distributary of the Chao Phraya river, Thailand. It splits near the province of Chai Nat and then flows west from the Chao Phraya through the central plains, until it empt ...
, behind Wat Don Wai in Bang Krathuek Subdistrict,
Sam Phran District.
This market is a community of locals that is a long walk into the inner. The two sides of the way are old wooden
shophouses
A shophouse is a building type serving both as a residence and a commercial business. It is defined in dictionary as a building type found in Southeast Asia that is "a shop opening on to the pavement and also used as the owner's residence", ...
lined along the riverbank. It is a very busy market especially on weekends. It has many products for sale to visitors many are local produce or fruit obtained from planting in the area. However, the most famous thing at the market is the
variety of food. such as
tom yum noodles soup, fried fishcake or
fish balls, beef and pork barbecue, pork
satay, ''
nam prik'', stewed
Java barb in salty soup,
Chinese sausage, Thai sweets, coconut milk ice cream and notable
Chinese stewed duck, which has two shops that are both old and famous.
Don Wai Market is located near
Wat Rai Khing, another famous tourist destination of Nakhon Pathom with a cruise for about 20 minutes. Visitors can cruise between these two locations with a fare of 60
baht per person (round trip). Moreover, from here, visitors can also take a cruise to see the way of life of locals on both sides of Tha Chin River (fare is 100 baht each, approx. one hours).
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Tourist attractions in Nakhon Pathom province
Retail markets in Thailand
