Amphawa Floating Market
ตลาดน้ำอัมพวา
A canal floating market that opens on weekend evenings, with grilled seafood on boats, old wooden shops, and fireflies you can watch by boat after dark.
Amphawa lies in Samut Songkhram province. Along both banks of the Amphawa Canal stands a well-preserved old town of wooden houses. From Friday to Sunday, the market opens in the afternoon and runs into the evening, when boat vendors grill prawns, crabs and shellfish on their boats, and visitors sit on the riverside steps to eat. After dark, you can take a boat along the Mae Klong River to see fireflies in the mangroves, for about 60 to 100 baht. The market is about 10 minutes' drive from Mae Klong Railway Market, and the two are often combined into a day trip. It is about 1.5 hours from Bangkok.
Opening hours
Fri–Sun approx. 12:00–21:00
Nearby sights
- Maeklong Railway Market
- Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
- Wat Samphran
- Phra Pathom Chedi
- Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen
- Asiatique The Riverfront
- Wat Arun
- Museum Siam