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1. Chatuchak Weekend Market
One of the world's largest weekend markets, with more than 15,000 stalls across 27 sections selling clothes, crafts, plants, antiques and street food.
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2. Old Phuket Town Heritage Walk
A self-guided stroll through Phuket Town's Sino-Portuguese streets, taking in Thalang Road, Soi Romanee, old shrines, museums and Baba-style cafés.
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3. Sunday Walking Street
Weekly evening market that closes Ratchadamnoen Road from Tha Phae Gate to Wat Phra Singh, with crafts, street food and temple-courtyard food courts.
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4. Phuket Sunday Walking Street Market
Phuket Town's Sunday evening market, known locally as Lard Yai, filling Thalang Road with street food, crafts and performers from late afternoon.
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5. Wualai Saturday Walking Street
Saturday evening market on Wualai Road, starting at Chiang Mai Gate, in the city's traditional silversmith quarter beside the Silver Temple.
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6. Yaowarat (Chinatown) Street Food
Bangkok's Chinatown, a 1.5-kilometre stretch of gold shops, neon signs and evening street food stalls along Yaowarat Road.
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7. Mahanakhon SkyWalk
An observation deck 314 metres up on the King Power Mahanakhon tower, with 360-degree city views and a glass-floored walkway over the edge.
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8. Phuket Naka Weekend Market
A large Saturday and Sunday evening market near Wat Naka south of Phuket Town, with clothing and souvenir stalls, live music and a big food area.
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9. Warorot Market
Chiang Mai's main local market since 1910, on Wichayanon Road, selling northern sausages, chilli pastes, dried foods, flowers, cloth and household goods.
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10. Chiang Mai Night Bazaar
Nightly market on Chang Khlan Road east of the Old City, combining street stalls with the covered Kalare and Anusarn markets and their food courts.
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11. Karon Viewpoint
A roadside viewpoint above Kata Noi where three west-coast bays, Kata Noi, Kata and Karon, line up in a single view; free and open at all hours.
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12. Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market)
Bangkok's main wholesale flower market near Memorial Bridge, operating around the clock and busiest before dawn when blooms arrive from the provinces.
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13. Asiatique The Riverfront
A riverside shopping and entertainment complex in restored East Asiatic Company warehouses, with a 60-metre Ferris wheel, restaurants and evening market stalls.
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14. Elephant Nature Park
Elephant rescue sanctuary founded by Lek Chailert in 1995, offering day and overnight visits where elephants are observed, fed and walked with, never ridden.
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15. Phuket Simon Cabaret
An evening cabaret theatre on the edge of Patong, staging glitzy costume and dance revues with lip-synced musical numbers and photos with performers afterwards.
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