China Town
China Town
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Andy
Lanzhou, China72 contributions
Jan 2020 • Solo
I think calling this China Town is a bit too much. It's just a market and a few streets selling Chinese merchandise. Chinese families of Chiang Mai live in the area. Good place to find street food in the evening.
Written 9 February 2020
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melkeet
Ipoh, Malaysia1,383 contributions
Jan 2020
We walk to this market after crossing the Ping river over the Chansom Bridge and getting down near the flower market. The market and roads were very busy as it was the time of the Chinese New Year. There were lots of stores along both side of road selling all kind of goods including food, fruits and drinks. The street food was excellent and cheap.
Written 24 December 2020
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HINA W
Islamabad, Pakistan7,358 contributions
Jul 2018 • Family
This small area is the home to the Chinese families living in Chiang Mia. You enter it by passing through a huge arch designed in Chinese style. It has two Chinese Confucian Temples, old herbal medicine shops and typical double storied shophouses. There are some family run wholesale shops. You can also see some gold shops here. Most of these are painted in red colour to bring good fortune. There are some old clans here that organise the annual Chinese new year festivities and parade.
Written 1 January 2019
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Dan Maarek
Tel Aviv, Israel16,014 contributions
Nov 2018
We were in Chiang Mai for 5 days last November for Yi Peng (Flying Lantern Festival) and Loy Krathong (Floating Lantern Festival).
We usually like to visit Chinatown wherever we are: Bangkok as well New York or San Francisco, so we had great hopes of course here, but unfortunately this Chinatown is actually not so big nor thrilling.
It is a big market as it often is but without anything really "Chinese" or typical worth buying it. It is a market for local residents.
Chinatown is also recommended for shopping catches but neither could we find anything worth the name of "catch" or "bargain" so I wouldn't either recommend it for shopping.
However it still is interesting to walk around the booths a stores and see something different.
There are many more attractions worth your time in Chiang Mai so unless you are there for several days I wouldn't make it the purpose of any day.
I have attached several pictures, hoping to give kind of a feeling of this place.
Actually I would recommend a better use of your time there: a Massage break (especially an aromatic oil massage) to relax from long day walks.
Perfect break to continue visiting the Old City.
We usually like to visit Chinatown wherever we are: Bangkok as well New York or San Francisco, so we had great hopes of course here, but unfortunately this Chinatown is actually not so big nor thrilling.
It is a big market as it often is but without anything really "Chinese" or typical worth buying it. It is a market for local residents.
Chinatown is also recommended for shopping catches but neither could we find anything worth the name of "catch" or "bargain" so I wouldn't either recommend it for shopping.
However it still is interesting to walk around the booths a stores and see something different.
There are many more attractions worth your time in Chiang Mai so unless you are there for several days I wouldn't make it the purpose of any day.
I have attached several pictures, hoping to give kind of a feeling of this place.
Actually I would recommend a better use of your time there: a Massage break (especially an aromatic oil massage) to relax from long day walks.
Perfect break to continue visiting the Old City.
Written 11 October 2019
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Traveller87987687
Bangkok, Thailand3,133 contributions
Jun 2018 • Solo
The Chiang Mai China Town area is nothing compared to China Towns in big cities all around the world. So don’t expect anything like you know from Bangkok for example. But nevertheless, it is the centre of Chinese business in Chiang Mai.
There are at least ten gold shops in the centre with some more in the side alleys. It is also the location of Wororot Market, Tonlamyai Market, and two Chinese temples. China Town also seems the place to go when looking for Lanna style (or many others) fabrics. It looks like the whole area consists exclusively of business places like shops or markets, with the occasional restaurant or convenient store in between of all of that.
Chiang Mai China Town is located north of Tapae Road, next to Ping River. The official Tourist Information Centre is nearby, on Tapae Road, next to Nawarat Bridge.
There are a lot of photo opportunities on the fresh markets.
I went once more in the night time to take photos with all the signs, buildings and temples illuminated, the way I know it from China Town in Bangkok. It was nothing like that at all! I was surprised to see that everything was dark and totally deserted. Every shop was closed by 20:00h. Even the temples, usually centres of activity in every China Town – especially after dark – were all dark and closed.
Only Wororot Market and the Flower Market still showed signs of live, plus there was a Night-Food-Market on the road that separates Wororot Market and TomLamYai Market. I did not eat here, but I saw that they have all the nice Thai and Chinese food, sweets and fruits here you ever wished for. All comes for a reasonable price and is probably better or at least as good as the food in the many overpriced “wanna-be-fancy places”, where everything is three times more expensive because they make you pay for the fanciness. Nice side-effect: You will probably be the only Farang there at this time of the day.
To be honest, China Town is the opposite of fancy. All shops, market halls and restaurants are old and worn. Most places are not air-conditioned. But if you try to find the last remnants of Chiang Mai’s original character, the way it was in the 1970s, you probably find it here.
There are at least ten gold shops in the centre with some more in the side alleys. It is also the location of Wororot Market, Tonlamyai Market, and two Chinese temples. China Town also seems the place to go when looking for Lanna style (or many others) fabrics. It looks like the whole area consists exclusively of business places like shops or markets, with the occasional restaurant or convenient store in between of all of that.
Chiang Mai China Town is located north of Tapae Road, next to Ping River. The official Tourist Information Centre is nearby, on Tapae Road, next to Nawarat Bridge.
There are a lot of photo opportunities on the fresh markets.
I went once more in the night time to take photos with all the signs, buildings and temples illuminated, the way I know it from China Town in Bangkok. It was nothing like that at all! I was surprised to see that everything was dark and totally deserted. Every shop was closed by 20:00h. Even the temples, usually centres of activity in every China Town – especially after dark – were all dark and closed.
Only Wororot Market and the Flower Market still showed signs of live, plus there was a Night-Food-Market on the road that separates Wororot Market and TomLamYai Market. I did not eat here, but I saw that they have all the nice Thai and Chinese food, sweets and fruits here you ever wished for. All comes for a reasonable price and is probably better or at least as good as the food in the many overpriced “wanna-be-fancy places”, where everything is three times more expensive because they make you pay for the fanciness. Nice side-effect: You will probably be the only Farang there at this time of the day.
To be honest, China Town is the opposite of fancy. All shops, market halls and restaurants are old and worn. Most places are not air-conditioned. But if you try to find the last remnants of Chiang Mai’s original character, the way it was in the 1970s, you probably find it here.
Written 30 August 2018
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Ross Francis F
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar40 contributions
Feb 2019 • Family
If you are looking for anything you would like to buy, textile would be something to consider.
Traditional clothing at a low and negotiable price.
Traditional clothing at a low and negotiable price.
Written 28 February 2019
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chiangmaicharlies
Chiang Mai, Thailand5,611 contributions
Sept 2018 • Friends
Certainly one of the places you must visit whilst in Chiang Mai. Chinatown covers quite a large area next to the Ping River and I have roughly shown it on my map of the area, amongst the photographs.
It contains a multitude of indoor and outdoor markets and shops, temples and shrines and many restaurants. It is a typical 'Chinatown' within a large city. It's historical importance in Chiang Mai is immense. You could wander round it for days, and still miss many of its features.
Visiting it during Chinese New Year is undoubtedly the best time. It is VERY crowded and busy at ALL times.
Please read up about it elsewhere if you are interested because I could simply fill pages about it here - or simply go there.
Not to be missed.
It contains a multitude of indoor and outdoor markets and shops, temples and shrines and many restaurants. It is a typical 'Chinatown' within a large city. It's historical importance in Chiang Mai is immense. You could wander round it for days, and still miss many of its features.
Visiting it during Chinese New Year is undoubtedly the best time. It is VERY crowded and busy at ALL times.
Please read up about it elsewhere if you are interested because I could simply fill pages about it here - or simply go there.
Not to be missed.
Written 22 September 2018
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Grizzled Nomad
Seattle, WA151 contributions
Feb 2018 • Family
lots to see and do. This is the best place to get good clothes for cheap. There are many tea shops here.
Written 14 June 2018
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