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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

Bang Phae-Damnoen Saduak Road, Damnoen Saduak, Thailand 70120

Featured Review : We knew that a whole day would be needed if taking a tour to the Floating Market.Despite of the fact that tours usually take up a whole day, if you want to get a taste of the Thai culture, you can’t leave the city withou...See Full Review

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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Reviews

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A close up with the Thai culture

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Naty_Ellis from Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • September 16, 2010
A close up with the Thai culture
Quote: We knew that a whole day would be needed if taking a tour to the Floating Market.Despite of the fact that tours usually take up a whole day, if you want to get a taste of the Thai culture, you can’t leave the city without having been there. There... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

From journal 4 busy days in Bangkok

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Sights, Sounds and Colours

  • 5 out of 5 stars by garymarsh6 from Gravesend, United Kingdom
  • October 11, 2009
Sights, Sounds and Colours
Quote: Bangkok Floating Market: Damnoen SaduakWhere!The floating Market of James Bond fame is not actually in Bangkok at all but involves a two hour journey to reach it by road. It is 110 kms to the west of Bangkok. Usually people visit this market en... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

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Don’t Run Away with the Soup

  • 5 out of 5 stars by SeenThat from Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • August 22, 2009
Don’t Run Away with the Soup
Quote: Irresistible NameDamnoen Saduak means "To travel (or move) comfortably." How can a traveler avoid a place with such a name? Digging KhlongsEighty kilometers southwest of Bangkok, the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market provides many of the better known... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

  • 5 out of 5 stars by SeenThat from Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • January 1, 2007
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Quote: Eighty kilometers southwest of Bangkok, the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market provides much of the better known pictures from Thailand. The canal, in which it is located, was ordered to be built by King Rama IV in 1866 to facilitate travels between... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

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Floating Market / River Kwai Excursion

  • 5 out of 5 stars by khall921 from Aurora, Colorado
  • August 12, 2004
Floating Market / River Kwai Excursion
Quote: The tour picked us from our hotel promptly at 6 a.m. and took us to join some other people who were also taking the tour. After quick introductions to our host, we were off through the salt field just outside of Bangkok to a place that manufactures... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

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Floating Markets

  • 3 out of 5 stars by thebigfella from Kidderminster, United Kingdom
  • October 20, 2003
Floating Markets
Quote: You need to reach Damnoen Saduak early in the morning (before 9am) to take part in the floating markets. We went by tour bus from Bangkok and endured the hour-and-a-half journey over bumpy roads, driven by an ex-stock-car driver having a bad day! ... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

From journal Live the High Life in Bangkok

Damneon Saduak Floating Market

  • 4 out of 5 stars by richardfaust from sacramento, California
  • December 30, 2002
Quote: The taxi driver agrees to be our personal taxi for the day and eventually became our tour guide for B2200 ($51). The floating market was the first stop. We took a long-tailed boat up a small river to get there. The trip was great because we got to... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

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Floating Market

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Jim Rosenberg from Wausau, Wisconsin
  • January 27, 2002
Floating Market
Quote: Boats are a major means of transportation and we chose to visit the countryside on a tour that found us heading into a network of canals in a long-tail boat in a scene reminiscent of searching for Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. The boats are narrow and... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

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Damneon Saduak Floating Market

  • 3 out of 5 stars by akakd from , Arizona
  • February 25, 2001
Damneon Saduak Floating Market
Quote: Rivers & canals are the highways & byways of Thailand. Known as "Klongs", these waterways are at the very core of Thai life. On these waters, vendors sell their goods, parents take kids to school, & saffron-robed monks paddle door-to-door to... Read the full Damnoen Saduak Floating Market review

From journal Bustling Bangkok