Chiang Mai · Saturday market on a silverworking street
The Wua Lai Saturday Market opens on Saturday evenings on the silversmithing street south of Chiang Mai Gate. Alongside the street’s silversmiths, stalls selling lacquerware, sculpture, textiles and household pieces join the food vendors, bringing Chiang Mai crafts made from different materials together on one street.
Browse silver jewellery and textiles woven by hill-tribe communities, then have grilled fish or pad Thai for dinner. The permanent silver shops on weekdays and the Saturday evening market stalls offer different street scenes.
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The Wua Lai Saturday Market takes place on Wua Lai Road, south of Chiang Mai Gate. On Saturday evenings, stalls selling crafts and food line the street with its silversmiths.
Wua Lai is a street south of Chiang Mai where silversmiths still have shops. At the Saturday market, you can see lacquerware, sculptures, lamps, silk and textiles as well as silver jewellery.
Bags, fabric and household pieces woven by hill-tribe communities are also featured. Silver, lacquer, wood and fabric come together along the street, so you can compare items made from different materials and techniques from one shop to another.
Choose from grilled fish, som tam, pad Thai or satay with peanut sauce. Coconut sweets and fruit smoothies are also available for a light treat after dinner.
The silversmith shops are permanent, but the market stalls selling crafts and food fill the street on Saturday evenings. Visiting during the day to look at the silver shops feels different from coming to the Saturday market for dinner at the stalls.
The Sunday Ratchadamnoen Market is in a different location. If you plan to visit both of Chiang Mai’s walking streets, go to Wua Lai on Saturday and the other market on its Sunday route.
It is listed as open on Saturdays, approximately 17:00–22:00. The Wua Lai street with its silversmith shops is there on other days, but that is different from the Saturday market with its food and craft stalls.
No. Wua Lai Market is on Wua Lai Road, south of Chiang Mai Gate, on Saturdays. The Sunday Walking Street is along Ratchadamnoen Road from Tha Phae Gate on Sundays.
The market features lacquerware, sculptures, lamps, silk and textiles, and bags and fabric woven by hill-tribe communities. Food stalls also serve grilled fish, som tam, satay and coconut sweets.
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