Patpong night market
It is very popular with tourists, but there's no real good reason why. It's got the same combination of souvenirs, fake brand name items and cheap clothes as in any tourist area in the city, but prices are way over the going rate. Bargaining very hard is essential to get a good deal and the touts for the go-go bars that Patpong is most famous for are persistent, annoying and can be aggressive. Patpong is between Silom and Surawong roads, and any taxi driver will know it.

Pratunam market
The 24 hour Pratunam market is situated by the intersection of Ratchaprarop and Phetburi (Phetchaburi) roads, very near to the Amari Watergate hotel. This is notable as perhaps the best place in Bangkok to buy cheap clothes, fabrics and textiles - wholesalers and exporters buy here, as well as individual consumers. The market is not on the main road, look for the entrances that lead to it behind the shops. The Bai Yoke market in the same area sells the same sort of thing. As well as the market, there are many clothes and textile shops in this area. A little down Phetburi road is the Nai Loet (also called Nai Lert) market, a kind of scaled down Chatuchak. If you've already been to Chatuchak there's little point in coming here as the goods on offer are similar, but it's worth a visit if you can't make it up to Chatuchak market proper. Ordinary buses 2, 11, 23, 38, 58, 60, 62, 72, 93 113, 139, 140 and air-con bus 12 all stop near all these markets.

Sampheng Market
Sampheng Lane is located in the heart of Chinatown, the oldest trading centre in the capital. This is a long, narrow alley, covered in places, open in others, extending for seven blocks on either side of Ratchawong Road and offering an extraordinary range of wares: gold chains and fishing supplies, wedding souvenirs and labels for designer clothes, esoteric cooking equipment and plastic flowers, chinaware and camouflage cloth. When you emerge from Sampheng and cross Chakphet Road, you enter the Pahurat Indian Cloth Market, almost as old and just as crowded, where everything from batik sarongs to English tweeds are to be found.

Sampeng Lane
Narrow Sampeng Lane (also known as Soi Wanit) in Chinatown is an interesting place to wander down, and has a colourful history of murders, drugs gang wars and prostitution. Nowadays, it's rather less dangerous as a primarily wholesale market, though you're not likely to find much that you want to buy - on sale are fabrics, textiles, preserved food, household and kitchen accessories, spices, cheap toys etc...It's obviously a good place for any sort of Chinese specialty and prices are cheap, though bargaining for everything is essential. It's worth going just for the experience - it's amazingly busy and every possible space is used in the shops there, street vendors resort to setting up shop anywhere they can. It is always crowded, and so is ideal conditions for pickpockets - take care and don't take too much money with you just in case. The Talat Kao (translating as'Old Market') is not far away, and is a Chinese food market where all manner of strange foods are available for the brave to try. If you are after Chinese delicacies, such as Shark's Fin, this is as good a place as any to buy them. Many of the nearby restaurants sell the dishes that are on offer here if you want to try them.

Soi Lalai Sap Market
Soi Lalai Sap is one of Bangkok's most popular lunch-time shopping areas, located next to the Bangkok Bank head office on Silom Road. Kicking off just before noon and winding up shortly after the office lunch break on weekdays only, Soi Lalai Sap gets packed with workers from the nearby offices searching for clothing, especially office gear, leather goods, food, gifts and other knick-knacks. You'll probably end up parting with some cash in this market whose name, coincidentally, literally means'vanishing money'.

Talat Or Tor Kor Market
Talat Or Tor Kor, across from Chatuchak Market on Kamphaengphet II Road in northern Bangkok, sells all types of tropical plants, aquatic plants including water lilies and grasses, plant pots varying in size from a couple of inches through to huge water butts, baskets, composts and fertilizers, and all manner of gardening equipment. Several shops specialize in particular types of plant, such as bromeliads, palms, orchids or lilies.

This plant market, which opens daily, is generally quieter than Chatuchak just across the road, the plants are usually cheaper and the service is better. Take a stroll through Or Tor Kor if you want to escape from the heat and crowds at Chatuchak.

Parking is available within the Marketing Organization compound. Morchit and Saphan Kwai BTS Stations are located close by.