Chiang Mai Flower Market – กาดดอกไม้เชียงใหม่ (Kat Dok Mai Chiang Mai)
"Florist Market Mueang Chiang Mai" in Google Maps. This is truly a flower and florist market where you can buy cut flowers and flower bouquets from a wide selection.
The flower market is located in Chinatown, near Ping River, on the right side (not riverside) of one-way street Praisani Rd. ("Praisanee Rd" in Google Maps). The whole area is best known by Thai people as กาดหลวง (Kat Luang). The northern Thai word กาด, IPA [ga:d], equals the Thai word ตลาด (talat), IPA [təla:d], market, and "Kat Luang" might best be translated as "Great Market" or "Main Market".
Car parking spaces are very difficult to find in the whole area any time, and motorbike parking will be possible in some distance, about 100 m apart from the flower market.
The market is open every day. Many booths and shops are still open in the late evening.
To access the market by car or motorbike is best from the north, from ถนน วิชยานนท์ – ถนน ไปรษณีย์ (Wichayanon Rd. – Praisani Rd.) ("Praisanee Rd" in Google Maps), or from the west, from ถนน ช้างม่อย (Chang Moi Rd.).
