Going Shopping at Sankhampaeng ‘Wholesale handicraft village’
Speaking of famous shopping districts in Chiang Mai, you can not possibly ignore the area of Sankhampaeng.
Especially around Chiang Mai-Sankhampaeng Road, which you can get dizzy because of seeing so many interesting shops. This was once Sankhampaeng Road. Now, it’s well-known for making paper umbrellas, weaving Thai silks and cotton fabrics. You can travel there in short times, because it stays only 13 kilometres away from eastern Chiang Mai downtown.
The shops around there are mostly in industrial style The entrepreneurs produce and sell their own merchandises. You can even watch the production procedures in some shops, including Thai silk shops, which you will see how the fabric are weaved and how the silk worms are raised.
Moreoever, there are leather product shops, wood sculpture shops, silverware shops, pottery shops and many home-decoration shops. Also, there are some factories around the road, which you can go in and tour for free.
Here are some famous shops around Chiang Mai-Sankhampaeng Road.
Thai Silk Village
The leading Thai silk entrepreneur and exporter. Go see their marvellous products and manufacture for yourself.
Chinnawatra Thai Silk
One of well-known Thai silk shops. You can learn most everything you want to know about Thai silk manufacture.
Jolie Femme
If you’re in love with the charming of Thai silks, don’t miss this shop! You can even watch the manufacture of these silks, from raising the silk warms to finishing the products.
P’ Collection
The P.Collection factory specializes in manufacturing and exporting Sterling Silver products and gold and silver jewelry. This pristine production house is chicly designed with glass-encased treats at every turn.
Louis Silverware
This is an old shop, but also a good one. Most Chiang Mai people know it. It is well-known for selling valuable and sparkling silverware.
Gems Gallery
Gems Gallery – the world’s biggest jewellery and gems centre. Gems Gallery offers you a memorable shopping experience that is definitely worth the visit.
Siam Gifts House of Jade
If you’re looking for jade stone for your wedding or special occassion, then you must go to this shop.
Bronze House
They sells and export their brassworks to both domestic and foreign areas.
CPT the leatherwork shop
This is a shop decorated in contemporary style. This means, it looks both modern and tradition. The bags looks quite classic with european style. Go on in and choose one for yourself.
SK Leather Craft
A high-quality leatherwork shop, which manufacture, sell and export their products.
Chiang Mai Sudaluck
This is a furniture-manufacturing factory. Their products include wooden sculptures from tiny size to giant size.
Thai Art
This is a shop decorated in contemporary style. This means, it looks both modern and tradition. The bags looks quite classic with european style. Go on in and choose one for yourself.
Theppasit Honey
Theppasit is a major bee farm company of Thailand. The business include bee farming, production, promoting the research and use of bee products.
Siam Celadon
Siam Celadon is a highfired stoneware which embodies a traditional wood – ash glaze formula discovered in China more than 20 centuries ago.
Don’t worry. Even all merchandises are made by entrepreneurs’ intelligence, but the prices are not too expensive. Instead, they’re mostly affordable. They’re sold in factory prices. Therefore you can purchase quite lots of them for yourself or even as souvenirs for your friends and family.
How to get there
In order to get to Chiang Mai-Sankhampaeng Road, it’s not difficult at all. You just start from eastern Chiang Mai downtown and follow the No.1006 Road (or Chiang Mai-Sankhampaeng Road). After passing Nhong Prateep Intersection, you will start to see the shops. Find a parking lot, park your car. go down and buy something nice.
Nearby Places
After tearing up your wallets with all fabulous products from the shops, you may continue your trip by going to these tourist attractions in Sankhampaeng too.
The most popular handicrafts sold there, including paper umbrellas.
Don’t miss your adventure in this enourmous stalactite cave. It is the storage of Buddha’s relics.
How about dipping your body into the nice hot water and boiling delicious eggs in the natural hot springs?
Ban Mae Kampong is locally famous as a centre for the production of pickled tea leaves. A handful of beautiful wooden cottages built on a beautiful site next to a small river provide several coffee shops on the main road as well as at a popular viewpoint in this area.
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