Pracharat Floating Market, Surat Thani Province💖

The Pracharat Floating Market is located at Wat Bang Bai Mai, Tambon Bang Bai Mai, which is not far from Surat Thani town. The Pracharat Floating Market was first opened on October 30, 2016. It opens every Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Pracharat Floating Market is a community market in the middle of a coconut and palm tree garden. The community members have joined forces to establish the market to sell local products, especially sweet and savory food and local snacks. Tourists can sit and eat while enjoying the atmosphere along the Bang Bai Mai Canal or Khlong Roi Sai as the community members call it. Experience the warm smiles and friendly welcomes of the locals, along with a highlight activity of taking a boat ride through the canal and passing through the unique nipa palm tunnel. 📍📌

The Pracharat Floating Market is a market that gathers a variety of local products and foods, such as Khanom Thuai, made from fresh coconut milk and coconut sugar, Khao Lam Baked in a Jar, fragrant in a coconut shell, young coconut Babin, with a fragrant aroma throughout the market, with large pieces of coconut meat, fresh Thong Muan, soft and chewy, with large pieces of coconut meat, perfectly sweet and creamy, and many more savory and sweet foods that everyone must try if they travel to Surat Thani province. And no matter where you walk in the market, you will smell the aroma of various foods in every direction, inviting you to stop and buy and eat until you are full. 🫶🏻💖

In addition to the variety of food, the Pracharat Floating Market also gathers many activities to accommodate tourists, such as shadow puppetry, Manora dancing, painting, and boating through the mangrove tunnel, which is the highlight of the Pracharat Floating Market. Because most tourists are interested in taking a boat to enjoy the atmosphere, see the mangrove tunnel and the wisdom of the locals around the Pracharat Floating Market. The boat ride costs 20 baht per person or you can charter a boat for 100 baht. The boats used are rowboats rowed by locals who tell stories or introduce various things to tourists.

Post by MEENPIYA | Apr 19, 2023