Chatuchak Weekend Market, known to many in Bangkok as JJ or Jatujak, is the city's great weekend shopping outing, and the Tourism Authority of Thailand counts it among Asia's largest and most diverse open-air markets. It fills a site on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road in the Chatuchak district of north Bangkok, well away from the old city and the riverside hotels, and the full market trades on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Plant traders come in on Wednesdays and Thursdays, wholesale trading runs on Friday nights, and the market is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Entry is free, and MRT Kamphaeng Phet, Exit 2, brings you out at the market.

It suits shoppers with a free Saturday or Sunday, anyone hunting for gifts and keepsakes to take home, and visitors who like to browse and bargain rather than follow a plan. Because it is a weekend market, it is worth fixing a day for it early in a trip.