Don Wai Market, 250px Don Wai Market ( th, ตลาดน้ำวัดดอนหวาย, ตลาดน้ำดอนหวาย, lit. "(Wat) Don Wai Water Market", but sometimes translated as "floating market") Is a riverside market in Nakhon Pathom Province,

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. It is located along the

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, behind Wat Don Wai in Bang Krathuek Subdistrict,

Sam Phran District Sam Phran ( th, สามพราน, ) is the southernmost district ('' amphoe'') of Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. History The district was established in 1896, then named Talat Mai District. It was renamed Sam Phran in 1917. The name '' ...

. This market is a community of locals that is a long walk into the inner. The two sides of the way are old wooden

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lined along the riverbank. It is a very busy market especially on weekends. It has many products for sale to visitors many are local produce or fruit obtained from planting in the area. However, the most famous thing at the market is the variety of food. such as

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noodles soup, fried fishcake or

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, beef and pork barbecue, pork

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'', stewed

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in salty soup,

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, Thai sweets, coconut milk ice cream and notable Chinese stewed duck, which has two shops that are both old and famous. Don Wai Market is located near

Wat Rai Khing 250px, Luang Por Wat Rai Khing Wat Rai Khing ( th, วัดไร่ขิง, ; ) is another prominent and notable temple in Nakhon Pathom province in addition to Wat Phra Pathom Chedi, which is the provincial temple. Wat Rai Khing is locate ...

, another famous tourist destination of Nakhon Pathom with a cruise for about 20 minutes. Visitors can cruise between these two locations with a fare of 60

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per person (round trip). Moreover, from here, visitors can also take a cruise to see the way of life of locals on both sides of Tha Chin River (fare is 100 baht each, approx. one hours).

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