Chiang Mai is a very good place for shopping. Umbrellas made of sa paper, hilltribe crafts ,fabrics of countless types, delicate ceramics, replicated and genuine antiques, dazzling jewelry and gems, silverware of all sorts, lacquerware with intricate designs, rattan and wickerwork, and woodcarvings ranging from pictures to furniture are only a part of the long list of crafts and arts that help to make Chiang Mai special.
Cottons & Silks first-class Chiang Mai cottons and silks are of a very high quality. Cottons and silkshave innumerable fashion and furnishing applications.
Furniture/Woodcarving Chiang Mai is a major centre of furniture making. Major woods and materials include teak, rosewood and rattan. Woodcarving is a traditional northern Thai art featured in numerous temples.
Shops
Bor Sang Village
Bor Sang Village is located at Highway 1006. This road serves as the location to the largest amount and the most popular of handicraft factories . and shops in Chiang Mai.
It begins at the Chiang Mai - Sankampaeng intersection and continues to the Sankampaeng district at k.m. 13. It is lined on both sides with workshops producing the painted paper umbrellas Bor Sang is famous for, along with silk weavers, silverware studios, lacquerware shops and woodcarvers — you can usually watch the craftspeople at work and buy direct.
Night Bazaar
The Night Bazaar on Chang Klang Road is the city's most famous shopping location and is a must for all visitors. It is a lively area with department stores, shops and stall vendors.
It begins to come to life in the early evening and buzzes till midnight, but a few shops are open all day. Expect hill-tribe textiles, knock-off watches, silver jewellery, T-shirts, paintings and food stalls in roughly equal measure — and expect to bargain hard.