The Amphawa Floating Market which is said to be one of largest in Thailand is located along a section of the Amphawa canal near Wat Amphawan Chetiyaram in Samut Songkhram which itself is quite a small town
The Amphawa market has been at this location since at least 1766 during the reign of King Prasat Thong when this area flourished as an agricultural community.
Today, when you arrive here little seems to have changed as this floating market maintains much of its original old world charm. So much so that back in 2008, the Amphawa community was awarded the UNESCO Asia Pacific Honorable Mention Award for Culture Heritage Conservation.