Bangtao and Cherngtalay Markets
Craving for cheap local food? There's a daily night market, from 4pm to 9pm, that happens at three different locations during the week: Tesco Lotus (this is the biggest of the lot) on Mondays and Thursdays; Cherngtalay Police Station on Wednesdays and Sundays; and Bangtao Road on Tuesdays and Fridays.
At the markets, pick at a wide range of Thai snacks. You have the weird – fried crickets and grasshoppers – to the more familiar, like sausages, quail eggs, dried squid and banana fritters. And of course, there are all your usual souvenirs, bags, sandals and clothes.