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Nova
For contemporary jewellery. This place does fantastic rings, pendants and earrings using silver, some gold and precious stones. Pieces can be custom made, or you can learn to do it yourself at their jewellery workshops.
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Saturday Walking Street
The new Saturday Walking Street happens in the south of the city on Th Wualai. There are similar stalls to the Sunday Walking Street but the point of interest here is the historic silver shops. Thai Khün silversmiths from Kengtung in Myanmar's Shan State migrated to Chiang Mai a century or two ago and established several silverwork shops in this street. The descendents of those silversmiths have shops and stalls here still. There is also a beautiful textile museum further down the street.
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Siam Celadon
In a lovely teak building, this established Celadon company sells their ceramics here plus silk home accessories. There is a pretty garden café out back.
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Sipsong Panna
This upmarket shop is the place for jewellery collected in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and southwestern China. The chunky hill-tribe jewellery is very nice.
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Sri Sanpanmai
Sells good ready-made clothing made from northern Thai textiles.
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Srithong Thoprasert
The area of Ban Wan, about 15km (9mi) south of Chiang Mai, is worth checking out for antique furniture, ceramics and woodcarving. Reproductions of Thai and Burmese antique furniture using salvaged old teak can be good buys. Srithong Thoprasert is one of the better shops in the Ban Wan area.
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Studio Naenna
Operated by Patricia Cheeseman, an expert on Thai-Lao textiles who has written extensively on the subject. You can see the production process, using natural dyes, at the studio (138/8 Soi Chang Khian, Th Huay Kaew).
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Sunday Walking Street
A more chilled out shopping experience than the Night Bazaar, Chiang Mai's Sunday Walking Street has become more and more popular with Thais and tourists alike. Stretching from Tha Pae Gate square and along most of Th Ratchadamnoen, the area is blocked off to traffic from late Sunday afternoon to midnight.
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Talat Thiphanet
Talat Thiphanet is a large municipal market that offers all manner of goods and sees surprisingly few tourists. A great place for a find. If you're after greenery the Chiang Mai Plant Market is just up the road.
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Thai Tribal Crafts
This place is run by two church groups on a nonprofit basis and has a good selection of quality handicrafts.
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Under the Bo
Carries many unique pieces, in the form of furniture, antique bronze and wood figures, old doors, woodcarvings and weaving from Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It isn't cheap, but many of the items are one-of-a-kind. There's another shop out on the road to Hang Dong, about 5km southwest of Th Mahidon.
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Vila Cini
In a couple of beautiful teak houses surrounding a small courtyard garden, Villa Cini sells unique, handmade silks and cotton in an atmospheric setting. You can purchase material by the metre or buy ready-made cushions, wall hangings and other accessories. Antiques are also available.
