Must-Visit Markets Around the World
Leah’s Travel Story
I am Leah. I have ____ writing a travel blog since I was 18.
I go places and ____ my experiences with my readers.
Must-Visit Markets ____ the World
____ markets is a good way to learn about the culture of a country.
Markets are places where you can meet people, learn history, and taste local ____.
I wonder whether there is any better way to discover another ____.
1 Grand Bazaar, Turkey
Turkey is a country where East meets West, so it ____ a long tradition of trade.
It is a natural place for ____ markets like the Grand Bazaar.
The ____ was built in 1455 in Istanbul.
Back then, the ____ had two big buildings, and people traded goods like cloth and gold there.
Today the Grand Bazaar is ____ bigger, and it is the largest covered market in the world.
It has 64 streets and more than 4,000 shops under ____ roof.
The market attracts ____ 250,000 visitors every day.
You can buy almost any imaginable ____ there.
Extra Tip: Ask shop owners if they carry nazar boncuğu, a traditional Turkish symbol for good ____.
Also, if you want a nice snack, make sure to try ____, a traditional Turkish candy.
2 Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Thailand
In the past, Thai ____ traded goods on rivers.
This was the ____ of floating markets in Thailand.
With better road transportation, many floating ____ disappeared.
Since the late ____, however, some of them have come back and kept the tradition alive.
Today, one of the most popular ____ markets is Damnoen Saduak Floating Market.
It is always crowded with tourists from ____ over the world.
You can buy local foods and traditional gift items directly from ____.
Extra Tip: I wonder if you have ever ____ a meal on water.
If ____, try noodles like pad thai.
The sellers will cook them on their boats and ____ them to you with a long fishing pole.
3 Aalsmeer Flower Market, The Netherlands
The Netherlands ____ "low lands."
As the name suggests, about a third of the ____ sits below sea level.
Thus, the Dutch built up the land, and one effective way to use it was to grow flowers and sell ____.
It is, therefore, no ____ that the country has the largest flower market in the world: the Aalsmeer Flower Market.
The building where the market is housed is bigger ____ 120 soccer fields.
The market is busy with thousands of ____ carts.
They are moved mostly by electric-powered ____.
Every day, ____ 20 million flowers are traded and shipped to all corners of the world.
Extra Tip: You may wonder whether you can buy just a few flowers at the ____.
Sadly, you cannot, but you ____ see how wholesale flower trading works.