Phuket Travel Guide and Blog
Where to shop in Bangkok? [toc] The amount of shopping malls in Bangkok is staggering! Here we listed the most popular and centrally located, but there are a lot more on the outskirts of Bangkok. Most travellers visiting Bangkok wonder why there are so many of them, but you have to live in Thailand long enough to understand that a mall is not just a shopping place but a full
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Taling Chan Floating Market Bangkok [toc] Taling Chan is a small and modest market just 14 kilometres outside Bangkok. Built on the riverside at the intersection of the river and the railway's bridge, it used to feature more than a dozen boats used as floating kitchens to cook fish, meat skewers and prawns for the guests of their restaurants. In recent years, practicality has overcome tradition, and just a few
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What to do at Asiatique the Riverfront? [toc] Asiatique the Riverfront is a gigantic night market close to the centre of Bangkok. This shopping & entertainment paradise is divided into four distinct zones, and the theme is Bangkok's past as a trading harbour. In the 19th century and under the reign of King Rama V, 'The Port of East Asiatic' was the first pier of Thailand where people could trade
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Terminal 21 on Sukhumvit [toc] Terminal 21 Bangkok on Sukhumvit is like no other shopping mall in the city, a fun place to visit, even if you don't plan to buy anything. It is designed like the departure hall of a vast international airport, with escalators and boarding gates to take you to nine different destinations in no time: the Caribbean, Rome, Paris, Istanbul, Tokyo, London, San Francisco, New York
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Or Tor Kor Fresh Market near Chatuchak [toc] Or Tor Kor Market is a unique fresh market you should visit if you visit the famous Chatuchak Market, which is just across the road. Or Tor Kor is not your everyday local market, and it's not so much about how nice, clean and well-organized the place is but about the high quality of the products sold here. Only the top ingredients
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A creative night market near Bangkok [toc] Chang Chui is an unusual and creative weekend and night market located in Thonburi, mostly promoting local designers. The market is far outside Bangkok and mostly consists of a mix of restaurants, bars, local designer shops and local exhibits. Of course, the main attraction is the immense plane now used as a fancy restaurant called Na-Oh, serving three or 5-course dinner in a
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A trendy community village in Ploenchit [toc] Velaa Sindhorn Village is a trendy and luxurious community village on Langsuan Road in Bangkok. Velaa is part of the set of luxury hotels and condominiums recently built in this part of Bangkok, just next to the well-known Lumpini Park. Ploenchit is becoming increasingly posh, and what was rather the rundown part of this neighbourhood has become the most exclusive part of it.
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Srinakarin Vintage Market [toc] Rod Fai Night Market (Srinakarin Train Market) is an immense playground for teenagers on weekends, Rod Fai market means train market as it used to be on some abandoned train track, taking advantage of old abandoned brick buildings. It’s also important to know that there are two Rod Fai Markets: Srinakarin Train Market (behind Seacon Square) and Ratchada Night market (Behind Esplanade Mall). While they seem
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Central World Shopping Mall Bangkok [toc] Central World is now the third-largest mall in Bangkok after Siam Paragon and the new Icon Siam. It is truly a shopper’s and dining paradise with a strategic location, probably with a broader price range than the two other shopping malls in Bangkok. Central World aims at the mid and upper range of local and international clientele. With an immense esplanade in front of
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