Phuket Travel Guide and Blog
Where to find Phuket night markets? [toc] Night markets in Phuket are always fun; from the new Chillva Market to the giant Naka Weekend Market or the Sunday Walking Market in Phuket Town, almost everyone loves to browse the incredible array of local food and snacks, and the many things you don't really need but are fun to take back home. Night markets in Phuket are intense, colourful, surprising, fascinating,
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A shopping and dining plaza on Karon Beach Road [toc] Karon Plaza, also known as Karon Bazaar, is a popular bazaar located on Beach Road in Karon Beach. It is a bustling shopping centre that offers a wide range of goods and foods to tourists. The plaza is situated in a prime location, just a few minutes walk from the beach, not far from the Karon Circle, and is easily
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Where to Shop and What to Buy in Phuket Town [toc] Phuket Town has an immense choice of shopping opportunities, and you will find here a lot more than you would find in any beach resorts. From the vibrant night markets and weekend markets that come alive after the sun sets, to the bustling fresh markets where locals sell fresh produce and handmade crafts, you'll find an impressive range of
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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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What to buy at Chatuchak Market? [toc] Chatuchak Market, one of Bangkok's landmarks, is on almost every tourist list of Must-Do in Bangkok. Chatuchak is probably one of the largest markets in the world, a supposedly organised maze covering 27 acres and containing around 15,000 shops. It is simply humongous, monumental, and enormous, but it's fun. On your first visit, you probably will have no idea what you are about
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A Luxury Mall in Ploenchit [toc] Central Embassy Bangkok is an immense and beautifully designed luxury shopping mall built in the Ploenchit neighbourhood at the intersection of Ploenchit Road and Wireless Road (Witthayu Road). Central Embassy is also home to the 5-star Park Hyatt Bangkok Hotel and the last shopping mall on what is often called the 'Bangkok Shopping Mile'. The main attraction in recent years is the vast amount
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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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What to Do at Siam Paragon? [toc] Siam Paragon is the mother of all malls in Bangkok, and despite the growing competition, it remains one of the best malls in Bangkok. The shopping mall concentration in the Siam area is so massive that the Rama 1 road stretching from MBK to The Emquartier is nicknamed the shopping mile, with an estimated 4,500 shops and 495,000 square meters of shopping surface.
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A budget mall in the heart of Bangkok [toc] MBK Shopping Center is an iconic budget shopping mall standing in the heart of Bangkok since 1985, best known for its bazaar product and tons of knockoff goods. The location at the top of the 'shopping mile' in the Siam district makes it very convenient to access, and with more than 2,000 shops and stalls, the size is enormous. While its
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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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The EmQuartier Bangkok [toc] EmQuartier is an enormous and trendy shopping mall in a strategic part of the busy Sukhumvit Road. EmQuartier is a massive extension of the existing Emporium shopping mall built in 1997 and run by the same company responsible for the famous Siam Paragon Bangkok. The management had 15 years to study the market in this part of Sukhumvit and knew there was enough potential demand for
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Where are Phuket shopping malls? [toc] Phuket shopping malls keep emerging here and there, reminding us how much the island has changed in the past two decades. They might not please travellers who used to come last century, but they are an excellent way to escape the heat or the unavoidable rainy days. In recent years shopping malls in Phuket started to evolve and adapt to a fast-changing market and
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A new shopping mall in Thalang [toc] Robinson Lifestyle Thalang is the latest shopping mall in Phuket, located just next to the famous Heroine's Monument; most travellers will drive by when coming from Phuket International Airport. The mall is a two-storey building covering an immense surface and features all the classic brands you will find in all Thai shopping malls. The experience is without surprise, but the mall is probably
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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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A shopping mall on the Bangkok riverside [toc] ICONSIAM is Bangkok's latest, largest, and most luxurious shopping mall. How many times did you read this sentence in Bangkok? When you thought there was enough mall and the latest would be the last for at least another decade, a bigger one would open. At least, ICONSIAM is not on the ‘shopping miles’ that stretched from Siam to Sukhumvit but filled a
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What to do at Naka Weekend Market? [toc] Phuket Naka Weekend Market (previously called Chaofa Variety Weekend Market) is an immense night bazaar near Central Festival on the outskirt of Phuket Town, driving south. Occasionally it's even called 'Phuket Chatuchak' by reference to the giant Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, and Thais call it 'Talad Tairod’, which means 'Car Boot Sale'. The Naka Weekend Market is big, crowded, hot, fun
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Bangkok Night Market [toc] Rod Fai Night Market Bangkok is a young, fun place to explore from the end of the day until late at night. Like most of these eclectic flea markets, you probably won’t come to buy anything, but somehow you hope something will strike you. It’s quite a large market in Bangkok, but Chatuchak can be covered in less than two hours, unlike the colossal. As it
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What to buy in Phuket for your friends? [toc] What souvenirs should you buy in Phuket for your friends? Something that doesn't cost a fortune doesn't take much space in a suitcase, and, most of all: is something typical of Thailand. Phuket is genuinely heaven for shopping. From street shopping and night markets to international shopping malls and department stores, the range of souvenirs you can buy in Phuket will,
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Where to go shopping in Phuket? [toc] Phuket shopping plays a good part in a great holiday. It’s often more about entertainment and fun than real necessity, and you usually don't even buy anything. Phuket has a lot to offer everyone, and shopping in Phuket is often associated with food. You will mostly notice this in any night markets and shopping malls. It’s also a great way to escape the
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