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Chang Chui Plane Market

Post Views: 12,620 A creative night market near Bangkok Chang Chui is an unusual and creative weekend and night market located in Thonburi, mostly promoting… Read More »Chang Chui Plane Market

Velaa Sindhorn Village is a trendy and luxurious community village on Langsuan Road in Bangkok. Velaa is one of the luxury community malls built in this part of Bangkok, just next to the well-known Lumpini Park.

Poppy’s Macrame Handmade in Phuket

Post Views: 4,912 Fashion macrame by Poppy in Phuket Discover and order a growing collection of beautifully handmade macrame created with passion by Poppy in… Read More »Poppy’s Macrame Handmade in Phuket

Central World Shopping Mall in Bangkok

Central World is now the third-largest mall in Bangkok after Siam Paragon and the new Icon Siam. It is a shopper’s and dining paradise with a strategic location, probably with a broader price range than the two other shopping malls in Bangkok.

ICONSIAM

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.

EmQuartier Bangkok Shopping Mall

EmQuartier is an enormous and trendy shopping mall in a strategic part of the busy Sukhumvit Road, 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.

Siam Paragon Shopping Mall

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.

Terminal 21 Bangkok

Terminal 21 Bangkok on Sukhumvit is 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

Porto de Phuket

Porto de Phuket is an open-air community mall near Bangtao Beach in the Cherngtalay district, just next to the very popular Boat Avenue. It’s of the same brand as Central Phuket and Central Patong.

Siam Square in Bangkok

Siam Square has changed a lot over the years and has become one of Bangkok’s most vibrant shopping and lifestyle areas.

Shopping in Phuket

Shopping in Phuket 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.

MBK Center

MBK Center is an iconic budget shopping mall standing in the heart of Bangkok since 1985, best known for its bazaar product and tons of knock off goods. The location at the top of the ‘shopping mile’ in Siam district makes it very convenient to access and with more than 2,000 shops and stalls, the size is simply enormous

Chatuchak Market Bangkok

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,

The Oasis Thalang

The Oasis Thalang (formerly ChimJae Walking Street and Vanich Walking Street) is a new 150-metre-long narrow passage that connects Thalang Road to Dibuk Road in the old Phuket Town. This fun local market is covered and has air-con, making it a convenient place to explore when it gets a little too hot or when it starts raining in Phuket.

Boat Avenue Phuket

Boat Avenue Phuket is a relatively new shopping and dining neighbourhood with growing popularity at the entrance of the Laguna Complex in Bang Tao, Cherngtalay.

Central Patong Shopping Mall

Central Patong is a modern shopping mall located in the heart of Patong Beach, just next to the famous Bangla Road. The mall offers a range of international and local brands, with a focus on shopping and dining rather than entertainment.

13 Best Shopping Malls in Phuket

Phuket shopping malls keep emerging here and there, reminding us how much the island has changed in the past two decades.

Central Phuket Floresta

Central Phuket Floresta sounds like another mall on the island but is just a massive extension of the original Central Festival and the two wings combined cover an immense surface, on 3 and 4 levels.

Index Living Mall Phuket

Index Living Mall is large furniture and home improvement shopping mall on the outskirt of Phuket Town, just next to the Bangkok Phuket Hospital is and, where many fancy shopping malls are, such as Central Festival. This shop addresses the mid-range market by offering a wide range of furniture at affordable prices.

What to Buy in Phuket? 13 Best Souvenirs to Buy in Phuket

What souvenirs should you buy when in Phuket to bring back home 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.

Villa Market Phuket ▷ Ordering Online and Supermarkets

Villa Market is a brand well-known for its impressive range of high-quality products and imported goods.

OTOP Market Phuket

Initially designed as a local market, OTOP Market Phuket was created to promote the handicrafts and original products of each province of Thailand. Long ago, it became a night spot with those round bamboo bars that used to be so famous on Bangla Road twenty years ago.

10 Silly Things People Buy in Phuket They Probably Didn’t Need to Buy

A holiday is always a lot of fun, and shopping is part of it. People often become someone else when travelling overseas, and while they may be very careful about spending when shopping at home, they seem to forget everything and fall for the silliest items.

10 Small Things to Buy in Phuket That Shows You Know Thailand

Phuket is full of shops selling tourist stuff, and chances are you bought yourself a Muay Thai shirt, a wooden frog and a pointy hat from Chiang Mai (In Phuket!). Good for you… Those are fun, but they are tourist stuff, and anyone who knows Thailand will know you are a first-timer!

Expo Phuket Bazaar

Expo Phuket is a very little-known covered bazaar found in Phuket Town, next to the newly renovated Novotel Phokeethra hotel. Expo Phuket is surprisingly vast and modern as it was also renovated recently.

Premium Outlet Phuket

ium Outlet Phuket has been open for more than ten years, but despite a very strategic location at the intersection of the busy By-Pass road and Thepkasattri Road (you probably will drive by when coming from the airport), it never really took off.

Malin Plaza Patong

Malin Plaza Patong is a trendy night market at the southern end of Patong Beach, and it succeeded because it kept in mind that food is the magnet that makes people come in the first place.

Chillva Market Phuket

Chillva Market is one of the most popular night markets in Phuket, easy to spot with its colourful shipping containers and lively, youthful crowd. The market is full of local food stalls, small bars, handmade crafts, and trendy fashion shops.

Lor Rong Market – Phuket Specialties

Had enough tourist food and want to try real Phuket specialities? When visiting Phuket Town, if you have a bit of time and are curious about Phuket’s real local food, you have to stop by Lor Rong Market.

Super Cheap Market Phuket

Super Cheap is quite amazing: you could organize a giant treasure hunt in it. We were writing a ‘Phuket Price Check’ story, trying to find 10 simple items we had written down on my list, but gave up halfway when we suddenly realized there was no way we could spot half of them.

Central Festival Phuket

Central Phuket is one of the biggest malls on the island, split into two massive wings on either side of a wide road: Festival and Floresta. If you’re just exploring, it can feel like two different malls, but it’s actually one big complex.

Banzaan Market in Patong Beach

Banzaan Market in Patong Beach is an excellent experience during your holiday. It’s easier to access than most local markets since it is just behind the gigantic Jungceylon Shopping Mall.

Naka Weekend Market

Phuket Naka Weekend Market (previously called Chaofa Variety Weekend Market) stands as one of Phuket’s largest night bazaars near Central Festival on the outskirts of Phuket Town. Locals call it ‘Talad Tairod’, meaning ‘Car Boot Sale’, while some refer to it as ‘Phuket Chatuchak’ after Bangkok’s famous weekend market.