Bangkok Shopping Guide

Bangkok shopping Guides will provide you with the bargaining tips at the weekend market, from antique local products to the branded designer wears and the most famous shopping malls in different areas. As well as, introduce you with some of the most famous products and souvenirs for tourist such as tailor made suit, apparel, jewelry, eye glasses, silk product, antique, furniture, home decorative item, and leather product.

Shopping is undoubtedly one of Bangkok's major attractions. You can find bustling open-air food markets and colorful noisy night markets, little shops and street stalls selling different inexpensive items.

Whether you're looking for branded or locally made items, the Thai capital has it all. The international designers have turned Bangkok's prominent shopping plazas into their new fashion runway. At the same time, local designers proudly proclaim their own exclusive designs at the same stores.

Bangkok has become a destination for shopping. Reliable and reasonably priced goods are the major attraction for Bangkok visitors. Shopping malls have fixed price items where as in most of the local market you have to bargain for the price and come into negotiation, a fun to practice. Some shopping markets and malls are wholesale market so the visitor can compare the price and the quality. Let's get started...

Bangkok Shopping : market

As you know Bangkok is a shopping paradise, therefore almost every area in town has shopping markets, which consist of wholesale and retail market. JJ market, China town, India market, Pratoonam market, Sampeng and Boabea market are the wholesale markets.

Retail markets are all over Bangkok including permanent market, shopping street, and flea market which is widespread in almost every comer of Bangkok. Suanlum Night Bazaar, Silom street, Koasan road are the examples of a good market.

Bangkok shopping street : Flower market or Pak Klong Talad

Flower market or Pak Klong Talad is opened for 24 hours by many vendors. It is a hub of flower, vegetable, and fruit trade for Bangkok people. Streets are full with flower venders who will be busy making garland and beautiful set of flowers.

High light : a lot of beautiful flowers
Famous product : tropical fruits, flower and vegetable and orchid

Bangkok shopping market : JJ market (Weekend Market)

This is paradise for bargain hunters. Every Saturday and Sunday, 9,000 individual booths are open selling an infinite variety of goods.

Most vendors actually come from local factories, like antique wood carving, clay handicrafts, local souvenirs from every parts of Thailand, Buddhist amulets, wooden furniture, hand made decorated flowers and plants, ceramic wares and dolls, Thai Benjarong: ceramic wares, Chinese wares, garden decorated plants and stones, trendy fashions, silk, hill-tribe outfits, fluffy dogs, colorful fishes, birds and more miscellaneous.

High light : art and some street performances
Famous product wood furniture, silk product, puppy, silver jewelry and home decoration
Note : Open weekend only

Bangkok shoppong street : Chinatown

Yaowarat or Chinatown, is an ancient area which was built in 1782. No place can represent Chinese culture as well as Yaowarat. This area is full of great Chinese foods as dimsum, shark fin soup, bird net soup, moon cake and more. There are over 132 gold jewelry shops selling 24 Karat gold jewelry. Also, the Old Chinese market and Chinese temple are worth to explore. Yoawarat is the fantastic place to visit both day time and night time. If traveling at night, most of the shops will be closed and only food vendors will be on Yaowarat road.

High light : Chinese culture and Chinese and sea food
Famous product : 24 karat golden jewelry
Note : Open daily ; golden shop open from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Bangkok shopping market : Pratoonam market (Watergate market)

Pratunam is one of the older shopping areas in Bangkok that has a highly-deserved reputation among bargain shoppers.

Passing through the area, you will see many shops on the main road. But the real activity is in the market hidden behind the stalls and shops. Here you’ll find a huge variety of low cost clothes, fashion accessories, shoes, watches, electronic gadgets and all sorts of souvenirs. It is usually very congested as there are many eager shoppers looking for their bargains. Pratunam is located on the side of Thailand's tallest building, the Baiyok Tower. This is the major wholesale center for the garment trade. It is very popular with minor and major international traders, particularly those from Africa. There is even an African restaurant nearby.

High light : close to many shopping malls
Famous product : Low cost apparel
Note : open daily from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Bangkok shopping mall : Pantip Plaza

Close to Pratoonam Market a shopping mall Pantip plaza is located. It is a must visit place for tech savvy. It is a center of computer hardware, software and all the latest technology products. You can buy DVD movies, music and even second hand products.

High light : all technology products which be updated
Famous product : DVD movie, computer accessory
Note : open daily from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

Boa Bea market is similar type of market like Pratoonam market. Mainly products are apparels in a wholesale price and big lots of low cost clothes, fashion accessories, and shoes.

Highlight : Low cost t-shirt
Famous product : Low cost apparel
Note : Open daily from 6.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

Bangkok shopping market : Suan Lum Night Bazaar

A fun place to shop and dine The Suan Lum Night Bazaar is a great place for an inexpensive night out that offers fabulous shopping, and a superb choice of food and drink. The shopping area with a good lay out and neat streets lined on both sides. Suan Lum has shops selling clothes, handicrafts, souvenirs, and a myriad of other items. You'll be pleasantly surprised at what you might find here. Spread throughout the complex, are many restaurants and bars serving Thai, Chinese, Indian, Japanese and German cuisines.

High light : open air market ; organize, nice and clean market
Famous product : home decorative item
Note : Open daily from 3.00 p.m. to 12.00 a.m.(night)

Bangkok shopping street : Silom night market

Located on business district the place is converted as night market setting up the stalls and shops every night. This market offers various kinds of activities from shopping street vendors, night clubs, pubs and show girl and boy. Patpong has everything from watches, pirated DVD movies and garments. The goods which look branded are fake though you wouldn't know the difference. Patpong runs till late and the best deals will be early on as a first customer or in the wee hours just before closing time when stall owners will be happy to get a last-minute sale clinched at a better rate. Patpong Night Market enable you to mix the shopping experience with some place to dine, drink and even a place for a famous shows or listening to the music.

High light : observe a busy life in red light district patpong
Famous product : DVD movie
Note : Open daily from 7.00 p.m. to 2.00 a.m.

Bangkok shopping street : Koa san Road

It is the backpackers street! It is like a huge departmental store. You can find your basic necessities to exotic extravagance all here. Stores and boutiques for budget-conscious shoppers are plentiful. Along this road there are guest-houses, budget hotels, restaurants and pubs with friendly atmosphere. Lots of shops and food stalls are all over the place. It is the place with many Travel Agencies.

High light : night club and strange goods
Famous : hand made goods and painted t-shirts
Note : Open daily from 6.00 p.m. to 1.00 a.m.

Bangkok Shopping : Shopping malls

Central, Robinson, The Malls, Future Park, Big C, Tesco Lotus, Carrefour are the major shopping malls in Bangkok. Departmental store sections sell branded fixed price products while the other sections have small unique shops with variety of goods. The branch of some of the malls is all over Bangkok. However, the most famous like MBK, Siam center, Siam Paragon, Siam discovery and the Emporium are located in Siam and Sukhumvit area which are the central part of Bangkok.

Bangkok shopping mall : MBK

MBK Center, one of the biggest malls in Asia was opened in 1985. This enormous 8-storey marble mall has over 2,000 stores and over 150 eating establishments. You'll find a variety of negotiable products including clothes, cosmetics, leathered items, jewelry, electronics, etc. a large cinema theatre and a 4-storey department store (Tokyu). Some of the nicest items for home decoration area such as cushion covers, backrests, tablecloths and sumptuous bedspreads are some of the major attraction of this place.

Bangkok shopping mall : Siam square

Siam Square is a very popular shopping area among Thai and foreign visitors. The area is centrally located and surrounded by hotels, shopping complexes and movie theatres. It connects to other important shopping centers. The central area of Siam Square is an open area named Center Point, which normally hosts activities or special events every weekend. Aside from chain stores there is a myriad of shops and boutiques, selling local designer-label apparel and jewelries, shoes, handbags and accessories. It is a fashion center for Thai teenagers.

Bangkok shopping mall :Siam center

The Trendiest Fashion and Entertainment Center located next to Siam discovery center offers more then 200 famous local and international brand names for those with discerning taste. Trendy Fashion Shopping Center. Siam Center maintains its reputation for the high quality of local and imported merchandise. The latest renovation features a concept of "Magical Glass Box" and gives the four-story mall a new food court and a market position as a "fashion center" for teenagers.

Bangkok shopping mall :Siam discovery

Located next to Siam Center, Siam discovery is the first exclusive lifestyle center of Bangkok, offering the latest and vast varieties with over 200 shops of gift, souvenirs, audios, home decorations, trendy sports accessories, children products and international restaurants with the most exclusive Cineplex in town. Siam Discovery Center, the six-story shopping center, is positioned as slightly more mature market than Siam Center. Its latest theme is "One Floor, One Concept", which groups similar stores on one floor offering the latest and wide range of products and variety of services to create a unique shopping sensation full of excitement and discovery.

New Bangkok shopping mall :Siam Paragon

This world class recently opened shopping mall is located next to Siam center. The Paragon Department Store comprises 50,000 square meters. Another 40,000 square meters are occupied by retail shops selling luxury branded apparel, jewelries, electronics, musical instruments, audio equipment, sporting goods and automobiles.Siam Ocean World, the biggest aquarium in southeast Asia is here. Built as one of Asia's largest high-end shopping centers it is often called "The Pride of Bangkok".

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