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Friday, February 13, 2015

10 Best Bangkok Shopping Malls 2015 Download our free travel guide Send Us Your Feedback

  • Another megamall with a well-rounded collection of shops and entertainment outlets catering to the modern lifestyle, CentralWorld’s youthful dynamic feels welcoming. Its main focus is on trendy fashion brands such as Timberland, Zara, MNG and Izzue. Other highlights include a 15-screen SF World Cinema, an open ice-skating rink, Toys ‘R’ Us and more than 100 restaurants and cafés. Read More...

    This glass-and-steel über-luxury megamall is where all the Bangkok’s hi-so and well-heeled folks spend their leisure hours. Find everything from high street fashion to high-tech gadgets, home décor and exotic sports cars. Other highlights include the 16-screen Paragon Cineplex, Kinokuniya bookstore, gourmet cafés and restaurants and Siam Ocean World aquarium. Read More...

    Well known among tourists as a haven for all things affordable, MBK is like an indoor Chatuchak market, with some 2,000 shops occupying seven floors of retail spaces. Its main selling point is the price and diversity of its collection of products, particularly mobile phones, photo equipment, video games, luggage, street wear and gold ornaments. A large food court and SF Cinema City complete the lifestyle experience. Read More...

    Terminal 21 Shopping Mall Bangkok

    Terminal 21 brings the dream of traveling the world to downtown Bangkok, with its cutting-edge concept that places several world-famous cities under one roof. Find yourself wandering around a maze of shops in Tokyo City, sauntering down London’s Carnaby Street, bagging a bargain in an Istanbul zouk, or shopping for something to fill your growling stomach at the Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Read More...

    Central Embassy Shopping Mall

    Central Embassy is Bangkok’s first ever ultra-luxury lifestyle mall, boasting an impressive collection of high-end designer stores, fine-dining restaurants, swanky cinema screens, and an extravagant six-star hotel. Built on the grounds of the former British Embassy – hence the name – this 18 billion baht mega-mall projects the capital’s status even further as one of the world’s leading shopping destinations. Read More...

    Central Chidlom Bnagkok

    This good-sized mall offers a pleasant shopping experience. Its simple layout is easy to figure out, so you won’t find yourself wandering in all directions just to find what you need. Highlights include the cosmetics department, outsized clothing for towering Westerners, women’s fashion, men’s accessories and the trendy food court concept called Food Loft. Read More...

    Siam Center

    Siam Center’s re-launch in January 2013 brought a different kind of shopping experience to Siam: over 200 international and Thai brands including the boutiques of some brilliant promising local designers as well as renowned Thai couturiers. On top of that, the slick renovations have taken their fresh ideology out of the stores and into the corridors, with a quirky mash-up of nature and technology. Read More...

    The Emporium is like a glossy magazine come to life. In a way, it resembles Siam Paragon, but is much smaller in scale. The first two floors are devoted solely to fashion, and the rest to the latest lifestyle trends, including IT gadgets, sports fashion, home décor, food and entertainment. Highlights include the Gourmet Market, SFX Cinema and TCDC, a library and exhibition galleries dedicated to creativity and design. Read More...

    A specialised mega mall for clothing and fashion accessories, Platinum takes the flea market concept indoors, in air-conditioned comfort. It is widely popular among office workers and university students looking for casual wear to the latest trends in women’s fashion. The best part is the wholesale price, if you buy in combinations, that is. Read More...

    The mother of all IT malls, the entirety of Pantip Plaza is dedicated to computers, IT gadgets and cameras. Some of the camera shops carry hard-to-find lenses and accessories. Pantip’s main draw is the price and diversity of products available, although the quality is sometimes questionable, particularly with software and computer parts. The best advice is to bring an expert friend or educate yourself on the products before you go. Read More...

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    Pratunam Market in Bangkok Download our free travel guide Send Us Your Feedback

  • More than a shopping experience, the market offers an immersion in the local way of life – vendors working their sewing machines, packing and unpacking orders, carting trolleys up and down the narrow aisles, and shouting gossip at each other for lack of a better thing to do. It offers a stark glimpse into what shopping used to be like before air-conditioned malls.

    Shops and vendor stalls at Pratunam Market display all kinds of clothes, from shorts, T-shirts, formal evening dresses, suits, winter jackets to bizarre outfits and costumes. The section closer to Petchaburi Road has a large concentration of fancy dress and embroidered costumes (think sequins, feathers and beads).

    Deeper in, closer to Baiyoke Tower I, the collection becomes less fancy but more suitable for everyday wear. Modern fashion, such as jeans, bikinis, funny T-shirts and safari pants are found in the aisles just opposite the entrance of Baiyoke Suite Hotel.

    Across from Pratunam Market, Baiyoke Tower I offers five floors of similar clothing and a good handful of shops selling accessories such as leather totes, belts, faux jewelry, women’s shoes and baseball caps. The building is air-conditioned, thus making it a nice escape from the midday heat.

    Good to know about Pratunam Market

    Pratunam Market – and wholesalers who come to get their supplies – targets lower- to lower-middle income buyers, and as with other outdoor markets in Bangkok, price reflects quality. Shops offer wholesale prices when you buy three pieces or more, although buying single pieces won’t cost you that much more. On top of that, bargaining is acceptable, though you barely need to – items are already very cheap.

    Some rules of thumb: No exchange, no trying on and no refund. When you see brand-name items, expect, at best, copies.

    The market itself is open 24 hours, but the dynamic is different throughout the day. Retail shops open at about 10:00 until 21:00, but again this may vary. For visitors and shoppers, the best time to go is between 11:00 and 20:00.

    Open: 24 hours (retail shops open from 10:00 - 21:00)
    Location: Intersection of Ratchaprop and Petchburi roads to Ratchaprarop Soi 3

    Pratunam Market

    • Opening Hours: 24 hours (retail shops open from 10:00 - 21:00)
    • Location: Intersection of Ratchaprop and Petchburi roads to Ratchaprarop Soi 3
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