Shopping in Thailand is an amazing activity when traveling this country. Shopping in Bangkok is usually divided into two types: luxurious and cheap and in different areas. At shopping centers there are a plenty of stores with posted prices and leisure activities such as movie theaters, restaurants, games… At markets, you can buy a lot of beautiful things with very reasonable price. Indochina tours
- SHOPPING CENTER in Bangkor
Bangkok has hundreds of large and small commercial areas with rich and diverse items suitable with “budget” of all visitors.
Central World
Central World is Bangkok’s largest shopping mall with hundreds of fashion boutiques, cafes, movie theaters, patina and many dining venues. This is also considered as the paradise of fashion brands like Zara, Mango, Izzue and Timberland.
Central World – source: internet
MBK (MahBoonKrong)
If you are looking for a “friendly” shopping address, you definitely cannot miss MBK. Including 8 floors with more than 2,000 retail outlets and dining outlets, movie theater, MBK offers a wide variety of choices. Visitors can find many kinds of items here including: clothes, cosmetics, jewelry, electronics…
EmQuartier
EmQuartier is a luxurious shopping center with more than 400 famous brands. At this point, you can hardly resist attractiveness of products from big brands even though the price here is not cheap at all. In particular, tourists can find many interesting and unique products from Thai designers.
Central Embassy
Central Embassy is one of the expensive shopping centers with many beautiful and luxurious products where customers can find the latest fashion in the world. In addition to shopping, there are plenty of dining options, movie theaters and a 6-star hotel.
Located on Soi Street, Thai Airways Market is an ideal place for you to shop for clothes, bags, shoes and accessories. Visitors can find a lot of export items here but they also have to check all products carefully before buying because there are also many “fake” items. Thailand travel tours
Soi Lalaisap
Situated on Silom Road, this is a paradise for travelers with cheap fashion items. Furthermore, next to Soi Lalaisap market there are many food stores so it is very convenient for people to “recharge energy” after shopping.
Soi Lalaisap Market -source: internet
Pantip Plaza
A paradise for technology lovers, travelers can easily find computer software, electronic devices with latest versions,… of all famous brands. What’s more, there are also many discount promotions here and if tourists are fortunate to visit during this time, they will find many sale-off items. However, a note for shoppers at Pantip Plaza should is they should bargain before deciding to buy anything here, to be sure not to be overcharged.
Pantip Plaza- source: inernet
- SOME SHOPPING TIPS TO REMEMBER IN BANGKOK:
– Bid: This is true for you even when shopping in big shopping malls as well as in flea markets. Depending on where you shop, you can buy items with 25-40% discount from original price.
– Respect salesmen: No matter how high the price is, you should also bargain politely and skillfully to negotiate a price that both sides can agree on.
– Use currency converter on mobile phone to know the exact price of the item you intend to buy.
– Be careful when buying antiques to avoid buying fake goods.
– After shopping you can relax by massage services available right next to the shopping malls.
Considered as a shopping paradise, Bangkok possesses a lot of busy shopping destination for everyone from luxurious shopping center to rustic flea market. All the shopping experience needs to know before traveling to Bangkok.
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