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MBK Center
MBK Center
10:00-22:00 daily
444 Phayathai Road, SW corner of Rama I and Phaya Thai (Pathumwan intersection). 217-9111.


Built in 1986, this 7-story high and 300 meters long complex was the biggest shopping center in Bangkok. Nowaday, it's still one of the busiest. You can find almost anything you can imagine here ranging from cheap clothing to the pricey home furniture in the market-style atmosphere in air-conditioned comfort. With newly opened entertainment center on the seventh floor, where you can find 7 movie theaters and 40 lanes bowling alley, makes MBK the one stop destination. New look for the new millenium has been added to both interior and exterior.

Siam Square
Siam Square
10:00-22:00 daily
Rama I between Phaya Thai and Honri Dunant.


This square is the cluster of sois (alleys) jammed with independent shops and stalls selling music, fashions, clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories. The area also has several book-stores stocking leading publications and plenty of restaurants. The plaza converted from parking lot, Center Point, is now the hot spot where the youngsters come to see and to be seen. Along Rama I road, you can find 3 movie theaters in which one named Scala still plays movie in the 1000-seat grand theater style.

Siam Discovery Center

Siam Discovery Center
10:00-21:00 daily
989 Rama I Road, 658-1000-19.

Siam Discovery Center is situated at Pathumwan intersection, one of the busiest shopping and leisure area in Bangkok, next to the Sky Train BTS station and 15+ public bus routes with 2,500 cars parking facility. Located on the 6th and 7th floor of Siam Discovery Center is Grand EGV, the most comfortable, grandiose and up-to-date movie theater in Thailand. Grand EGV also has a 1,600 sq.m. of retail spaces called 'Movie Walk'. The area provides the space for over 50 retail stores under the 'Movie Art Gallery Theme'.


Siam Center

Siam Center
10:00-22:00 daily
Opposite from Siam Square on Rama I Road.

One of the very first shopping center in Bangkok, Siam Center was a place where teenagers came to hang out with friends. Nowaday, it is still a place where the young and young-at-heart go for trendy fashions. Top local fashion designers and brand name labels can be found here.


World Trade Center

World Trade Center
10:00-21:00 daily
4 Ratchadamri Road, 255-9500.

A 330,000 sq.m. shopping mall with 2 prestige department stores, 300 plus retailing stores selling almost everything from designer clothes and expensive jewelry and watches to rare antiques and brand new automobiles. Thailand Duty Free Shop is also located here as well as another Jim Thompson's silk shop. Other facilities include a 1,800 sq.m. world-class ice skating ring and 11 mini movie theaters.


Peninsula Plaza

The Peninsula Plaza
10:00-21:00 daily
153 Ratchadamri Road, 253-9672-3.

This french-style multi-storey building is one of a very first upsacle shopping plaza in Bangkok. Located between Grand Hyatt Erawan and The regent Bangkok, The Peninsula plaza houses imported brand name labels, jewelleries, top local fashion designers and gourmet shops.


Amarin Plaza

Amarin Plaza & Sogo
10:00-21:00 daily
494 Phloen Chit Road, 255-0831.

Once a popular shopping plaza among Thai shoppers and foreigners, Amarin Plaza is a location of the first Mcdonald in Thailand. Radio Shack and Starbucks also have their present here. Sogo Department Store presents its Japanese-inspired goods in modern glitter.


Central Chidlom
Central Chidlom
10:00-21:00 daily
1027 Phloen Chit Road, 655-7777.


The flagship store of Central Department Store, the biggest department store chain in Thailand. Another Jim Thompson's silk shop is also located here.

Gaysorn Plaza
Gaysorn Plaza
10:00-21:00 daily
NE corner of Phloen Chit and Ratchadamri (Ratchaprasong intersection). 656-1149


Gaysorn Plaza is an international level shopping centre located in the heart of Bangkok's shopping and leisure district. Surrounded by over 11 luxury hotels, over 500,000 square metres of office space, and numerous department stores and shopping centres. Open in December 1994, Gaysorn Plaza is a seven floor complex with a total built area of 42,000 square metres - three floors of executive offices on top of four and a half storey retail podium ( 12,500 sq.m.), and two and a half floors of parking for 415 cars.

Narayana Phand Pavilion

Narayana Phand Pavilion
10:00-20:00 daily
127 Ratchadamri Road, 252-4670-9.

Across the street from World Trade Center Bangkok, is the official handicraft center, established 63 years ago, selling items from all parts of the country including Thai silk, ceramics, woodcarving, lacquerware, bronze objects, and Khon masks. It is a joint venture between the royal thai government and the private sector, the combination of which has resulted in high quality and reliable products at most reasonable prices.



Pratunam Market
From 8:00-21:00 daily
NW corner of Phetchburi and Ratchaprarop.

Famous for great bargains in ready-to-wear fashions, jewelry and leather goods, this vast lively and characterful bazaar is jam-packed with stalls and countless peddlers which attract large crowds. Street level purchases and bargainings can often be more fun for visitors who want a bit more local color than what the high-rise shopping centers offer.


Pantip Plaza
Pantip Plaza
10:00-19:00 daily
604/3 Phetchburi Road, 254-9797.


If what you want is a cheap cd packed with a bunch of new software application, you have come to the right place. Known for the thai computer lovers as a place you can buy cheap pirated softwares, Pantip Plaza is also the ultimate source for electronics. Five-story mall with floor after floor of computers and electronic gear. If you can't find any computer product you want here, it probably won't exist.

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