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 Traveller's Tales: Shopping suggestions in Thailand
Get the best advice on shopping in Thailand. You may read about shopping malls, souvenir items and best buys in the area. Also, you might want to read our
Bangkok city guide,
Chiang Mai city guide,
Hua Hin city guide,
Koh Samet city guide,
Koh Samui city guide,
Krabi city guide,
Pattaya city guide,
and Phuket city guide.
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| E Johnson |
01 December 2003 |
Stayed at Baiyoke Sky Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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If you buy a Thai axe pillow, (those folded pillow mats with an attached triangle back rest. We got ours on Khao San b/c it was the best deal but perhaps if we had gotten it elsewhere, they would not have contained the rice straw!), make sure you stick your fingers in the holes in the triangle head rest part to check for rice straw. If you're from the US and if it has what feels like straw in it, don't buy it! Our triangle part was confiscated upon entry to the US because we grow rice in the US and the said insects could be on the rice straw in those pillows. They cut the head rest part right off and kept it! Also around grand palace area, don't listen to a word about people telling you its opening later that day. They are working with tuk-tuks or longtail boats to scam you for buying suits at a tailor or for taking an ourtrageously priced boat ride. So if some 'business man' or 'professor' tries to tell you that - just keep walking!
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| M Broach |
30 November 2003 |
Stayed at Lana Thai Villa - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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We loved Chiang Mai. Not to be missed is the unbelievable Night Market -- get a bowl of delicious pad thai in the lower level food court for 30 baht, then shop the upper level antique stalls for some great bargains. The other highlight for us was visiting the Mae Taeng Elephant Camp, feeding and riding elephants, and floating down the river on a bamboo raft. Otherwise, we could barely tear ourselves away from the grounds at the Regent!
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| A Lee |
23 November 2003 |
Stayed at Ambassador Hotel Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
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We had a wonderful time in (central) Thailand. Although we have to pay more for hotels in the November month, it was worth it, as the weather is dry and it's quite cool in the night.
Our 10-day trip included a morning trip to the Damoen Saduak Floating market, then to Kanchanaburi which is about 200Km fr Bangkok. We paid about 500Bht for a day tour in Kanchanaburi which included trip to the Erawan Waterfall and a train ride on the Death Railway. Erawan Waterfall is extremely beautiful, water is turqoise blue, with fishes swimming about, and very safe for swimming. There are many pools for swimming and picnics, so the crowd is pretty well spread out.
The park is also very clean, I think the park rangers are really doing their work!
Beware of little fishes nibbling at your toes while swimming in the pools, it can be very ticklish!
The train ride was good as well, you get to share the coach with local school children (taking the train home after school), going through the death railway as well as local villages and beautiful landscape. The money for the tour was every baht well spent! After Kanchanaburi, we headed to Koh Mak on the Eastern side of Bangkok. The bus ride to the city of Trat took us almost 6hrs, another 3hours of boat ride, and you finally get to Koh Mak.
Koh Mak is a quiet island very near to the Cambodian boarder. It has quite a few bungalow operators and they are very well spread out (therefore you feel as though you have the island all to yourself). The beaches there are not that fantastic (to get to a really nice beach, you have to get a 15min boat ride to a smaller island, Koh Kham), but the quietness, nice sea breeze, friendly people, and the good food make up for it. This is a good place to go to if you do not like the go-go bars, the street peddlers, the exhaust from the toot-toot, and the chatters of other tourists.
After Koh Mak, we left for Bangkok just in time for the weekend, so we could do some shopping in the Jatuchak Market! Shopping has never been so much fun. You can get anything from a pet squirrel, Thai handicrafts, used Birkenstocks to comtemporary Thai household items. Must go place for avid shoppers.
Thailand! Wonderful place for a holiday, whether you are on the tied budget, or you have lots of cash to splurge.
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| L Harrington |
19 November 2003 |
Stayed at Majestic Suites - Bangkok, Thailand.
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My favourite part of our stay in Bangkok was the shopping. We practically lived at a nearby shopping centre called MBK which is easily accessible from the skytrain via a bridge. A lot of this shopping centre was set up like stalls at a market offering the same products and prices, but in airconditioned comfort.
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| L Chen |
11 November 2003 |
Stayed at Asia Bangkok Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Connection to BTS station and easy to access. One stop to Siam square, and 5 minutes to MBK shopping center. Six or seven stops to Chatuchack weekend market, a great place to shop.
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| C Connolly |
10 November 2003 |
Stayed at Bel-Aire Princess - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Recommend Le Dalat - Vietnamese restaurant. Beautiful food. Get to Chatachuk market at 8 and leave by 12 - the crowds get overwhelming at noon. though you would want to spend numerous weekends there to see all the market the arts and crafts are concentrated near the entrance closest to the skytrain station.
the skytrain is fantastic, much cheaper easier, faster way to get around the centre of town.
Silver and jewlery and tailor made clothes are great value.
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| L Hillaire |
06 November 2003 |
Stayed at Narai Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Silom Rd is quite a good location and the hotel is not too far from the skytrain which can take you anywhere quickly. As we have been to Bangkok many times, we knew where we wanted to go for shopping (MBK, Siam Square, Indra markets etc)and it is very easy to get around without worrying about the traffic. However, metered taxis are cheap and plentiful if necessary.
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| M Lutterjohann |
06 November 2003 |
Stayed at Ambassador Hotel Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
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After having lived 4 years in the kingdom and visited the country every year at least once since 1982, I would have to write a novel. I have visited all provinces. Recommended restaurants nesar Ambassador include the popular Cabbages & Condoms restaurant of the NGO PDA in Soi 12, Landmark Hotels buffet lunch or dinner, though much more expensive than in the early years, just to name a few. Lumpini Night Market is a good destination to shop & eat.
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| W Moone |
26 October 2003 |
Stayed at Amari Boulevard Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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If you want to avoid the weekend market, Silom Village or narai phand have also all kinds of handicrafts and itīs comfortable shopping.
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| F Hai |
25 October 2003 |
Stayed at Grand Mercure Bangkok Park Avenue - Bangkok, Thailand.
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The hotel should be chosen at a location near the sky train stations. It would help one to easily go to different places avoiding the traffic jam in the road and also to avoid the disturbing negotiation with the taxi or 'tuktuk' drivers. The sky train stations are connected to different shopping malls. One who is more interested in shopping should not forget to visit the departmental shops like Big C or Mabungkron. Other relatively expensive markets include the I-setan, Zen, Emporium and so on. For computer accsessories, there is Panthip Plaza. Besides shopping, one would surely like to visit the touristy areas. The Safari world is a nice place with animals and other related shows. Another such place is the dream world. It would be nice to visit the Pattaya beach too. You can take a group tour through the hotel or can hire a taxi for the whole day for such tours. There are places within or near Bangkok like the rose garden, crocodile farm and so on. Whatever you do, do not forget to visit the temples along the river (forgot the name!). Take the sky train up to its last station (sapkhan taksin) and then take boat to go to different piers to visit different temples or palaces. Bangkok is a heaven for those who like the Thai spicy food. It's cheap and delicious. Better to explore foods in different restaurants than just to have the relatively expensive food in the hotel you would stay. For night life--well help yourself, I don't have any idea (My wife was with me, hah hah ha....), but Bangkok has a lot to offer you in that respect too. So, bon voyage you guys!!
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