Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SHOPPING
SHOPPING CENTRE
MBK CENTER
(
www.mbk-center.com
; cnr Th Phra Ram I & Th Phayathai; 10am-10pm; National Stadium exit 4)
This in-
timidatingly immense shopping mall is quickly becoming one of Bangkok's top attractions.
Swedish and other languages can be heard as much as Thai, and on any given weekend half
of Bangkok can be found here combing through an inexhaustible range of small stalls and
shops. You can buy everything you need here: mobile phones, accessories, shoes, name
brands, wallets, handbags and T-shirts.
The mall's 6th-floor
food court
is one of the city's most expansive. And although you're
not going to find many bargains, MBK is also one of the more convenient one-stop shop-
ping destinations for photo equipment.
Foto File
, on the ground floor, has a good selection of
used gear; the shop's sister venture,
Photo Thailand
, stocks all manner of new gear on the 3rd
floor. There's well-stocked
Sunny Camera
, also on the 3rd floor, and
Big Camera
, on the 5th.
SIAM SQUARE
SHOPPING CENTRE
(Th Phra Ram I; 10am-10pm; Siam exits 2, 4 & 6)
Siam Square is ground zero for teenage cul-
ture in Bangkok. Pop music blares out of tinny speakers, and gangs of hipsters in various
costumes ricochet between fast-food restaurants and closet-sized boutiques.
carries all the Thai indie and T-pop albums you'll need to speak 'teen'. Small shops peddle
pop-hip styles along Soi 2 and Soi 3, but most outfits require a barely-there waist.
CENTRALWORLD
SHOPPING CENTRE
(
www.centralworld.co.th
;
Th Ratchadamri; 10am-10pm; Chit Lom exit 9 to Sky Walk, Siam exit 6 to Sky Walk)
Spanning eight storeys of more than 500 shops and 100 restaurants, CentralWorld is one of
Southeast Asia's largest shopping centres. In addition to an
ice rink
, you'll find an extra-
huge branch of bookstore
B2S
, and you could spend an hour sniffing around the fragrances
at
Karmakamet
on the 2nd floor.
SIAM PARAGON
SHOPPING CENTRE
