SHOPPETRS
in
Bangkok have a wide choice of areas in which to pursue their
search for bargains, most of them located within walking
distance of major hotels.
SILOM
and SURIWONGSE ROADS
One
such area, for example, is along Silom and Suriwongse
Roads in the vicinity of the Dusit Thani, Montien, and
Tawana Hotels. This includes Robinson's Department Store,
Central Department Store, the Charn Issara Shopping Center,
dozens of silk shops, antique and decorative reproduction
shops, boutiques of ready-to-wear women's clothes, men's
tailors and shops selling leatherwear and other goods.
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RAJPRASONG
( WORLD TRADE CENTER )
From
the Rajprasong intersection, near the Meridien President
Hotel, it is but a short walk to the Amarin Plaza Shopping
Center and Central Department Store in one direction,
to Rajadamri Arcade and Narayanaphand Store in another
which is in opposite to World Trade Center, and to the
Penninsula Arcade and Galleries Lafayette in a third.
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Shoppers
should not overlook Bangkok's many department stores,
which offer locally-made goods and feature alluring
sales. Air-conditioned shopping centers outside areas
previously mentioned include the Oriental Plaza, in
an atmospheric old building that has been remodeled;
the River City Shopping Complex, adjacent to the Royal
Orchid Sheraton Hotel, where two floors are devoted
to shops selling antiques and decorative items;
SIAM
-RATCHADAMRI
This is one of the biggest and
busiest shopping districts in Bangkok. A huge commercial
complex, including a 62-storey World Trade Centre opposite
Ratchadamri Arcade, is partly completed. Located in
the area are several large department stores, shopping
arcades, cinema theatres, and countless smaller shops.
So you can satisfy all your needs if you stay in one
of over a dozen first-class hotels in the area.
BANG
LAMPHU
A shopping area once frequented solely by local people has
become a popular place for tourists. This area offers various
inexpensive items, especially ready made clothes, handbags,
men's and lady's shoes, cosmetics and curios. Bargaining
is recommended.
PRATUNAM.
near
the Indra Hotel, specialises in ready-to-wear clothing of
all kinds. In the older section of town, at the corner of
Pahurat and Chakraphet, is the Pahurat Cloth Market, where
locals go for textile bargains, while Sarnpheng Lane and
Yaowarat, both in Chinatown, have countless shops selling
gold, jewelry, cooking utensils, and other items.
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CHINATOWN
In the old Bangkok town are located
the Grand Palace, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the
Temple of the Reclining Buddha, two universities and several
ministries. It is from this side of the Chao Phraya River
that one takes a boat to visit the Temple of Dawn and the
floating market
Chinatown
is situated to the southeast of the old town . The gold
shop street and the Temple of the Gold Buddha are located
here.
PINKLAO
A bridge was built across the Chao Phraya River near the
Grand Palace in 1973. It was named Pin Klao in memory
of the last but one deputy king, whose palace was nearby.
Now the area on the western side of the river has become
one of the most newly developed areas in Bangkok with
several department stores, many restaurants and nightlife
establishments.
RATCHADAPHISEK
Ratchadaphisek is the name of the new sections of the
inner ring road of Bangkok but is usually used to refer
to the short section between the Lat Phrao intersection
and the Rama IX Road intersection. This section is being
developed into a new commercial district containing several
big department stores, office buildings, hotels and a
large number of restaurants, A little way off the road
is Thailand Cultural Centre, where shows and exhibitions
are held from time to time.
RAMKHAMHAENG
When Ramkhamhaeng University was founded on Bangkok's
eastern outskirts as Thailand's first open university
in 1970, the area was rather remote and underdeveloped.
However, as the university's yearly enrolments increased
rapidly to 100,000, the area soon became a new satellite
city of Bangkok with ever-increasing shop-houses, apartment
buildings, restaurants, cinema houses, department stores,
hotels and places of entertainment.
SUKHUMWIT-NEW
PHETBURI
In the section from the Soi Nana crossroads to Soi Sukhumwit
21 (Asok Intersection), there are many shops catering
to foreign tourists, where jewellery, leather goods, ready-made
garments and souvenirs are sold and tailoring, car rent
and other service are offered. Inside the lanes (soi)
off the road, there are numerous fashionable residences,
hotels, apartment houses, and some really good restaurants.
To the
north of Sukhumwit Road is the extension of Phetburi Road
which does not have many pedestrians in the daytime. After
dark, however, the long street is brightened with colourful
neon signs and enlivened by people going out to enjoy
themselves in dozens of entertainment Places along the
street.
WEEKEND
MARKET ( CHATUCHAK PARK )
This
large open public ground covers approximately 35 acres
opposite the Northern Bus Station on Phahonyothin Road.
Known as Suan Chatuchak, it hosts the popular Weekend
Market where people buy and sell a thousand local products.
Items range from exotic fresh fruits, vegetables, handicrafts,
dress materials, clothing shoes, toys, domestic utensils
and pets. There is a particularly fine section for plants.
OUTSIDE
BANGKOK
the
main city for shopping is Chiang Mai, the unquestioned
center of traditional Thai handicrafts. The Night Bazaar,
is a good place to sample the full range of local products
such as cotton. lacquerware, silver, hill-tribe clothing,
Burmese tapestries, painted umbrellas, and woodcarvings.
While in Chiang Mai, make a point of going to some of
the factories that offer demonstrations of how these goods
- - particularly lacquer, silk, silver, and paper umbrellas-
-are actually made. Pattaya also has many shops selling
Thai goods and a particularly wide selection of precious
and semi-precious stones since the popular resort lies
near Chanthaburi, where numerous gem mines are located.
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