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60 ❯❯ The Top 10 of Everything

Markets and Shopping

Mahboonkrong
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While most of Bangkok’s
shopping malls have a clinical,
international feel to them,
Mah boon krong is totally Thai.
Also known as MBK, this mall
sprawls across six floors. It is
packed with stalls selling souvenirs
and cheap clothes. There are also
bigger outlets selling jewelry and
a branch of the Japanese Tokyu
Department Store (see p89).
Entrance to Asiatique the Riverfront 4
Central World
Asiatique the Riverfront
1 • Open 10am–10pm daily
MAP Q2 • Rama I Road
MAP S6 • Charoen Krung
Road • Open 5pm–midnight daily Bangkok’s largest mall, accessible
• www.asiatique.com by Skywalk from Siam Paragon,
This open-air night market and has everything from designer items
entertainment zone has hundreds of to funky boutiques, bookstores, and
cool boutiques, restaurants, the electronic equipment in more than
cabaret show Calypso (see p51), and 500 stores. There are also some
a huge Ferris wheel. Despite being excellent restaurants, 15 cinemas,
touristy, it’s well done and good fun. a kids’ zone, and an ice-skating
rink within the complex.
Siam Paragon
2 Pratunam
This mall connects directly
Leaving Central World, a
with its two adjacent neighbours, 5
Siam Center and Siam Discovery. Skywalk leads to the Pratunam area,
While the featured items are mainly where things move downmarket a bit.
international luxury brands, there Cluttering the sidewalk and spilling
are also clothing and accessories over into several small lanes, this
from top Thai designers. All three bustling market is great for cheap
offer a plethora of designer clothes, clothes, as well as luggage, gadgets,
cosmetics, hairdressers, souvenirs, and more. Platinum
restaurants, cinemas, Fashion Mall nearby is a
and book and large air-conditioned
music shops version of Pratunam
(see p89). (see p88).
Siam Paragon

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