Phuket Shopping Guide

Kata Plaza (aka K Plaza) nowadays is in fact two distinct shopping malls with a bazaar-like feel to them located nearby Kata Palace Hotel and Club Med along Kata Road running parallel to the Beach Road in Kata Beach.  Read More...

Karon Plaza is an L-shaped location along Lung Phochuan Road in Karon, on Phuket’s west coast. Made up of guesthouses, bars, restaurants, beauty salons and massage parlours. Read More...

Ocean Plaza Patong is located on Patong’s Beach Road. Ocean Plaza has changed over the years from being somewhat of a haberdashery selling everything from fake guns to underwear to guitar strings to becoming a tangible and organized department store. Read More...

Phuket is not exactly a small place: There are many nooks and crannies that even repeat visitors know nothing about and it takes a long time to ‘discover’ all that is on offer on the island – especially bargain and quality shopping.  Read More...

A few years back when the first shopping mall opened in Phuket, locals asked “Where is it all leading to?” Nowadays, with Phuket more developed, malls are ubiquitous but happily have not smothered the Thai traditional market life. Read More...

Patong Beach Shopping comes as a surprise to a lot of visitors. Patong is more known for its electrifying nightlife than for shopping but it is nevertheless an attractive retail therapy option and houses the biggest shopping mall in the island. Read More...

Kata Beach shopping and Karon Beach shopping, generally speaking, is a lot less frenzied than the Patong shopping experience. More spread out, you’ll need transportation to take it all in because its many plazas, bazaars, boutiques and fresh markets. Read More...

Shopping in Kata is a little spread out with the nucleus being around Kata’s three-way intersection in the centre of things and the main shopping plazas and bazaars located opposite the Club Med grounds. Read More...

“I guess there are never enough books,” wrote John Steinbeck. In Phuket, bookworms can shop to their heart's delight as most beaches and towns have second-hand bookstores. Read More...

Phuket Old Town is nothing, if not a quirky place. This is where the old and the new, the bizarre and the ‘normal’, where it is just as every-day to buy a coconut flesh shredder as it is to purchase a secondhand book. Read More...

Here are five recommended Phuket tattoo studios run by talented and professional artists. They do superb work using electric tattoo machines and/or genuine bamboo sticks. Read More...

Markets are a very important aspect of Phuket and Thai social life. Fresh markets, food markets, and night markets not only provide basic elements for cooking and affordable clothing, but they also offer a glimpse into local life. Read More...

Located downtown, diagonally opposite Bangla Road, the Jungceylon Shopping Complex has radically changed the face of shopping in Patong. Read More...

Phuket’s weekend market, located just outside Phuket Town, is a fascinating jumble of secondhand goods, pirated items, a large amount of great local food to sample. Read More...

Central Festival Phuket is an air conditioned, fully equipped three-storey shopping mall lying just outside of Phuket Town. The logical place to start bargain hunting is Central Department Store itself. Read More...

The shops at Premium Outlet Phuket on the Bypass Road deal in guaranteed brand-name clothing and sports accessories at bargain prices. They feature discounts of up to 70%. Read More...

See what's on offer at each of Phuket's major shopping locations. Phuket Central Festival - Tesco Lotus - JungCeylon - Big C - Index Living Mall - Ocean Bangla & Ocean Plaza Patong Read More...

Phuket shopping by locations: Patong Beach, Kata Beach, Karon Beach, Surin Beach, Bang Tao Beach, Kamala Beach, Phuket Town Read More...

A guide to the huge range of Thai-made products in Phuket. Tailors - Ceramics - Lacquerware - Textiles - Thai Silk - Batik - Leather - Furniture - Jewelry - Pearls - Thai Antiques - Handicrafts. Read More...

Our Phuket.com Magazine team explores Phuket's department stores and shopping areas to find the most interesting outlets. Check out where and how to acquire the most attractive items on the island. Read More...

What would a holiday be without a bit of shopping? Gifts for family, friends and colleagues, something to hang on the wall or to wear on those occasional warm days back home. Read More...

Get the most out of your shopping experience. A guide to the pitfalls of shopping in Phuket. Bargaining  - Tax Refund - Beware of Touts - Export Restrictions - Gems and Jewellery Advisory Read More...

There's a saying that if you really want to get to know a country, you should visit its local markets. In Thailand you can soak up a whole lot of local flavour just by walking around the local market. Read More...

The range is huge: from clothing, jewelry and accessories to home decorations, fine furniture and handicrafts. Read More...