Phuket Shopping Guide

The Jim Thompson outlet in Central Festival is located next to Starbucks on the ground floor. It’s a spacious and well-lit air-conditioned shop with attractive window dressing and display arrangements. Read More...

Some items are dependable and reflect quality and class. Thai silk, for example. A great place to check out Thai silk is the rather aptly but not very imaginatively named Thai Silk Collection close by the famous Wat Chalong. Read More...

Even though the name of this market sounds a little like an oil monopoly, OTOP is in fact a canny scheme to promote and stimulate locally made and marketed products of each ‘tambon’ (subdistrict) throughout Thailand. Read More...

Me & Malisa – The Dressing Room, located on the second floor of Surin Plaza, is more than a boutique. This ‘fashionable clothes and accessories’ boutique is the brainchild of Panatta Buthanom and Malisa Darbhatisha. 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...

“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...

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...

Phuket Town’s Indy Market on Dibuk Road is a place where locals, especially teenagers and young adults, come to enjoy themselves with an entertaining mix of vendors and live performances. Read More...

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