Bang Tao Beach Shopping

Beach Shopping

There are a few shopping activities going on at the beach but it's not the place to shop for specialised goods. Along the beach you'll find small outlets here and there where you can get simple beachwear, sarongs, beach mats, swimming accessories, flip-flops, hats, suntan lotion and sun-glasses. The most popular items and activities are massages and hair braiding.

Angsana Gallery

Visitors will not be disappointed when visiting any of the Angsana galleries. The selection of goods ranges from spa products to clothing, home furnishing and Thai crafts.

Banyan Tree Galleries

Located within the Laguna Phuket resort complex, are a handful of Banyan Tree Galleries, which are well known for their selection of high quality handicraft products from all over Asia. Items include jewelry, hand-woven textiles and Asian art.

Canal Village

Canal Village has about 40 units and is set in a casuarina grove by one of the resort's lagoons. It is laid out like a walking street and has a car park next to its entrance. The 'village' is made up of boutiques, souvenir shops, a bakery, jewelry stores, a clinic, a minimart, and several tailors. Here you can also find quality leather goods such as briefcases, shoes and suitcases. Canal Village also has a Silk Factory Outlet that sells bags, scarves, ties as well as shirts and you can also have clothes made and tailored here, too. A sports shop selling brand-name shoes and accessories stands next to a shop entirely devoted to sunglasses.

Here, you'll also find an art and gift gallery, two Jim Thompson (silk specialists) outlets as well as a shop called 'Siam Crafts' that sells souvenirs and memorabilia. You can have your photos downloaded at the Kodak shop and Canal Village features a small children's playground. At the water's edge there is a tastefully appointed restaurant.

Pro Shop

Located inside the Laguna Phuket Golf Club, voted one of the top ten best golf resorts in Asia. The shop offers a variety of golfing accessories and merchandise such as Ashworth, Titleist, Nike and Kiswa.

@fine Room

Furniture & décor service. Custom-made to order. Worldwide delivery service.

99 Art Studio

99 is an interesting art shop with many original paintings and works of art to order.

Cozy Company

Cozy Company offers good-looking modern and contemporary household items and furniture (i.e. pillows, sofas, lamps, vases and wooden plates). With a large and attractive display space it is an agreeable place to browse. Many of the items for sale are made from special natural fibres. They also have a decorating service and décor advice.

Heritage Collection

There are three Heritage Collection outlets in Phuket, two of them located near Laguna Phuket resort complex; the Heritage Collection (+66 (0) 76 325 818) and Art of Living (+66 (0) 76 325 148). If you are looking for Asian antiques and oriental fine art objects, this big shop has quite an impressive collection. Goods on sale include wooden Buddha images as well as bronze, alabaster and papier-mâché images, Chinese terracotta sculptures, classic Chinese furniture and Chinese Imperial clothing.

Jasmine Silver & Stone

On top of a good selection of silver earnings and necklaces made from coloured stones they also have Benjarong sets – five-coloured, hand-painted specialist Thai porcelain.

Mix & Match

A shop carrying many lines of products from souvenirs to women's clothing & accessories and home decoration with an adjacent art gallery.

Portrait Art Gallery

A middle-size art gallery where talented artists exhibit their works. Most paintings are influenced by Asian culture and themes cover typical Asian subjects such as elephants, the Lord Buddha and the bodhi tree.

Silk Wood Art Collection

Fans of Asian art and furniture will enjoy visiting Silk Wood Art Collection. It houses lots of handmade wooden products fit for homes, apartments and offices. Such products include elephant statues and Buddha images.

Stainless Steel Cutlery

Products range from spoons, forks, coffee spoons, cake knives, wine coolers, plates, and knives. Though they have a sign says ‘Factory Price’ out front, a little more bargaining won’t do any harm.

The Hand Made

This shop sells good quality stainless steel cutlery, large bowls, wine baskets and soup ladles. They also have good range of products at the Sheraton Grande Laguna Beach market place everyday from 08:00 - 21:00 and at Laguna Beach Resort market place on Wed & Sat from 18:00 - 22:00.

Top Charoen Optical

This is a Bangkok-based franchise dealing in eyeglasses that has several branches on the island. The one near the Laguna Phuket resort complex is rather small but their goods are the same as in other locations. Top Charoen sometimes has interesting promotional combinations and also sells international brands at advantageous prices and therefore is well worth checking out.

Wine & Taste

This is a nice little wine shop to stop by when in need of a good bottle or two. On top of having labels from all over the world, Wine & Taste sells a variety of the latest wine accessories – a must for all serious wine lovers. If you are looking for unique and elegant products like bottle openers, candleholders, waiters' corkscrews, golf-motif bottle stoppers made from glass and steel and vacuum pumps in high quality stainless steel, give them a visit.

Open-Air Fresh Markets

Visiting local markets is a way to learn more about the locals' everyday life as well as to dust off your bargaining skills. There are two local markets in this area; opposite the Cherng Talay Police Station and a second one right next to Tesco Lotus, towards Surin Beach. Thai fresh markets are cornucopias of colourful fruit and vegetables, unrecognizable merchandise, pirated DVD's and computer games, brightly hued T-shirts and jeans, not to mention secondhand shoes, name-brand copies and much more. They truly are a fun place to explore. Read More...

&joy! Lifestyle Boutique and Gallery

&joy! is a stylish Thai-European Asian sourcing company offering inspired, creative and elegant, high-quality home ware and lifestyle products. The team also acts as professional buyers with complete product sourcing service for a range of Thai and Asian products. Products displayed at the gallery include antique furniture, jewelry, painting and sculptures. &joy! also hosts interesting art exhibitions from time to time. Call for schedule.

Beautiful World

The vision of this company is to use eastern materials for western uses. Beautiful World is environmentally friendly and only sources materials from guaranteed suppliers. And they do it beautifully; expect first-quality furniture, accessories, sofas, garden furniture, bedding and lighting. Beautiful World guarantees that customers can save between 40 and 50% on purchasing similar items in Europe.

Fine Living Arcade

A big range of Asian products including wooden furniture and sculptures with products from various places with furniture from top Thai designers famous for using natural materials such as woven lipao vine, water hyacinth, liana and rattan.

Lemongrass House

The American owner of Lemongrass, Bobby Duchowny, definitely gets things right; since opening in 2007, the shop has been featured in both the New York Times and Time magazine. It specializes in massage oils, soaps, body lotions, body scrubs, skin-calming powders, and much more.

The Palace of Art

This place is a leader among antique dealers on the island. Much of its reputation comes from the owner, Shahe Donabedian, an interior designer with a background in architecture. He has amassed a huge collection of Thai, Burmese, Laotian and Cambodian fine art and décor.People who visit the Palace of Art often remark that it is like walking into a top-class museum, with hundreds of art objects displayed in harmony, both outdoors and in. One display that should not be missed is the exhibit of large temple drums in the garden.