39 Best Shopping in Bangkok, Thailand

The seventh-floor spa at the Conrad Bangkok offers a full lineup of massages and other detox and stress-relieving treatments—some as brief as 30 minutes—along with facials, manicures, and other beauty regimens. The signature treatments all involve a bathing ritual. The 11 treatment rooms have fine city views.

This showroom near the Mandarin Oriental sells handmade items in bronze, brass, and stainless steel, including unique flatware.

Siam Center has been the epicenter of Thai fashion since it opened in 1976, and has reinvented itself several times over since then. Bangkokians come here to check out the latest Thai labels, along with one-of-a-kind pieces of handmade clothing, shoes, and accessories. The shops ooze style, but be forewarned that the clothes are all made to Thai proportions, so they often run small compared to Western sizing.

This seven-story mall is filled with shops selling funky international brands, with a heavy focus on fashion but also housewares and hobby items.

This shop is a good stop for shoes and jackets, along with leather everything else, including pants, skirts, and purses, belts, and other accessories.

This giant mall has 250 stores, including all the big international brands from Porsche to Chanel, plus a multiplex cinema and tons of restaurants. Oh, and there's an underwater marine park where you can dive with sharks.

Three Thai sisters, darlings of the local design scene who have gone international, created Sretsis, a feminine design label that has fashionistas around the world raving.

Connected to the BTS Asok station via a broad walkway, the various levels at this upper-middle-class mall represent different parts of the world. There's a San Francisco section, for instance, complete with cable cars and a miniature Golden Gate Bridge, plus a London floor, an Istanbul, and many others. The food court on the top floor is one of Bangkok's best, and there's a multiplex cinema. There's another Terminal 21 branch on Rama III Road.

This massive ceramics shop has a huge inventory and makes dining sets, bowls, and vases to order.