When you are in Phuket, you have no need to go to Bangkok just to buy some quality goods and souvenirs. There is a big choice of things to buy in Phuket, What you should buy depends upon your taste, interest and needs. For your guidance, a few items are listed below with brief descriptions.
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 Central Phuket Festival
Central Festival Phuket is the consummate one-stop shopping, non-stop entertainment complex for every Phuket resident and visitor. Enjoy the newest, largest, most complete shopping and entertainment complex in the South.
Find everything you desire and more! At this tropical shopping resort Central Festival Phuket located minutes away from the beaches, downtown Phuket, and Phuket International Airport,
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at the island's main crossroads just west of town. Access is convenient either through public transportation, taxi, shuttle bus or private cars with over 1,000 parking spaces.
This is an excellent place to shop for clothes and shoes in Western sizes, and you’ll find the selection to be as modern and appealing as malls in Bangkok. There are even winter clothes featured during the low season as many tourists stock up before heading home. Central is also home to the SFX Cinema, showing new releases in English almost the same time as they come out in the West. There is a large selection of food here, with an inexpensive food court as well as a choice of restaurants on the third floor, and other restaurants and food outlets on the first floor. A TOPS grocery store is also located on the first floor.
Hours of Operation: 11.00 am till 11.00 pm Everyday
For more information: http://www.centralfestivalphuket.com
Jungceylon (Patong Beach)
Jungceylon shopping center in Patong is larger than Central Festival include two hotels as well. The huge three storey complex contains a mixture of shopping, dining and entertainment facilities, including Carrefour, Robinsons department store, SFX cinema and a good selection of dining outlets.
Items on sale include t-shirts, beachwear, watches, sunglasses, sarongs, handicrafts, souvenirs, music CDs,DVD movies, computer games, electronic gadgets and various other toys.
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Hours of Operation: 11.00 am till 11.00 pm Everyday
http://www.jungceylon.com/aboutjungceylon.htm
Carrefour
Ocean Bangla (Patong Beach)
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Big C Supercenter
Big C Supercenter operates business in the form of "Hypermarket" or "Supercenter", a modern retail business.
At BigC Phuket, you will enjoy your shopping experience with more than 60,000 quality products within 20,000 square metres space. We offer you more convenience with 40 paying points, 1,600 car parks. Moreover,
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\we provide free shuttle bus in 2 main routes, low interest rate for hire purchase and 5 times guarantee policy. Big C has a basement level with a food court and many shops selling mobile phones. The top floor in Big C has some Thai souvenirs and handmade furniture for sale. Both Big C and Lotus have stalls selling Thai souvenirs, wood carvings, games and more. You may find the souvenirs to be cheaper than those at Patong.
Index Living Mall
Also in the same area with Big C / Centreal Festival is Index shopping mall, where you can browse a large selection of furniture and home appliances with a handful of smaller shops and restaurants. The Oishi Japanese buffet on the ground floor is highly recommended for
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Robinson
In the centre of the city, on the corner of Tilok Uthit 1 road, is Robinson Ocean department store.
Robinson Department Store in Phuket City is where local Thais shop. This is fairly small but has a good range of brand name clothing.
It is much smaller but does offer some good bargains. A new movie theatre has recently been built next door. Ocean Shopping Plaza in Patong is another small shopping mall.
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Tesco Lotus
Tesco Lotus facilitates both the import of products to Thailand and the export of Thai-manufactured products to the UK.
more info: http://www.tescolotus.net/
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