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The main night market stretches all the way down the beach road and into small secondary soi (lanes) on all nights of the week. In front of the Paradise Complex, another market sets up 2-3 nights a week, in high season, usually Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Lots of stuff aimed at the teenage market - recycled jeans, funky shoes and clothes, but also Thai sweets, orchids, ornaments and hair accessories. Set-up time is usually around 6-7pm until late and remember to bargain!
Rat U Thit Road Shopping
One of the most enjoyable parts of going on holiday
is shopping for souvenirs, not only for loved ones back
home but for yourself. Many returning holidaymakers to
Patong can’t help but be amazed by the rising number of
businesses along Rat-U-Thit Road (or Rat-U-Thit 200 Pee
Road in full).The expansion of the last couple of years
has made Rat-U-Thit into one of the major shopping
streets in Patong.
Jungceylon Shopping Complex
Jungceylon is a monster of a shopping centre. It contains just about everything that shoppers could conceivably need and is a must-do if you're a bargain hunter. Situated on Rat-U-Thit Rd. diagonally opposite the eastern end of Soi Bangla, you simply can't miss it.
The two main stores in the complex are Robinson and Carrefour. The almost 200 other stores in this new shopping heaven sell brand name clothes, spectacles, sunglasses, colognes and perfumes, shoes, DVD-CD-VCD's, computer games, electrical goods, pewter, gold and silver, sportswear and goods amongst myriad other items.
Ocean Plaza and Ocean Bangla Shopping Center
The two Ocean Plaza department stores in Patong, one on the south end of the beach road and the other on Bangla Rd, are good spots to escape the heat while shopping. The Bangla Ocean also has a bowling alley to keep the kids occupied.
For snacks and travel essentials, there are several small supermarkets, 7-Elevens and drugstores including Boots and Watson's along all the main roads.
