Spilling out of a riverside lane, stalls sell an array of amulets, medals and Buddhist imagery. Bargaining is a must, and there are old-school food stalls...

Master tailors hunch over benches to churn out high-quality suits at this decades-old institution - a favourite with powerful politicians and corporate fat...

Creating bold, sexy and diverse styles for the impossibly slim (male and female), Soda embellishes core items such as jeans and Ts with innovative...

This revived talad nam (floating market) is quick to reach, yet very local. Thais prize the local speciality sausages, elephant ear curry and potted...

This Japanese chain has the biggest, best and best-organised stock of books in English, plus great ranges of magazines, maps, art, poetry and children's...

This 1922 home of an early Thai railway boss has antique and reproduction furnishings for sale, such as the brass pestle-and-mortar ashtrays. The...

Traditional herbalist dispensing Thai and Chinese prescriptions from walls of wooden drawers and sacks strewn about the floor. If you don't have a...

This kaleidoscopic labyrinth of 8,000-plus stalls is well signed into numbered, colour-coded sections divided by soi and stall number, but is better...

This treasured little music shop discounts new releases on labels major and minor. The absence of any organisation tests the owner's incredible memory to...

Established over a decade ago, Fly Now entered jet-set realms through principal designer Chamnam Pakdisuk, whose voguish, feminine tailoring has twice...

A busy, great-value centre of no-nonsense Thai massage. This extended old mansion also provides reflexology, aromatherapy, tourmaline sauna, facials, herbal...

Like an Alice in Wonderland outfitters, this magic box conceals retro-boho clothing in colour-coded racks amid an overflow of artful accessories, old books...

The revival and global fame of Thai silk owes much to Jim Thompson, a US architect who came to Thailand at the end of World War II with the OSS (now the...

Pioneer of dek bou (boutique kids), Somchai 'Kai' Kaewtong has begowned local fashionistas for three decades. A breeding ground for new talent, this...