Siam is unquestionably the centre of shopping in Bangkok, home to some of the city's most popular and important shopping centers like MBK Center, Siam Discovery Center, Siam Center, and Siam Paragon. Within Siam Square itself, there is a wide range of shops and services, including restaurants, caf-s, designer clothing boutiques, record stores, cinemas, bookshops, a Hard Rock Caf-, hotels and banks. The shoppers vary from young-aged school and college students to office workers, trend-setting city dwellers and, of course, throngs of tourists.
The epicentre of Shopping & entertainment
Almost all forms of entertainment can be had here. Modern cinemas, bowling and karaoke facilities are usually open until late. Many types of restaurants can be found in the area, serving a selection of cuisine from all the corners of the globe. People-watching is a favourite activity in the area, and especially the open-air area between Siam Centre and Siam Discovery is very popular for promotions, events, and seasonal beer gardens. If you want to be seen, or see who's who, head straight to Siam... Just take lots of patience along, because the area can get very crowdy and busy, especially during peak hours and at the end of the month.
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Eager to connect to Siam Square, surrounding businesses sought to make connections to the area, including an air-conditioned pedestrian overpass from MBK Center, and the elevated skywalk connecting the Skytrain (BTS) station at Siam to CentralWorld and Gaysorn. Siam is also the starting point of Bangkok's unofficial shopping 'high' street, which stretches all the way past Ploenchit and down Sukhumvit Road to the Emporium. The Siam BTS station is also the main station, where the Sukhumvit and Silom lines meet. This in itself makes the area a beehive of activity with thousands of people either coming or going, and a gateway to the rest of the city. |
