Shopping in Bangkok

Retail Bangkok rests on markets rather than malls, and most routes lead out of town. For 43 dollars you get the two most distinctive: the Maeklong railway market, where stalls fold seconds before the train and unfold the moment it passes, and the Damnoen Saduak floating market, where trade runs straight from the boats. Both fit into seven hours with hotel transfer.

Then come the extensions. The 51-dollar version adds a coconut farm and salt pans to the markets, while the private format of the same seven hours costs 304 dollars — a car and guide for your own party. The 11-hour maximum stretches the route to the Erawan waterfall. In the city, shopping goes on foot: a three-and-a-half-hour route links the temples and markets of the old centre, and a three-hour Chinatown walk is built around the story of pad thai and the street stalls, tasting included.

GetExperience lists 6 shopping routes for Bangkok, from 43 to 304 dollars, group and private. Pages give the stops, duration, the guide's language and what the price covers. Date and party size go in the calendar, payment is online and the voucher lands in your inbox.