Land-based markets
Bang Ramat Market
A local outdoor marketplace filled with food, refreshments, clothing, souvenirs and miscellaneous items by various independent local vendors. The market has a variety of clothes for sale, including new, used, Western and Eastern style clothes. Also for sale are CDs/DVDs/VCDs, children's toys, phone accessories, purses, weapons handguns, hunting knifes, ammunition, toiletries, ceremonial gifts, souvenirs and other small accessories. Children can go to the large inflatable playpen. It is popular and well-known by locals, but barely-known or visited by tourists. It is best to visit the market in the middle of the afternoon when it is most lively.
Klongsan Pier
Located in a soi off Charoen Nakhon Road, the area offers items like ready-to-wear clothes for teenagers and shoes at relatively low prices.
Bang Phrom Market
Another local outdoor marketplace, similar to the one in Bang Ramat, but slightly larger, busier and more crowded.
Shopping malls
The Mall Bang Khae
A large shopping mall complex that has many floors of stores, stalls, restaurants, and a movie theatre. It is located down the street from Kasemrad Hospital.
Central Plaza Pinklao
The largest shopping mall and office tower complex of Thonburi, it includes six floors with a basement floor with stores, stalls, restaurants, banks and a karaoke lounge. The Central Department Store is inside and takes up many floors. The other usual chain stores are present as well, as are stores selling books, electronics and clothes. The easiest way to get there is by taxi, but there are also buses and songthaews available.
Klong Lad Mayom Floating Market
This is a major attraction, with a pleasant and shaded atmosphere. The floating market corresponds to both sides of the Lat Mayom canal on Bang Ramat Road. This relatively new floating market dates from November 2004, and is not frequently visited by boats. However, it does have many shop stalls, a small boat museum, several walking paths around the market, small restroom facilities, a few outdoor restaurants, and a variety of foods and merchandise for sale. Occasionally, it does feature live outdoor performances by local children or organisations. It is only open on Sundays and easily accessible and used as a prolonged stopover on some tourist tour boats from Taling Chan Floating Market.