If one of your favourite weekend activities is shopping, and the only thing that prevents you from doing it seven days a week is your bank balance, you are living in the wrong country! Thailand is famous for its plentiful, cheap shopping opportunities and the vibrant and colourful settings that house them.

However, many people have been put off by the fact that Bangkok is a bustling, busy, noisy place to stay and bemoaned the fact that they couldnt have the best of both worlds, staying in a tropical paradise while shopping til they dropped in the heart of the city.

Well, they actually could have had it both ways! There is plenty of beautiful Thailand accommodation, Pattaya villas and luxury villas for rent in Thailand that allow you to relax in a tropical paradise, while filling your return flights cargo allowance to its limit!

Markets are a more uniquely Thai experience than the huge Western style shopping centers are – although these do offer some great bargains and a wide range of traditional Western style goods (at Thai prices!). To make your shopping an event in itself, whether or not you buy anything, try Suan Lum Night Bazaar – described as Bangkoks VIP outdoor market.

There is a centrally located snack bar, as well as restaurants with cuisines from several nationalities if you want to combine dinner and shopping. Walkways are covered, and bargains are everywhere!

If you can tear yourself away from the spacious, fresh luxury of your villa for rent in Pattaya or other Pattaya accommodation for a daytime trip into the city, try Gaysorn Plaza for all the brands that you could never afford back home, or Siam Discovery for the younger generations brand names.

At these two famous plaza youll find genuine Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Guess?, DKNY and Mac as well as plenty more. Designs from Thailands freshest up and coming young couturiers are found here also, and while you wont need to deck out your luxury villa in Thailand, you can certainly deck yourself out to match it!

The Patpong Night markets are another exhilarating experience for shopaholics in Thailand. Patpong has been known as one of the more red-light districts of Bangkok, however a recent clean-up has made the night markets a much more family friendly place.

However, as busy as this market is in the night time, you will definitely need your Thailand accommodation or luxury villa for rent in Thailand to be as relaxing as possible!

As much of a bargain as those youll be picking up at the markets and plazas of Bangkok is the Thailand accommodation which youll find in and around Pattaya. This beautiful town is far enough from Bangkok to have fresh air, quiet streets and a beach, right at your doorstep!

Baan Chatmanee is one of the Pattaya villas for rent that makes Thailand so famous for its great value accommodation. At the same price that youd pay for a three-star single hotel room in many Western countries, you can have full use of this private bungalow, sleeping 6 over 550 square meters of living space.

There is a 9m by 5m private pool, complete with a shallow area for safe swimming for kids, and underwater lighting if you would rather relax in your luxury villa in Pattaya than check out the night markets at least for one night! This Pattaya accommodation also has a natural outdoor shower, sunbeds, and outdoor seating for 12.

Ban Hin Wong is another of the striking luxury Pattaya accommodations youll find within easy driving distance of Bangkok. This villa in Thailand sleeps 9 people over 5 bedrooms, at the same price that you would pay for dinner at a medium-class restaurant in many European cities!

All the furniture at this Pattaya luxury villa is locally made, and if you are there for shopping, you should be able to find many similar pieces at the markets and department stores of Bangkok. This luxury villa rental in Thailand is air conditioned throughout, with linen and sound system provided.

A communal pool is available in the complex – but there is also natures own communal pool, the tranquil turquoise ocean, only minutes from this wonderful Pattaya accommodation!

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