One of the most fashionable, chic and newest shopping malls in the city of Bangkok is the Siam Paragon. It was opened on December 9, 2005 and is known to be amongst the biggest shopping malls in  Asia. The mall includes a large number of different high class stores, restaurants, movie halls, many entertainment zones and even an own under water world!
 

Siam Paragon

It becomes rather difficult for anyone to get a full frontal view of the Siam Paragon completely as it is adjacent to the Bangkok Sky trains and thus the bridge and the pillar obstruct the view partially.

The food court of the Siam paragon is huge and houses around eighty restaurants and food pavilions which are again divided into different segments like Food Court, Gourmet Market, Food Hall Gallery, Food Hall and the Take Home.

Apart from the food pavilions, the Siam Paragon also features shopping floors for fashion clothes, beauty, watches, jewelry, audiovisual equipment, digital equipments, art and handicrafts to fashionable interior shops, luxury lifestyle products and also Italian sports cars. Most of the shops in Siam Paragon contain high quality products from foreign descent. Visitors can have a delightful shopping (or window shopping) experience like nowhere else in Bangkok.

The Siam Paragon Mall also offers various other activities such as Cinema, Karaoke, Bowling and Fitness which can be found on the top floors.

Underwater Ocean World

The most fascinating thing about the Siam Paragon is the underwater Ocean World. The Ocean World is an amazing place and shouldn't be missed. It is situated in the basement of Siam Paragon and costs 750 Baht (adult) and 600 Baht (child) to enter. There are 7 sections to visit, with each containing a different theme. The aquariums contain sea creatures (e.g sharks) and  also smaller colorful fish.  There are also several other shows shown regularly such as "Penguin Feed" and the "Shark Feed" twice a day (usually at 12:30 / 16:00). The Underwater Ocean World in Siam Paragon is definitely a great place to hang out with kids and the whole family.

For more Information about the Ocean World click here to get to their official homepage.

Historical Facts about Siam Paragon

The Siam Paragon was formerly known as Siam Intercontinental Hotel. This hotel was brought down after its lease period was over in 2002. Formerly it was also the royal parkland of the Srapatum Palace. The land is now owned by the Bureau of the Crown Property. This shopping mall is located adjacent to the Siam main BTS station, thus while the mall was taking shape everyone on the sky train could watch the workers building a part of history.

It took almost 3 years to complete the Siam shopping mall and when it was finally opened for the public there still were workers who were putting on the finishing touches to this grand mall.

How to get there

The Siam Paragon is located right in the city center. The best way of getting there is by getting on the BTS Sky Train and getting off at Siam. Notice the signs which point to the Siam Paragon.

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