Chiang Mai's largest mall, opened 14 November 2013 on the eastern Superhighway, with Central and Robinson department stores and an ice rink.
Central Festival Chiang Mai opened on 14 November 2013 at 999/2 Superhighway Chiang Mai-Lampang Road in Fa Ham, on the eastern ring road about 15 minutes from the Old City. Built on a 40-rai site, it is Chiang Mai's largest shopping mall -- a full international department-store complex anchored by Central and Robinson, with global fashion chains, a large Tops supermarket, an electronics floor, a major multiplex cinema and an ice-skating rink, spread across roughly five to seven levels depending on how the site's shopping, entertainment and car-park floors are counted.
Central & Robinson department storesTops supermarketMultiplex cinema & ice-skating rink
A huge food hall alongside international and Thai restaurant chains -- one of the largest concentrated dining options in Chiang Mai.
Central Festival sits on the eastern Superhighway (Highway 11) in Fa Ham, around 15 minutes from the Old City by car or Grab -- it sits outside the walkable centre, so most visitors drive or take a ride-hailing app rather than walk or cycle.
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