Songkhla town has no department-store mall of its own — Hat Yai, 30km away, has those. Here's the honest guide to where Songkhla residents actually shop: Lotus's Songkhla hypermarket and the Friday/Saturday Tae Raek Walking Street market in the Old Town.
No. Songkhla city itself has no department-store-anchored shopping mall — Robinson Hatyai, Central Hatyai, Diana Complex and the other formal malls associated with the province are all in Hat Yai, roughly 30km inland. Songkhla's own retail anchor is Lotus's Songkhla, a hypermarket on Kanchanawanit Road, plus the Friday/Saturday Tae Raek Walking Street market in the Old Town.
Most residents shop at Lotus's Songkhla on Kanchanawanit Road, the city's main hypermarket, or at smaller local markets. Anyone wanting mall-style shopping with department stores, international fashion brands and multiplex cinemas typically makes the roughly 30km trip to Hat Yai.
Tae Raek Walking Street (also called "the Oldie Day" walking street) is a roughly 450-metre open-air night market on Thanon Chana in Songkhla's Old Town, running Friday and Saturday evenings from about 17:00 to 22:00, with food, fashion, craft stalls and live performances.
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