Catalunya Walking Street

Catalunya Walking Street is the most popular shopping destination in Ao Nang. Open since 2007, it's located at the southern corner of Ao Nang Beach Road. The name "walking street" may be misleading as in Thailand it usually refers to a weekly open-air market, while Catalunya Walking Street is a permanent lively bazaar more like a shopping complex. Within the L-shaped, partially covered area, you will find besides the normal shops and boutiques more than one form of entertainment such as an art gallery, an ice cream shop, four restaurants, two bars, a tailor, an optician, a bank, and even a guesthouse. Catalunya Walking Street has three entrances. Access by Beach Road is flanked by a TMB bank branch and a Häagen-Dazs outlet, while the two entrances from Ao Nang Road are next to Sitti Café and Top Charoen Optical. The covered bazaar is next to the latter entrance and hosts a dozen small shops and stalls selling a wide choice of souvenirs, traditional fabrics, flower-shaped soaps, candles, cosmetics, sarongs and clothing including T-shirts, swimming and beach wear. Other shops along the Catalunya Walking Street include Fashion Way Ladies, Gents Custom Tailor and the art gallery of a talented Thai artist Watana Pradit. Ao Nang’s Catalunya Walking Street is also a lively place for food and drinks: the Häagen-Dazs outlet is world-famous for the quality of its ice-creams; Crazy Gringos is a stylish Tex-Mex Restaurant; Blue Orchid is a modern cosmopolitan restaurant serving Mexican and Thai favorites as well as pizzas, kebab, and burgers; Take Away sells homemade ice-creams; and Sitti Café serves Thai and International dishes. Packed every night, Boogie Bar is styled in a trendy retro ‘70s décor where you can enjoy a drink while listening to live bands that play ‘70s and ‘80s Greatest Hits, Rock, Latino and Reggae covers.Read More