🛍️ Shopping
Central Festival Samui
A modern air-conditioned mall at Chaweng with shops, a food hall and cafes for a hot or wet day.
Typical duration
75 min
Price
Free entry
From port
22 km / 13.7 mi
Transfer time
40 min
Indoor / Outdoor
indoor
Queue risk
low
👨👩👧 Family friendly♿ Wheelchair accessible⚡ Good for short stops
🕐 Best time to visit
Midday heat or a rainy spell
Central Festival is a large modern shopping mall in the heart of Chaweng, with international and Thai shops, a supermarket, a food hall and cafes, all air-conditioned. It is the easiest place to escape the midday heat or a tropical downpour, grab familiar food, use clean restrooms and pick up anything forgotten. Handy as a comfortable add-on to a Chaweng beach day rather than a destination in itself.
Getting there from the port
Taxi or songthaew from Nathon to central Chaweng
🚌 Best transport: taxi💶 Cost: ฿500-800 taxi