3 of the world's most popular shopping destinations

From intricate jewellery to rip offs of expensiveu00a0 brands to the most expensive street in the world, The Trip looks up three of the best places to spend your hard-earned moolah

Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Bangkok
Wanna look like a fashion plate without burning a hole through your pocket? Then head for Bangkok. Imagine the stuff that floods sidewalks in Bandra and Colaba but in such profusion that you don't quite know where to look. Head to Sukhumvit Road for its swank malls, department stores, shops and sidewalk vendors who have everything from cheap imitations to the latest fashion trends. If you're feeling energetic, throw yourself into the Chatuchak Weekend Market, which has as many as 9,000 stalls organised thematically from a vintage clothes section to pets to spices. If you want something really wacky and fun drop by at the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Bangkok, where you don't just walk into a store, but actually travel on small rowing boats to browse through products.



Central markets of Marrakech
If you don't feel like you have shopped until you bargain to bring down the asking price to at least half, then the maze-like souks of Marrakech can be an ideal hunting ground. Steel yourself for pushy salesmen and fevered bargaining to bag intricate handcrafted jewellery, rugs and woven bags.

Fifth Avenue, New York
What fun is shopping if you can't walk down the sidewalk, weighed down with bags from every designer store imaginable, just like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, right? Julia Roberts might have been shopping in Rodeo Drive, but Fifth Avenue is where it's at. If you've got deep pockets, go on a shopping spree, with Prada, Gucci, Versace and Ferragamo. Stop by Tiffany and Co and buy yourself that pretty blue box of trinkets, or a sparkling rock from Harry Winston and relive your favourite Hollywood shopping scene right there.