Pattaya Tourist General Information
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung (Banglamung) in the province of Chonburi.
The city of Pattaya is a self governing municipal area which covers the whole tambon Nong [...]
Pattaya Beaches and Islands
The main sweep of the bay area is divided into two principal beachfronts. Pattaya Beach is parallel to city centre, and is the main destination for bathers and loungers with the section from Central Road (Pattaya Klang) south to the harbor forming part of the core of the town’s restaurants, motorcycle hire, [...]
Transportation in Pattaya
Road
1. By the Bangkok-Chon Buri-Pattaya Motorway (Highway No.7) The motorway is linked with Bangkok’s Outer Ring Road., (Highway No. 9) and there is also another entrance at Si Nakharin and Rama IX Junction.
2. By Bang Na-Trat Highway (Highway No. 34) From Bang Na, Bang Phli, across the Bang Pakong River to Chon Buri [...]
Pattaya Tourist Destinations
Once a fishing town, Pattaya first boomed as an R&R destination during the Vietnam War and developed into a family-orientated seaside destination. The Tourist Authority of Thailand claims 5,338,000 visitors for 2005 (up 6.5% from 2004), of which two-thirds were from abroad.[citation needed]
Activities include playing golf (21 golf courses within 1 hour of [...]
Pattaya Activities
Bungee Jump : Bungee jumping is provided in Jomtien Beach.
Leisure flying : Sport and leisure flying and lessons are available.
Horse Riding : There are several facilities that provide training in riding, cross-country jumping and polo.
Motor Sports racing : There are facilities which provide a cart circuit with separate lanes for professionals and amateurs.
Fitness and [...]
Pattaya Food Specialities
Local culinary specialities include Chaeng Lon, a hand molded, charcoal-grilled small bun of coconut on a stick, Hoi Cho, a Chinese delicacy, is Chonburi’s famous dish that uses a special kind of sea crab as the main ingredient, and Khao Lam, a specialty is made with sticky rice, sugar and coconut cream cooked [...]
Pattaya Nightlife
The city and its suburbs have a very large number of bars, night clubs and discotheques, massage parlors and hourly hotels.
Major hotels also operate restaurants, cocktail lounges, discothèques, nightclubs and supper clubs which offer food, drinks, music and international entertainment.
The Walking Street, a pedestrian area near the beach is the main concentration of Pattaya’s [...]
Buffalo Racing Festival at Chonburi
You could be forgiven for thinking that a domesticated buffalo is not built for sprinting, but in Chonburi town, the gateway to resorts along the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, farmers have managed to tweak a turn of speed from these working animals that is nothing short of amazing.
The [...]
