Pattaya Beach is parallel to city center. The beach stretches over 4 kilometers. Pattaya Beach is divided into 3 main zones-North, Central, and South Pattaya. The most peaceful beach is North Pattaya. Along the beach, there are superb hotels, restaurants, and shopping malls. Central and South Pattaya offer you various kinds of entertainments. Beer bars, Discotheques, and other nightlife attractions are found here.
During weekends, many visitors come from Bangkok for water sports and leisure activities such as parasailing, surfing, banana boats and jet skis. You can hire a boat to offshore islands such as Koh Larn, Koh Sak and koh Krok. If you take a speedboat, it takes only 15 minutes to these islands.
How to get there: By car: Take the Bangkok-Chonburi Motorway (highway No.7). The Motorway is connected with Bangkok Outer Ring Road.(highway No.9)
By bus: Bus services are available at Bangkok’s Northern Bus Terminal (Morchit) and the Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekamai). When you arrive Pattaya, take Songthaews to Pattaya Beach.
By Taxi: A private hire taxi is available from anywhere in Bangkok and Suvarnabhumi airport. It is the most convenient way to Pattaya.
Pattaya Viewpoint is on “Phratumnak Hill” (Pattaya Hill). It is an attraction for all tourists and is located at the border of South Pattaya and Jomtien. The top of the hill is one of the best viewpoint overlooking the crescent bay of Pattaya.
You can see the whole Pattaya City in top view from Bali High Pier to the northern point of the bay at Naklua.
How to get there: A Songtaew can take you to the Viewpoint. If you drive, drive down Pattaya Sai 1 and through the end of Pattaya Walking Street. Once at Bali Hai pier, turn left at the first junction and continue straight. Turn right at the junction under the bridge, and follow the road then you will see the signs to get to the top.
Pattaya Walking Street is the hub of nightlife scenes in Pattaya. It is a tourist attraction that draws foreigners and Thai nationals. There you will find all kinds of entertains such as bars, go-go bars, discothèques, live music bars, seafood restaurant and brothels.
During the day time the street is used for transportation in Pattaya. It is closed to vehicles from 06:00 p.m. – 02:00 a.m. Car parking is available at the Bali Hai end. The closing time of 02:00 a.m. has been extended for many entertainment establishments.
How to get there: Pattaya Walking Street covers the area from the south end of Beach Road to the Bali Hai Pier. You will notice a large video sign at the Beach Road entrance.
The “Tiffany’s Show” is know as the first truly transvestite cabaret show in Southeast Asia. Operating for more than 37 years, Tiffany’s Show has become one of Top ten best shows to see around the world.
The performers are very talented and look gorgeous. They dress in colorful and spectacular costumes. Supported by special effects and splendid lights and sounds make the show more impressive.
With 1,000-seat capacity, this elegant style theater hosts the most modern light and sound equipments and serves over 100 professional performers.
Naklua is much smaller and more peaceful than its neighbors. The beach does not suffer from the mass development Pattaya Beach has experienced. The Pattaya municipality spent 1.8 million Baht on cleaning up the waters around Pattaya, and in Naklua. It is now possible to see fish in the water. This makes bathing in the sea a genuine pleasure. Naklua is also the central for windsurfers. Windsurfing equipments also can be hired from the beach.
How to get there: Take a songthaew at Second Road to the Dolphin Roundabout (10 Baht). If the songthaew turns left or right at the roundabout, disembark immediately. It is not one of the few that continue straight on to Naklua. Then, you should across to the north side of the roundabout, and either walk or take a northbound songthaew from there.
Jomtien Beach Featuring a long straight coastline and long white sand beach, Jomtien Beach is located around 2 kilometers from its less salubrious neighbor – Pattaya Beach. Whereas Pattaya Beach is more geared for the party animal, Jomtien Beach has carved a niche as a more ‘family-friendly’ environment.
Like other beaches in Pattaya, Jomtien Beach is popular for water sports such as jet skiing, but with water that is considerably less murky, it is also a much more attractive location for swimming. Given its natural wind conditions and calm sea, Jomtien Beach is also a destination of choice for wind surfers, and a number of instructors work in the area.
Jomtien features every conceivable type of accommodation available to those who want to stay in the area. Like Pattaya Beach, Jomtien hosts an expatriate community but doesn’t have the edge Pattaya Beach does. It does though have just as many great restaurants offering cuisine from every corner of the globe.
How to get there: Jomtien is easily accessible through the multitude of Songtaews that continually move around the ring roads that encircle the coastal areas.
Although a visit here is very much dependent on whether this is your cup of tea or not, places like Alcazar Cabaret have become tourist attractions in their own right. At Alcazar it’s a straight forward theme – men dressed as women, or as they are known in the trade, ‘female impersonation artists’. Impersonate them well they do – only careful attention to fine details such as Adam’s Apples expose these artists as being male. Known in Thai as ‘Katoeys’, the performers are almost invariably transsexuals who have had ‘gender reassignment’.
The entertainment provided includes full cabaret performances featuring countless performers wearing some of the most extravagant evening wear you are ever likely to see. And this is no low-key event either. The hall housing Alcazar Cabaret Show seats 1,200 people and employs state-of-the-art light and sound technology.
In addition, there are a number of restaurants and cafes to enjoy before and after the shows. To push the envelope further, Alcazar Theatre proudly presents an annual “Greatest Lady-man Pageant in the World” – a full fledged beauty contest for transsexuals.
Whatever your thoughts on this type of entertainment, a visit to Alcazar will be an unforgettable experience!
A-One Royal Cruise Hotel. Located in North Pattaya Beach. Pattaya city center. All the things you feel comfortable. The hotel offers 465 rooms and facilities like a fitness center with sauna and steam room, spa, karaoke, pub and restaurant variety.
Pattaya Beach is parallel to city center. The beach stretches over 4 kilometers. Pattaya Beach is divided into 3 main zones-North, Central, and South Pattaya. The most peaceful beach is North Pattaya. Along the beach, there are superb hotels, restaurants, and shopping malls. Central and South Pattaya offer you various kinds of entertainments. Beer bars, Discotheques, and other nightlife attractions are found here.
Pattaya Viewpoint is on “Phratumnak Hill” (Pattaya Hill). It is an attraction for all tourists and is located at the border of South Pattaya and Jomtien. The top of the hill is one of the best viewpoint overlooking the crescent bay of Pattaya.
Pattaya Walking Street is the hub of nightlife scenes in Pattaya. It is a tourist attraction that draws foreigners and Thai nationals. There you will find all kinds of entertains such as bars, go-go bars, discothèques, live music bars, seafood restaurant and brothels.
Jomtien Beach Featuring a long straight coastline and long white sand beach, Jomtien Beach is located around 2 kilometers from its less salubrious neighbor – Pattaya Beach. Whereas Pattaya Beach is more geared for the party animal, Jomtien Beach has carved a niche as a more ‘family-friendly’ environment.
Although a visit here is very much dependent on whether this is your cup of tea or not, places like Alcazar Cabaret have become tourist attractions in their own right. At Alcazar it’s a straight forward theme – men dressed as women, or as they are known in the trade, ‘female impersonation artists’. Impersonate them well they do – only careful attention to fine details such as Adam’s Apples expose these artists as being male. Known in Thai as ‘Katoeys’, the performers are almost invariably transsexuals who have had ‘gender reassignment’.
