You don’t have to wander far to hire a motorbike in Pattaya, many hotels and guest houses in Pattaya have their own motorcycle rental service.
Besides commuting in and around Pattaya, you can use baht buses to travel north and south on Sukhumvit highway. You will frequently see the dark blue buses on Sukhumvit, doing a loop back to Pattaya, or they have been chartered.
Pattaya has few local buses and routes change and are cancelled fairly frequently.
Regular ferry and speedboat services connect Pattaya with the nearby island of Koh Larn.
U-Tapao-Rayong-Pattaya International Airport (UTP) is situated some 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) away from Pattaya.
Royal Garden Plaza was the originator of the ‘entertainment mall’ concept in Pattaya, bringing together family attractions and activities, a selection of restaurants, and international brand shopping, and it is still a blast of fresh, air-conditioned air to the beach city’s shopping scene.
Covering an area of 100,000sqm, the Four Regions Floating Market is separated into four sections – each representing and selling items from the four major parts of Thailand (north, northeast, central and south).
The Factory Outlet Mall in Pattaya was the first of its kind in Thailand, offering big discounts on popular high street fashion brands for tourists and locals alike.
Mike Shopping Mall is synonymous with great value basics such as swim suits and printed tees, alongside some classic (some might say predictable) souvenirs: Buddha images, carved elephants and fairy lights.
Thepprasit Road Night Market is amongst the most popular of the local bazaars in Pattaya.
Pattaya Night Bazaar is a comfortable, covered and air-conditioned recreation of a Thai street market. Primarily targeting the tourist market, it is a good place to stock up on souvenirs and summer clothes without suffering the endurance test which many of the other markets in Pattaya often become.
Considered as one of the best malls for shopping in the beach town, this open-design mall with a leafy courtyard was earlier known as Central Centre in Pattaya.
If you have to buy any type of computer gear, smartphone, Thai SIM card, or just about any other type of personal electronics or IT product you can think of – head on over to Tukcom Pattaya.
Soi Buakhao Market is among the busiest and most popular local markets in Pattaya. Taking place every Tuesday and Friday, it offers a great range of products at equally great prices and it is one of the best places in town to look for souvenirs.
The Avenue Shopping Mall is a popular alternative to the larger indoor malls found in Pattaya, with a modern, open-air design, some great value factory outlet stores and range of entertainment options.
Sukhumvit Road Market Naklua is a big and busy market which appears on a nightly basis and occasionally during the day too.
For those not in the know Ripley’s Believe It or Not is a chain of museums that show the visitor strange facts about the world we live In, most of these facts you would have no idea existed.
Originally built to build friendships between the Chinese and the Thai’s Khao Chi Chan
You can’t return from a Pattaya trip without pampering yourself with a massage and spa.
Sprawled across a stunning 6 kilometers long coastline and flanked by breathtaking pine groves
The Million Years Stone Park has different kinds of unusual rock formations and just as the name suggests it also has fossilized trees.
One of the most renowned sightseeing places in Pattaya, the Three Kingdoms Park is a traditional and holy place built in the Chinese style and representing Chinese culture.
Bali Hai Pier – commonly known as Pattaya Pier – is a central feature of the city, located at the end of Walking Street, near the southernmost point of Pattaya Bay.
Casa Pascal Restaurant is, as the name suggests, a charming house belonging to Pascal – namely, Pascal Schnyder and his wife Kim. Their place on Second Road stands out as one of the best restaurants in South Pattaya, with a particular focus on the use of high quality ingredients to provide a sump...
The Cadillac Café & Bar is the main restaurant for the Wave Hotel on Beach Road. It continues the establishment’s 1940s Miami art deco theme, combining eclectic styling with equally eclectic regional cuisine to create a dining experience which is both fun and filling.
The Sportsman Pub Pattaya is one of the most popular British-style pubs in the city, which is saying quite a lot considering this is a tourist town bursting full of places to drink. Located just off the main Beach Road on Soi 13, this long running British boozer has a daily line-up of live sports...
While there is no shortage of beer bars in Pattaya, finding somewhere that is suitable for all ages, places an emphasis on the quality of the food and expertly brews its own beer is not at all easy.
Leng Kee Restaurant Pattaya is an extremely popular Chinese restaurant found on Central Pattaya Road, a short distance from the junction with Soi Buakhao. Serving an impressive range of Asian dishes - and particularly seafood - at good prices, it is very rare to see the place empty of patrons at ...
A very striking and colourful restaurant on Pattaya 3rd Road, Ninja BBQ Buffet is packed pretty much every night, with just as many locals as tourists filling the large number of available seats.
Located in the famous Royal Cliff Beach Resort high above the Gulf of Thailand, the award-winning Caprice has been setting the local bar for 5-star dining options for years.
The cosy, romantic setting of the Cape Dara Resort’s Radius Restaurant
Café des Amis takes great pride in the freshness of their food, boasting that their imported meats, lobsters, oysters, mussels, salmon and Foie Gras are never frozen.
The Sugar Hut Restaurant, off Jomtien’s Thappraya Road, is the hotel eatery for the Sugar Hut Resort, but is open to anyone looking for a traditional Thai meal in pleasant surroundings. It therefore benefits from the resort’s unique location, making it a little oasis of peace in the middle of the...