Pattaya Hotels

Pattaya is 147 km southeast of Bangkok, and faces the Gulf of Siam. It is located within easy access of the Bangkok Airport and has excellent accommodation and restaurants and entertainment for all tastes. Because of its easy accessibility from Bangkok, Pattaya remains one of Thailand’s most popular weekend getaways for Bangkok’s city-dwellers.

Diving and snorkelling are fun ways to explore the beautiful sea in Pattaya. It’s recommended that children don’t learn to scuba dive before they are 13 years old but snorkelling can be done by anyone. If you or your children can’t swim, don a life jacket and join in.

Songkran is a wet and wild water festival held in mid-April. Songkran was traditionally celebrated by bathing Buddha images and the showing respect to monks and elders at the Lunar New Year. It has since evolved into a frenetic national water fight for anyone who decides to venture outdoors. This has to be one of the friendliest, though wet, festivals anywhere and a great way to make new friends.

Orchid Farms are a worthwhile visit and if you are thinking of taking some of these unique plants home, visit a day or two before your departure, ensuring live plants when you get back. You can also get great orchids in a sealed bottle that will last as long as your memories.

The Pattaya Airport is more like an airstrip, also called U-Tapao airfield, located about 30km south of Pattaya. There are no Bangkok flights; however, there are daily flights between Koh Samui on Bangkok Air.