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Sightseeing Tour
in Pattaya
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 Pattaya is a popular city on the North Gulf Coast of Eastern Thailand, 150 km south-east of Bangkok. Efforts by the local authorities over the past few years have improved the quality of the beaches, but they are still lackluster by Thailand's high standards and over-development has long since destroyed some of the natural charms it once had. However, the plethora of hotels and guest houses and easy access from the capital and airport make it a popular weekend getaway. Catering for over 5 million tourists yearly, Pattaya is also able to offer an excellent range of eating choices and a wide variety of things to do and see and its population is a colorful potpourri of mixed nationalities from near and far.
Pattaya's coastal side is divided longitudinally into five contiguous sub-districts (or six, if also including Jomtien). Each one is named after the section of beach or headland at its seaboard.
In the middle are the three Pattaya Bay sub-districts, which share the main Baht Bus route (so most places are within 5 minutes / 10 baht of most other places, at any hour) and have much else in common and hence in combination make up the main quasi-downtown zone:
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 North Pattaya (Pattaya Nua) - not the northern-most part of Pattaya (as Naklua lies further north), but the section of Pattaya adjacent to the northern end of Pattaya Beach and extending inland to both the north and south of North Pattaya Road. Does not include Naklua. |
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 Central Pattaya (Pattaya Klang) - not the dead center of Pattaya, but the section of Pattaya adjacent to the middle of Pattaya Beach and extending inland to both the north and south of Central Pattaya Road. Some maps/guides disregard the Central Pattaya convention and instead extend North Pattaya and South Pattaya to meet each other along Central Pattaya Road; sometimes, Beach Road is described with a similar division and the respective halves given "North Beach Road" and "South Beach Road" monikers. |
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 South Pattaya (Pattaya Tai) - not the southern-most part of Pattaya (as the Buddha Hill headland and then Jomtien, lie further south), but the section of Pattaya adjacent to the southern end of Pattaya Beach and extending inland to both the north and south of South Pattaya Road. Includes Pattayaland and Walking Street. Does not include Buddha Hill or Jomtien. |
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Flanking the Pattaya Beach sub-districts are:
 immediately north of North Pattaya and with quick, frequent, and inexpensive transport to and from the rest of Pattaya; Naklua is popular with visitors whose native language is German. In terms of tourism-related locations, it's the smallest and least significant sub-district, the main attractions being the beaches (which are quieter than Pattaya Beach) and the Sanctuary of Truth.
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 Buddha Hill - named after the Buddha Hill landmark and sandwiched between South Pattaya (to the north) and Jomtien (to the south); to the east, South Pattaya and Jomtien meet directly. |
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Central
Thailand
· Bangkok
· Ayuthaya
· Kanchanaburi
Northern
Thailand
· Chiang
Mai
· Chiang Rai
· Mae Hong Son
· Lampang
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People
East
& West Coast
· Pattaya
· Rayong
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· Koh Samed
Island
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Island
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Island
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Phagnan
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Yai
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Phra Viharn
· Ubon Ratchathani
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