The city is famous for its beautiful beaches and nearby islands. A good 147km southeast of Bangkok, almost 2 and half hour drive in bus or car will take you to Pattaya. Untill 1950 pattaya was a small village located on the sea with name Pad Tha ya means wind blows. There was no status of pattaya that time. During Vietnam war in search of place to relax and fun, American soldiers happened to find a beautiful beach pattaya. They carried lot of money to spend and hence from that time Pattaya expanded and became a hub to relax and entertainment. In no time the place became famous around the world and attracts many tourists from different country. The fisherman huts soon changed to hotels and resorts and fishing boats changed to tourist boat. People got into new business like water sports and many other entertainment activities.. ‘Pattaya City’ came into being on 29th November 1978, and this anniversary is celebrated every year. Pattaya is a modern city and hence you will not find any building of old style. Up to three star hotels is available in Pattaya along with resorts. The three seasons falls in pattaya hot march-may, rainy june-October, cool November –February. Feb March is considered as the best time to visit pattaya. You can find lot of open no nonsense massage center in pattaya with their rate list written at the entrance.
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The place is full of resorts , hotels and paying guests kind of places. Upto three stars hotels are also available. A good normal hotel can be booked with as low as 5$ per day. Staying anywhere near around Walking Street is comfortable to explore the city. Government have provided a big ten sitter kind of open roof cars as public transport which will let you feel comfortable on your pocket while roaming around in city. You can find bikes as well on rent . Rate varies on the bike condition and brand. eating style in Pattaya is very much international style and can suit to any part of world. Also you can find KFC very easily there. The French Italian and Indian shops are also in abundant. Many Arabian style food shop is also available.For any problem you can tourist police any time available on 1155.Pattaya is not a very big city but the addresses of many places are not declared and pronounced. once you settle there it is better to discover the place with your own. You can happen to find many exciting places.
Attractions:
Government has provided a van kind of vehicle open in the back side which stops wherever you show your hand. The fare is nominal and shared with people in the vehicle. You can explore Pattaya in this. Also make sure that you carry proper address of your hotel since finding the correct address is really tough. All the roads and address is written in Thai language. The motorbikes are also available to hire on rent. You can take boat from Pattaya beach to go to Kholarn and other beaches. On the way you can enjoy parasailing which is driven by a speed motor boat. It cost 350Baht per head a nominal charge. Diving and snorkeling is also a nice activity can be done in kohlarn http://www.pjscuba.com/. You may get a personal photographer to take your photo when you are diving but again it will make your pocket little bit more light. Scuba diving will be an unforgettable moment in your life where you goes inside the water and sees the under water life with many different and unique ocean habitats.Situated in the outskirts of Pattaya lies the Nong Nooch village, where you can enjoy the greeneries and flowers. Going a little ahead in the same village you can get a chance to see traditional dance and boxing in the cultural program. Followed with the cultural program there they held elephant show. Elephant is considered as the god’s animal and hence given a special importance to it. The Thailand map is also considered in the form of elephant head.
NightLife:
Life of Pattaya in night is quite abnormally bustling. The city and its suburbs have a very large number of bars and night clubs, and some discotheques. Many major hotels also operate restaurants, cocktail lounges, nightclubs and supper clubs which offer food, drinks, music and international entertainment. There are 3 main streets in Pattaya. one street runs parallel to sea beach, one part of that is known as walking street. The Street is a pedestrian area is a center for nightlife. It is quite eventful and noisy. With the sun goes down this street gets overcrowded with footsteps, with the colorful life on both the side of the street consisting of dance bars , go go bar (cant explain what type of bar is this) and , night clubs and some discotheques. More and more people are hobbling with combination of complex sound, and languages of all kinds of people from all over the world. Among the colorful shops, tourists seem so excited. Along the two sides of roads all are bars with sexy girls dancing around pillar. All activities here start from 10pm and last till the next morning. The hoardings, the lights and the girls around inviting you in your bar may make you feel that you are standing right in the middle of fully artificial filmy set. Thai Boxing(Muay thai) can also be enjoyed in many open beer bars and clubs in walking street.This is one of the hottest night activities in Pattaya.
Pattaya have one of the spectacular performances, called Tiffany show, which started some 20 years back with three people performing on a small stage. Now the tiffany show is arranged in a proper theatre with good audio and light system with a capacity of 1000 people. Tiffany show is also famous because the show is well and artistically performed by the people who have gone through a gender change. The show ticket cost between 300 to 700 Baht. In the performance, there are lots of songs and dances of many countries – performances for Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, Indian. Many guys who changed themselves to girls, performing in tiffany will stand outside inviting you to take photo with them but again it is charged. Photography is prohibited of tiffany show but you can buy DVD if their show at the cost of 700Baht. The stage is located in Road 2 Pattaya. This is also the most interesting thing of Pattaya. Imposing stage, modern sound, and stage magic makes Tiffany Show successful. Pattaya have not disclosed many of its entertainment places. Many places don’t have any address. By exploring the Pattaya you will happen to know these places of your own. You can explore full Pattaya in just 1 day since it has only 3 main road beach road, second road and third road. Having a map of city will help you in not getting lost. People are friendly, but again the exceptions exist.
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Landing and Appetite Solution:
The place is full of resorts , hotels and paying guests kind of places. Upto three stars hotels are also available. A good normal hotel can be booked with as low as 5$ per day. Staying anywhere near around Walking Street is comfortable to explore the city. Government have provided a big ten sitter kind of open roof cars as public transport which will let you feel comfortable on your pocket while roaming around in city. You can find bikes as well on rent . Rate varies on the bike condition and brand. eating style in Pattaya is very much international style and can suit to any part of world. Also you can find KFC very easily there. The French Italian and Indian shops are also in abundant. Many Arabian style food shop is also available.For any problem you can tourist police any time available on 1155.Pattaya is not a very big city but the addresses of many places are not declared and pronounced. once you settle there it is better to discover the place with your own. You can happen to find many exciting places.
Attractions:
Government has provided a van kind of vehicle open in the back side which stops wherever you show your hand. The fare is nominal and shared with people in the vehicle. You can explore Pattaya in this. Also make sure that you carry proper address of your hotel since finding the correct address is really tough. All the roads and address is written in Thai language. The motorbikes are also available to hire on rent. You can take boat from Pattaya beach to go to Kholarn and other beaches. On the way you can enjoy parasailing which is driven by a speed motor boat. It cost 350Baht per head a nominal charge. Diving and snorkeling is also a nice activity can be done in kohlarn http://www.pjscuba.com/. You may get a personal photographer to take your photo when you are diving but again it will make your pocket little bit more light. Scuba diving will be an unforgettable moment in your life where you goes inside the water and sees the under water life with many different and unique ocean habitats.Situated in the outskirts of Pattaya lies the Nong Nooch village, where you can enjoy the greeneries and flowers. Going a little ahead in the same village you can get a chance to see traditional dance and boxing in the cultural program. Followed with the cultural program there they held elephant show. Elephant is considered as the god’s animal and hence given a special importance to it. The Thailand map is also considered in the form of elephant head.
NightLife:
Life of Pattaya in night is quite abnormally bustling. The city and its suburbs have a very large number of bars and night clubs, and some discotheques. Many major hotels also operate restaurants, cocktail lounges, nightclubs and supper clubs which offer food, drinks, music and international entertainment. There are 3 main streets in Pattaya. one street runs parallel to sea beach, one part of that is known as walking street. The Street is a pedestrian area is a center for nightlife. It is quite eventful and noisy. With the sun goes down this street gets overcrowded with footsteps, with the colorful life on both the side of the street consisting of dance bars , go go bar (cant explain what type of bar is this) and , night clubs and some discotheques. More and more people are hobbling with combination of complex sound, and languages of all kinds of people from all over the world. Among the colorful shops, tourists seem so excited. Along the two sides of roads all are bars with sexy girls dancing around pillar. All activities here start from 10pm and last till the next morning. The hoardings, the lights and the girls around inviting you in your bar may make you feel that you are standing right in the middle of fully artificial filmy set. Thai Boxing(Muay thai) can also be enjoyed in many open beer bars and clubs in walking street.This is one of the hottest night activities in Pattaya.
Pattaya have one of the spectacular performances, called Tiffany show, which started some 20 years back with three people performing on a small stage. Now the tiffany show is arranged in a proper theatre with good audio and light system with a capacity of 1000 people. Tiffany show is also famous because the show is well and artistically performed by the people who have gone through a gender change. The show ticket cost between 300 to 700 Baht. In the performance, there are lots of songs and dances of many countries – performances for Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, Indian. Many guys who changed themselves to girls, performing in tiffany will stand outside inviting you to take photo with them but again it is charged. Photography is prohibited of tiffany show but you can buy DVD if their show at the cost of 700Baht. The stage is located in Road 2 Pattaya. This is also the most interesting thing of Pattaya. Imposing stage, modern sound, and stage magic makes Tiffany Show successful. Pattaya have not disclosed many of its entertainment places. Many places don’t have any address. By exploring the Pattaya you will happen to know these places of your own. You can explore full Pattaya in just 1 day since it has only 3 main road beach road, second road and third road. Having a map of city will help you in not getting lost. People are friendly, but again the exceptions exist.
You can also find the counters which are private and not run by any bank. Don’t hurry to exchange your money at airport. Also check the exchange rate at some counters before exchanging your dollars. There may be remarkable difference in rate at different counter. 1 dollar in general is 33 baht. 
