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Pattaya

Pattaya (พัทยา) is a seaside resort on the Eastern Gulf Coast of Thailand, about 150 km southeast of Bangkok. Pattaya is mostly famous for its go-go and beer bars, but local authorities have made some efforts to provide more family-friendly attractions and activities. Wikivoyage

Population 119,532 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Thailand

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Thailand

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Pattaya. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Pattaya Festival

    April

    Mid-April.

  2. Songkran

    April

    Mid-April. Songkran is the Thai New Year, celebrated primarily by everyone throwing prodigious quantities of water at anything that moves.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Pattaya); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 7 places to eat

Getting around

Train stations: Pattaya 3.0 km, Pattaya Tai 5.0 km

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