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Pattaya

Beach City Two Hours from Bangkok

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2 daysIdeal stay₹2,250From / night₹1,120Food / day₹1,410Entry

The beach resort most Indian first-timers pair with Bangkok: the Coral Island (Koh Larn) day trip, the carved-wood Sanctuary of Truth, Nong Nooch gardens, shows like Alcazar, and Walking Street after dark. Busy and built-up rather than pristine, but easy, good value and full of Indian restaurants, many of them pure vegetarian.

Highlights

  • Koh Larn (Coral Island) beaches by ferry
  • Sanctuary of Truth all-wood temple
  • Nong Nooch Tropical Garden
  • Alcazar cabaret show
  • Walking Street nightlife
  • Pattaya Floating Market
  • Big Buddha Hill viewpoint
  • Parasailing and jet-skis at Jomtien
  • Art in Paradise 3D museum
  • Indian vegetarian restaurants on Second Road

Things to do

  • Koh Larn (Coral Island) ferry & beach dayMorning · 6h
  • Sanctuary of Truth wooden templeMorning · 2h
  • Nong Nooch Tropical Garden & cultural showAfternoon · 3h 30m
  • Alcazar cabaret showEvening · 1h 30m
  • Parasailing & water sports at Koh LarnAfternoon · 2h
  • Walking Street at nightEvening · 2h 30m
  • Big Buddha Hill viewpointAfternoon · 1h

Tours & tickets

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When to go

Best time: November – March

  • Songkran (Thai New Year water festival) — Three days of nationwide water fights, biggest around Chiang Mai's old-city moat, Bangkok's Silom and Khao San Road, and Pattaya, where it runs on to about 19 April. Expect to be soaked anywhere outdoors: carry phones and passports in a dry bag. Buses, trains and flights sell out as Thais travel home; book two months ahead.
  • Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha) · Visakha Bucha 31 May; Asahna Bucha and Buddhist Lent 29–30 Jul — Candle-lit processions round the temples at dusk, worth seeing in Chiang Mai and Ayutthaya. Alcohol may not be sold anywhere, bars included, for 24-48 hours (hotels and airport duty free excepted); the Full Moon Party moves a night.
  • Christmas and New Year peak — The most expensive fortnight of the year on the islands: resorts set 5-7 night minimums and compulsory gala-dinner charges on 24 and 31 December, and Phi Phi, Samui and Phuket ferries and flights fill a month ahead. Indian school holidays add to it. Book by October.