Two hours on the road from Bangkok is Pattaya, one of the most sought after beaches in Thailand. The milky sands, limpid blue sea, and the night life is a local as well as international attraction that brings in the multitudes year after year. The Thai (please click the following article) government has promoted foreign settlers here by putting forth special schemes for retirees who wish to settle down in Thailand. It is not just the tourists who come to Thailand, you can see a lot of cosmopolitan crowd having set up base in Pattaya, having bought up villas and bungalows, and having made Pattaya their home. Pattaya offers a easy and economic life style, that is further helped by the tropical climate, a hospitable and friendly culture, while you also have access to good shopping, dining, art and cultural festivities, and a good night life too. Day in and day out, you can enjoy the jet skis, parasailing, and all that water fun activities like you never did before anywhere else in Pattaya or you can choose to sip you beer or cocktail and laze around in the sands or the countless beach bars that almost crowd the Pattaya beaches.

If you would like to enjoy a fishing trip or need more privacy you can hire a boat and go for a day long cruise into the sea, and escape the crowds and the buzz of Pattaya beach. Pattaya beach usually gets crowded during the weekends and holiday seasons. You can also swim with the dolphins at the Oasis Sea World or visit the Underwater World, which is an underwater aquarium which is home to many thousand varieties of fishes and may hundred species of sea life. For a more family oriented fun there are a number of zoo’s and theme parks, dedicated to animals where you and your children can come to witness the animals at close quarters. There are museums like the Bottle Art Museum, and Ripley’s Believe it or not museum where you will find the weirdest things in the planet. There are a lot of dance bars with many variations that serves different tastes and sexual orientations and is one of the major attractions to those visiting Pattaya. Dotted with over 21 golf courses, amateur and avid golfers can pick and choose your course and have endless days of golfing around. Night life in Pattaya is a celebration that lasts till dawn. A couple of miles south of Pattaya is the Jomtein Beach, which is considered more of a family friendly beach when the crowds pour in on the Pattaya beach making it noisome and frenzied. The Jomtein area is one of the most sought after areas for settlement by the expats due to the shopping, restaurants and also the laid back atmosphere, making Jomtein more nirvana-like! With a 6 km long beach coast, there is ample space for families to enjoy a day long outing in the sands by the shore. There are a lot of traditional Thai, grills and BBQ’s, and fast food outlets catering to the tourist, day in and out.

• Ensuring the tour provides financial benefits to the local community.

After a hard night’s walk on Walking Street in Pattaya, it may be hard to believe that there are any altruistic bones left in the human species, unless they are used for self-gratification and pleasures of the flesh, but yes, there do exist businesses in Pattaya concerned about the environment, the local culture, and the preservation of the fragile coastal environments. Two companies come to mind, and both operate submarine tours of the coral off the islands of Koh Sak and Koh Lan. • Ensuring that any tour minimizes the impact on the environment. • Ensuring that each tour facilitates environmental awareness. • Ensuring that all tours give back some direct financial benefits to conservation and preservation efforts. • Ensuring that the tour respects the culture of the locals. • Ensuring that the tour involves travel to a natural destination. • Ensuring the tour provides financial benefits to the local community. • Ensuring the tour supports democratic movements and human rights.

The Pattaya bay area is one of Asia’s largest beach resorts and is divided into two principal beachfronts: Pattaya beach and Jomtien beach. Family -friendly Jomtien beach makes a pleasant contrast to crowded, Pattaya beach, with its Jet skis and beach bars. Pattaya tours ideally combine the bright sun of Thailand and water sports. Both are lively beaches with golden sand, clear water, water parks and a million pleasures for those who choose the best-Pattaya tours in Thailand. The local climate will not only let you swim in the sea as much as you want, but also fish, ride a boat or a yacht and water scooters. There are also several nice private, smaller beaches dotted around the Nakula headland to the north, usually the domain of guests of the exclusive hotels here but open to all. Around Pattaya are some small offshore islands such as Koh Larn, Koh Phai, Koh Sak, Ang Sila and Koh Krok.

Pattaya At Night

All of these have beautiful beaches, clear water and coral. Daytrips to nearby islands are popular diversions, you can reach the islands either by taking a tour, which includes for example snorkeling or hire a boat from the promenade or pier at South Pattaya. Most tourists flock to Pattaya for parties, naughty nightlife and countless activities, South Pattaya is where you can find Pattaya‘s legendry after dark reputation. Discotheques, nightclubs, coffee shops, Karaoke bars, Open air bars and restaurants with live music and entertainment compete for attention in the night time mayhem. If you do not like to live boringly and mundanely, and want to discover something new than in Pattaya many interesting places are waiting for you: Million years stone park and Pattaya crocodile farm, Elephant village, Underwater world Pattaya, Bottle art museum, Sanctuary of Truth, Sriracha Tiger Zoo, Mini Siam and Ripley’s believe it or not museum. Be sure that Pattaya will surprise you. Fairy lights and neon-lit go-go bars, Beer bars and massage parlors provide party animals with a non-stop playground. The best way to get to Pattaya is to take a flight to Bangkok and drive (approx 2 hours) to Pattaya beach. Cheap flights to Bangkok operate on daily basis and even some on hourly basis, that make Bangkok one of the busiest airport. The reason for most flights to Bangkok being cheap is that the competition is tough and there are uncountable airlines that have routings to Bangkok.