Pattaya - Thailand's Top Resort
Royal Cliff Hotel and Dusit Resort Hotel Lead the Way in Pattaya
Pattaya, Thailand's Top Resort ,offers sports land and water sports, sight-seeing, and lush living, plus the best seafood on the eastern seaboard.
Pattaya came into being as a result of the Vietnam War when it became the main R & R playground for the American and Australian armed forces escaping the conflict zone. From a slow-moving fishing village, today it is Asia’s foremost holiday resort and the unchallenged water-sports capital of Thailand.
Just 160Kl. from Bangkok, it rivals that city in its astonishing energy. The growth has been fast and furious, fuelled by people lured to the town by the blue waters of the natural bay that provides diving, sailing and swimming opportunities in its year-round warm waters.
There is a staggering range of attractions – ten-pin bowling alleys, archery ranges, tennis and squash courts, horse riding at an authentic ranch, snooker halls, shooting ranges, cycling, and schools for learning kick-boxing. Golf in Pattaya is rightly famous, played on courses set amid rolling hills and lagoons, with tropical vegetation in the “rough”.
And eating of course, seafood at Bang Saray, lying just beyond the huge curved bay of Jomtien where restaurants built on stilts jut out into the sea is the best.
The city is also within easy reach of many interesting sights. Nong Nooch Village has the best collection of tropical flora in Thailand, Mini Siam is a cultural theme park displaying 200 miniaturised versions of the country’s most important buildings, Si Racha Tiger Farm appeals to young and old, the Elephant Village has daily elephant shows, and the Pattaya Kart Speedway has different sized karts for adults and children.
When the sun goes down, South Pattaya comes alive in other ways. As the night-life of the city gets under way, boys and girls come out to play, and Pattaya changes personality. A riot of neon blazes out from hundreds of open-air bars, cocktail lounges, and discotheques. Alongside the bars catering for retirees, overseas couples and locals, are bars crowded with “les girls” and the famous Katois or “lady-boys” as they like to be called and the world-famous transvestite show at the Alcazar gets underway.
If it’s all a bit too much, then just head out for a quiet drink at one of the bars at The Royal Cliff Hotel (one of Thailand’s great hotels), or at the lovely Dusit Resort Hotel, Pattaya, that stands in splendid isolation on a headland overlooking the beach.
What you may have trouble finding, is sleep time!
