Pattaya
Pattaya beach The half-moon-shaped beach is about 4 kilometres long with Beach Road running parallel to the beach.
Suan Chaloemphrakiat This is a fitness park at the foot of Khao Pattaya. With an area of 6 acres (24,000 m2), the park was dedicated to commemorate His Majesty the King’s sixtieth birthday on December 5, 1988.
Jomtien Beach This 6-kilometre-long beach is only 4 kilometre from Pattaya. Beach Road runs parallel to the shore along which are hotels, restaurants, and a beach sports pavilion.
Wong Phra Chan This small tranquil one kilometre beach is on the northern side of Pattaya Bay.
Sanctuary of Truth This gigantic wooden structure is situated by the sea at Laem Ratchawet, North Pattaya. The Sanctuary of Truth was first built in 1981 by Mr. Lek Wiriyaphan, the founder of the Ancient City in Samut Prakan Province.
The Million-Year Stone Park and Crocodile Farm Its grounds are landscaped with flowering and rock gardens. Hundreds of crocodiles as well as some rare animals, including albino bears and horses, are kept.
Mini Siam is a famous model village. It celebrates the heritages of Thailand with miniature replicas of the most famous monuments and historical sites.
Pattaya Elephant Village This elephant camp focuses on daily life of elephants and their masters and also offers stage shows demonstrating how to catch wild elephants, elephants-at-work in the jungle, elephants playing football and a grand war elephants parade.
The Three Kingdoms Park is an attraction with the Sino-Thai architectural style. The art objects in this place is in accordance with the Chinese Fengshui, comprising of a 5-storey building, displaying oil paintings of the life story of Kong Ming, as well as, Jiangxi sculptures of leading characters from the chronicle in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Ripley’s World of Entertainment is located on the 3rd floor of the Royal Garden Plaza Department Store, on Pattaya Beach Road. Features are as follows:
1. The Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Odditorium is a museum of a large collection of more than 300 stories and pieces of oddities and amazements from all over the world.
2. Four-Dimensional Cinema is a cinema of the future with a special system, creating a feeling of being in an actual situation among the viewers.
3. The Miracle Labyrinth Witness the modern special effects of lights, colours and sounds in the 16 rooms, as well as, admire the beauty of the mysterious dimensions and illusions.
4. The Haunting Warehouse Take an adventure in one of the 5 biggest coffin warehouses of the world.
Pattaya Park and Tower Pattaya Park Beach Resort and Tower at Jomtien Beach features a large whirlpool with giant sliders and a tower with a revolving restaurant.
Ko Larn This island is 7.5 kilometres from South Pattaya. It has beaches with white sand and clear water which are on the western side of the island.
Ko Sak Six hundred metres north of Ko Lan is Ko Sak, a small island shaped like an upturn horseshoe. There are two connecting beaches to the north and south.
Mu Ko Phai is 23 kilometres from Pattaya beach comprising Ko Phai, Ko Man Wichai, Ko Lueam and Ko Klueng Badan. Ko Phai is the biggest one and is under the supervision of the Royal Thai Navy.
Anek Kuson Sala is the place collecting high-class Chinese architecture and fine arts constructed in 1987 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of His Majesty the King’s birthday.
Wat Yanasangwararam Woramahawihan At the entrance are situated international pavilions. Within the compound of the temple are the Mondop where a replica of the Buddha’s footprint is enshrined, a large Chedi containing the relics of the Lord Buddha, as well as, his enlightened followers, and Wihan Phra Yanaret.
Thai Alangkarn Theater Pattaya The entire project includes a prototype hexa stage theater with 2,000 seats in tiers, cultural rostrum and a restaurant. The show, called ‘The Thai Extravaganza Show‘, is presenting Thailand through a new panoramic concept with the use of hi-tech equipment such as the multi-color lasers, surround sound system, and pyrotechnic, which synchronize with the act from more than hundred experienced of performers on stage.
The Phra Phuttha Maha Wachira Uttamophat Satsada of Khao Chi Chan
The Laser Beams Cast Buddha Image of Khao Chi Chan The image is in the subduing Mara posture, cast by laser beams on the Khao Chi Chan cliff. It is a combination of Sukhothai and Lanna arts. The image called “Phra Phuttha Maha Wachira Uttamophat Satsada” was constructed in 1996 to honour His Majesty the King.
Wat Sattahip or Wat Luangpho I It was constructed during the reign of King Rama V by Luangpho I or Phrakhru Worawet Muni who possessed knowledge of meditation and was the comforter for local in their difficult times. Therefore, the monk was highly respected among the locals.
Hat Toei Ngam Lines of toei trees (Pandanus kaida Kurz) on the 200 metre crescent beach add to the tranquillity of the atmosphere. At the northern side of the beach is located a naval museum and monument.
Hat Sai Kaeo is a beach under the supervision of the Royal Thai Navy and is near the Naval Rating School.
Hat Nang Ram Nang Ram beach is about 200 metres long. At the tip of the beach stands the shrine of Kromluang Chumphonkhetudomsak, the Father of Royal Thai Navy.
Hat Nang Rong is a short distance beyond Hat Nang Ram. It is a 200- metre beach with pine trees.
Hat Thian Tale It is a sandy beach alternating with rocks, covering an area of 900 metres. It is a panoramic sightseeing point, with a bizarre shape of cliffs with a view of the sunset.
HTMS Chakri Naruebet is an offshore patrol helicopter carrier anchored at the Chuk Samet Deep Seaport. The important missions during wartime are the flagship of the fleet, controlling and commanding the fleet in the sea, as well as the aircraft carrier and air defence mission
Turtle Conservation Center, the Royal Thai Navy Its objective is the preservation awareness towards Thai sea turtles.
Chong Samaesan Village Chong Samaesan is another village offering fishing opportunities.
Suan Chunlakan Sathit Sathan Banphachon Siam is a park built for Admiral Prince Krommaluang Chumphon Khet Udomsak in 1995. There is a shrine and statues of Prince Krommaluang Chumphon Khet Udomsak and significant persons in Thai history as well as revered Buddhist monks in the past are situated.
Phra Phuttha Ming Mueang is an engraved Buddha image out of padauk wood in the posture of subduing Mara. It is the Laotian art, constructed by the Laotians who immigrated into this area. It is near the community centre of the Phanat Nikhom municipality office.
Ho Phra Phanatbodi It is a place where a replica of Phra Phanatbodi (Vanaspati) is enshrined. It is a dignified standing Buddha image whose age is approximately 1,200-1,300 years. It was elaborately engraved out of a delicate black stone.
Wat Chum Saeng Si Wanaram The distinguishing point of this temple is Sala Kan Parian–a temple hall for the Buddhist monks’ meeting and religious ceremony, constructed of terra-cotta into modern architecture. It is called Mabunkhrong Building
Luangpho Tio, Wat Hua Thanon It is an engraved image of taeo wood (called tio wood by the Laotians). During the Songkran period, on 19 April every year, there is a procession carrying the image around the village. It is believed that the image would make all the wishes and success come true.
Sa Siliam According to legend, it is the pond where Phra Rot in the folk story “Phra Rot-Meri”, brought his cock to drink water in this area when he ran a cock fight to make a living for the 12 ladies.
Wat Luang Phrommawat This temple was once a place where the ceremony of drinking an oath of allegiance was conducted. The temple’s compound is large and abundant. There are a large number of flying foxes in the trees.
Wat Tai Ton Lan It was constructed in 1905, representing the interesting architecture of the local skilled craftsmen such as the old wooden Sala Kan Parian–a preaching hall, a pair of swan columns, the cement giant sculpture, the ancient Jiangxi Chinese tiles, and the scripture hall or library made of teakwood surrounded by water.
Khao Cha-ang (Amphoe Bo Thong) is an isolated limestone mountain standing on a plain and an important source of gold and antimony. Inside each mountain are various beautiful caves such as Tham Nam, Tham Khangkhao, Tham Laplae and Tham Mangkon.
Tham Khao Cha-ang Song Khrueang It is a large cave with a carrying capacity of thousands of people and a location of beautiful stalagmites and stalactites, as well as, a habitat of a large number of bats.
Tham Khao Cha-ang Ha Yot It is also a big cave of stalagmites and stalactites. Moreover, inside is divided into many small chambers.
Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden is located about 15 kilometers south of Pattaya. It is a 500-acre (2.0 km2) site of botanical gardens and an orchid nursery where cultural shows with trained chimpanzees and elephants are presented.
Easy to get to from Bangkok by air conditioned bus, Pattaya offers every imaginable form of water sports, plentiful and affordable golf courses, including some designed by the most famous names in the game, and stimulating nightlife. 
With it's many well equipped and reasonably priced dive shops Pattaya is a favorite destination of scuba enthusiasts from all over the world. While there are other, superior, dive sites in Thailand, Pattaya is the most convenient to Bangkok and is the jumping off point for trips to Ko Laan, and the nearby islands of Ko Sak and Ko Krok. More advanced divers seeking a more challenging experience may want to head out to the more remote Ko Man Wichai or Ko Rin, where visibility is better, or to the shipwrecks near Sattahip. 
Pattaya beach is world renowned for the variety and unrestrained hedonism of it's nightlife, though city leaders have in recent years made an effort to confine the commercial sex industry to an area of south Pattaya beach. The frenzied merrymaking diminishes as you move up the beach road to central and north Pattaya, and to neighboring Naklua beach.
