Pattaya is Asia's premier beach resort, and caters with equal appeal to families, couples and single visitors. Pattaya's relaxing tropical ambience is synonymous with every ingredient for memorable holidays.
and boasts the most entertainment in Thailand, whether daytime
watersports, or nightlife to suit all persuasions until the early hours!
Accommodation ranges from luxuriously appointed beachside hotels with superb convention facilities to simple guesthouses. Sporting opportunities abound both on land and water, and include some of the finest golfing, gamefishing and scuba-diving anywhere in Asia.
 Theme and amusement parks, offbeat museums and lush botanical gardens offer numerous forms of leisure activities and cultural entertainment for all family members.
After dark Pattaya offers all the allure and magic of a truly vibrant nightlife with a spectacular variety of restaurants, nightclubs, bars, discotheques, cocktail lounges and cabarets. Pattaya can be brash, bold, beautiful and bucolic, and offers everything an authentic international beach resort can.
Pattaya Beach - Some 4 kilometres long, this beach faces Pattaya Bay, the major venue from where boats visit Pattaya's offshore islands. The beach curves from north to south and is largely paralleled by a treelined promenade and beach road which is lined, in the northern and central parts, by hotels such as the highrated Pattaya Marriott Beach Resort and the Amari Orchid Resort
The northern section of the beach is largely tranquil, while the central and southern parts become increasingly lively, thanks to a juxtaposition of shops, department stores, boutiques, beauty salons, supermarkets, bars, discotheques, restaurants and nightclubs.
The central area of the beach is a major shopping area, while the southern end is one of Pattaya's major nightlife areas. Here is the very much recommended Royal Cliff Group of Resorts
Jomtien Beach
This 6-kilometre long, largely straight beach, some 4 kilometres south of Pattaya, is the most notable of several beaches south of the resort. The beach is popular with windsurfers and watersports enthusiasts, largely because the area enjoys brisk and fresh breezes sweeping inland from the Thai Gulf, and because the seas are less congested with boats than is Pattaya Bay.
Ko Lan (Lan Island)
15 minutes by speedboat from Pattaya Bay, Ko Lan is the largest of Pattaya's offshore islands and is a popular venue for watersports such as windsurfing, water skiing, snorkelling and scuba-diving. Viewing coral reefs through glass-bottomed boats and parasailing are other popular activities.
Rayong
Rayong is a neighbouring coastal province on Thailand's Eastern Seaboard..
Ko Samet - This is Rayong's major attraction, a palmfringed tropical island with fine white sandy beaches to the east, and rocky headlands to the west. Snorkelling, windsurfing, swimming, sailing and sunbathing number among major beach activities. There is a large choice of accommodation ranging from the superb Paradee Resort and Spa , Le Vimarn Cottages and the Ao Prao Resort .
Koh Chang
 Further east from Pattaya is Ranong and close to the Cambodia border is the tropical island of Koh Chang.
Ko Chang - The 429-square-kilometre island is characterised by long, oftentimes palmfringed beaches and a forested, mountainous interior. The highest point is Salak Peak, which rises 744 metres above sea level.
Generally, the finest palm-fringed beaches, and resorts, are on the western shore facing open Gulf waters, and include White Sand Beach, Khlong Phrao Beach and Kai Bae Beach . The choices accommodation can be found on Khlong Phrao such as the Amari Emerald Cove Resort and the Panviman Koh Chang Resort.
The Than Mayom Waterfall near the park headquarters on the east coast is the major island cascade. Ko Chang's coastal waters contain several lesser islands, some contained within the National Marine Park . Park.
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