Arrival and information Pattaya
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Most people arrive in Pattaya direct from Bangkok, either by public bus from the Eastern or Northern bus terminals, or by air-conditioned tour bus from a Bangkok hotel or the airport. Air-con buses to and from Bangkok bus terminals use the bus station on North Pattaya Road, from where share-taxis charge about B40 per person for hotel transfers. Coming from Si Racha, Rayong and Trat you will probably get dropped by the roadside just east of the resort on Thanon Sukhumvit, from where songthaews will ferry you into town; if heading on to these towns, you need to pick up your bus from one of the sala on Thanon Sukhumvit. Non-air-con local buses use the Baw Khaw Saw government bus station on Thanon Chaiyapruek in Jomtien.
Pattaya is on a branch line of the eastern rail line, and there’s one slow train a day in each direction between the resort and Bangkok. Pattaya’s station is on Thanon Sukhumvit, about 500m north of the Central Pattaya road intersection. Pattaya’s U-Tapao airport is located at the naval base near Sattahip, about 25km south of the resort, and runs Bangkok Airways flights to and from Koh Samui and Phuket. Bangkok’s new Suvarnabhumi Airport is less than 80km from Pattaya is served by public bus #389 (B120), as well as by metered taxis (approx B1100) and limousines (B1500-2500). When returning most hotels and tour agents sell seats in a shared minibus to Suvarnabhumi for B400.
A municipal tourist service centre (daily 8.30am-4.30pm) can be found on the beach at the mouth of Walking Street; the TAT office is inconveniently located at 609 Thanon Pratamnak (sometimes referred to as Cliff Road) between South Pattaya and Jomtien (daily 8.30am-4.30pm).
