Easy Ways to Get Around Pattaya

Easy Ways to Get Around Pattaya

Arriving at your hotel, Pattaya’s charms will start to get into your senses and gives you the
notion to explore it as soon as possible. Pattaya is best enjoyed when you explore it with some
laces of adventurism. Getting around it is somewhat like of getting its full view and true picture.

Around Pattaya’s road, the motorbike is the dominant figure. It can get you around Pattaya for
as low as 30THB and as high as 40THB.Since motorbike taxis choc-a- block Pattaya’s road; one
can easily spot them for a ride. The drivers wear colorful vest and helmet and can be plugged
down while cruising the road or from street corners as they wait for passengers. The ride is
a sure addition to your Pattaya’s adventure but always observe safety precautions as these
drivers do not have accident insurance. There’s nothing to protect you beside the helmet you
are wearing.

Safer than the motorbike taxi is the songthaew, Pattaya’s most common and practical transport
system. These songthaews are pick-up trucks transform into a kind of transport by building
up two benches on top where passengers can seat comfortably while cruising Pattaya’s road.
There’s a kind of color coding for these songthaew to identify which is going to the beach road
and to Sukhumvit Road going to and from U-Taphao airport. Dark blue songthaews cruise
the beach road taking up the Dolphin route while white songthaews are for the main road of
Sukhumvit road going and along beach front and North Pattaya Road. These songthaew are also
called the “baht buses” with official fare of 5 baht and 10baht for foreigner.But this official fare
goes up depending on the routes taken by these baht buses. Only those plying set routes have
fixed fare and most trips out of route demand higher fare.

On the other hand, taxis provide easy ways to get around Pattaya. Taxis provide safe and
comfortable ride especially when traveling longer route in Pattaya. Fare is often negotiated
between you and the driver and sometimes drivers want assurance that they will go back to
Bangkok with a passenger or else, they’ll refuse to take you in. Metered taxis are mostly reliable
than those with negotiated fares and you pay for what’s in the meter.

If you have an international or Thai driving licensed, renting a motorbike or car is one of the
easy ways to get around Pattaya. There are available international car rental companies around
Bangkok like Avis, Hertz and local car rentals like National and Budget. A rented 100/125 cc
motor bike can cost you around 150 baht or 200 baht on a daily basis while a 750 or 1000 cc
motor bike is about 2500 baht per day. The rental fees are dependent on the car’s model but
Suzuki jeeps are the most popular for only 1000 baht from local car rentals and more from the
international companies.

When in Pattaya, you’ll not only have adventure from its famous night places and districts.
Getting in and going around here is an adventure itself. From the people you meet along the
way down to the experience itself will satisfy your Pattaya’s escapade.