All beaches of Pattaya and the best beaches of the resort – description from personal experience

I already have reviews of the beaches of Phuket, Samui, Phangan, Pattaya, Koh Chang, Krabi, Phi Phi, Koh Lanta, Hua Hin and Ko Lan (small island near Pattaya). All reviews are detailed, with complete descriptions and photos.

Pattaya, of course, not the best place for a secluded beach relax If you need a tropical paradise “like the picture”, better search it on the islands. The beaches of Pattaya are crowded, noisy, with developed beach infrastructure. On the central beaches, water is often muddy, trash comes across too. There is a low season, during whose sea runs tens of meters from the coast. The sand is not white, and yellow or yellow gray.

The content of the article

• 1 List of the best beaches in Pattaya
• 2 All beaches of Pattaya
  • 2.1 The Zign Beach Hotel, Wong Prachan Beach
  • 2.2 Wongamat Beach
  • 2.3 Pattaya Beach
  • 2.4 Cozy Beach
  • 2.5 Beach cafe “Cabbages & Condoms” and hotel Asia Pattaya
  • 2.6 Pratamnak Beach
  • 2.7 Dongtan Beach
  • 2.8 Jomtien Beach
  • 2.9 Bacco Beach
  • 2.10 Ambassador Beach (Ambassador Beach)
  • 2.11 Ban Ampur Beach
  • 2.12 Bang Saray Beach
  • 2.13 Military Beach or Sai Kaew
• 3 Map of the beaches of Pattaya

List of the best beaches of Pattaya

The most well-groomed of Pattaya beaches – Dongtan, the beach on the cape Pratamnak (this area is considered the most European and expensive). Palm grove, casuarina, carefully swept paths, no road with cars along the beach – it all goes Dongtanu plus.

Also good for swimming is the northern beach of Wongamat and the small wild beaches among the rocks around the Cape Dara hotel, and on Cape between the beaches of Wongamat and the beach in the center of Pattaya. Along the beach Wongamat has high-rise buildings of expensive hotels, so they try to keep it clean, but there it’s pretty crowded and not enough natural shade.

The beach in the center of Pattaya is rather an afternoon place. promenade, meeting sunset and parties. Swim here dare not everything. However, everything for a beach holiday here is available: palm alley, wide sidewalk, outlets on the beach with refreshing drinks, deck chairs under umbrellas. And a busy noisy road with skyscrapers of hotels and shopping centers. Closer to the pier (from where you can sail away on the ferry to Koh Lan with its azure water and white sand) Central Pattaya beach goes to Volkin Street.

The small beach at Cape Pratamnak, Cozy Beach, is notable for its silence and solitude amid other urban beaches. Get to him from other areas quite difficult. Either you need to take a taxi or go on your own transport. On Kozi Beach rest mainly tourists from the surrounding hotels, the water here, however, is not crystal clear and on the edge beach right in the sea leaves rainwater. But in the morning there is a shadow from trees and calm sea.

The most famous beach in Pattaya is Jomtien. Very long therefore different, but always with excellent infrastructure and road along the sea along the entire length of the beach. Mecca winterers and longsters. However, there are guesthouses here (closer to Dongtanu) and hotels that are primarily focused on Russian tourists. The sea at Jomtien is dirty, but tourists still bathe. Winterers and locals prefer to go swimming in the countryside – either the beaches of Na Jomtien (Ban Ampur, Bang Saray), or the Military beach.

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All the beaches of Pattaya list is quite difficult, because coastal the line is long and legally all beaches are public, but on practice, if the relief allows you to limit the entrance to the beach, to which adjacent territory of a large hotel, the beach actually becomes private

Beach of The Zign Hotel, Wong Prachan Beach

In the very north of Pattaya, the list of beach is open The Zign’s small, practically private beach and beyond – Crescent Moon beach, slightly longer than the previous one and with view of the Temple of Truth. Entrance to the beach – through the hotel Garden Sea View Resort. Both beaches are very small and little known, because are considered private. Few people want to go to the very north of the city and go to the beach through the hotel. However, there is such a location and pros – relatively uncrowded, not littered the beach and pretty clean sea.

Wongamat Beach

The main beach of the north of Pattaya, it is also called Naklua beach. Since the territory of expensive hotels overlook the beach, they try to to keep clean. In some places it does better in some worse. Along the beach there is a pavement, palm trees are planted, but not a lot of shadows. The strip of sand is very wide, and at low tide the sea goes even further and becomes quite small. During high water entry into the water is quite sharp.

Sun beds, massage and souvenirs on the beach is enough, in that part Beach, which is closer to the center of Pattaya, there are several cafes and bars. Behind them begins a rocky cape, with huge boulders in the water and pretty little beaches between them. Here is a good view of the big arc of Wongamat beach and high-rise hotels along it, lots of trees and almost complete silence. If you turn the cape, you can walk along seas, well-kept small parts of the beach adjoining expensive ones hotels, for example, Cape Dara, interspersed with littered wastelands and mounds of empty seashells among the stones. And on Wongamat and especially on a stony cape there are often impressive waves and wind. At low tide large sharp stones, usually hidden by water, are exposed on the cape. The story of the beach with photos and detailed description.

On the cape in the southern part of the beach

View from the north side of the beach

Central part of the Wongamat beach

Pattaya Beach

The beach in the center of Pattaya is more likely a place of parties and holding all noisy holidays, parties, sunset and night promenades. Few are swimming here, mostly local children. Lots of fishing boats anchored, noisy road and other urbanization, large expensive chain hotels such as Hilton and Holyday Inn, Festival shopping centers and Mike Shopping Mall.

If you do not talk about the purity of water, which, by the way, is still not so it looks bad, it should be noted that they try to keep the sand clean follow on Wednesdays declared day without sunbeds and umbrellas, all along the beach is very pleasant for walking wide palm alley with the sidewalk. In general, this is a place with its own specific, but life-affirming atmosphere, a good option for meeting the sunset and picnic. The story of the beach with photos and detailed description.

The group of tall buildings on the left is Wongamat Beach in the area. Nakla

View from the beach to the Central Festival Shopping Center and the Hilton Hotel over it

Cozy Beach

A small beach on Cape Pratamnak, next to the hotel with the same name – Cozy Beach Hotel. From all sides surrounded by slopes a hill overgrown with tropical vegetation, you can go down on the stairs, a few spans. It is difficult to get to the beach without transport, if you live not nearby. Public transport by does not go on foot from other areas to go far and through wastelands with construction sites, remains, either personal transport, or a taxi.

Water on the beach is not much cleaner than on other Pattai beaches, except that the debris in the water will be less than it happens on Jomtien. WITH one side of the beach closes a large hotel complex on a hill Royal Cliff Hotels Group, on the other – desert-covered with trees Cape with a stone placer in the water. At this end of the beach, next to stone spit, from the mountains in the sea out of the drain, so that swim better in the middle or closer to the Royal Cliff Hotel. Long beach about half a kilometer, a width of 20-25 meters, at low tide near the coast becomes very shallow, to the depth it is necessary to go far forward ankle-deep water.

Mostly tourists from nearby hotels swim in Cozy Beach. In the morning there is quite a lot of tree shadow on the beach, but there are also paid ones. sun beds, beach cafes and massages, try to keep the beach sand in cleanliness. The story of the beach with photos and detailed description.

Beach cafe “Cabbages & Condoms” and hotel Asia Pattaya

Beach at the hotel Asia Pattaya called private, but it is easy go through the territory of the Cabbages & Condoms cafe, nobody asks usually those who walk in a large green area this restaurant. Moreover, the territory is very large, green and it also has housing. In general, we can say that admission is free. You can walk to the beach along the 4th alley of Pratumnak.

The beach is not long, about 200 meters, rather narrow. Sun beds here put up just one row, sometimes two. Under the umbrellas traditionally. But in the mornings on the beach the natural shade of the trees. The sand is gray-yellow, interspersed with gray, the surf strip is large and with pebbles. Along the edges of the beach scattering of boulders in the water. At low tide on the right if you look at the sea, a strip of stones is laid bare bright green moss. An interesting place for photo shoots. In the mornings and at a strong wave in the water can be rubbish and it can be muddy. If a the sea is calm, it’s pretty clean and pretty. Entry into the water can say that sharp. But at low tide it becomes shallow. There are big the waves. The beach has some of the tourist infrastructure type of massage and rental of jet skis, cafe with drinks, but only This is not very much, because the beach is small and almost private. Quiet location, suitable for meeting the sunset.

Beach at low tide

Stones on the edge of the beach

Phratamnak Beach

Geographically, the beach is a continuation (and end) of the beach Dongtan, which, in turn, continues to Jomtien. I.e physically it is one big line, without any pronounced breaks. To the access to the beach leads the 5th alley of Pratamnak, about Centara Grand Phratamnak Resort. Total beach in length of about 500 meters, directly opposite the 5th avenue is a large wide area without natural shade, with well-kept sand and deck chairs under umbrellas. If you go to the right, there will soon be a cape with a scattering of large stones in sea and gazebo, not very well-kept part of the beach. Here are frequent strong waves. If from the entrance to the beach go to the left, a shady alley with clean track and carefully swept sand and rows of sun beds directly on the beach. Nice and quite quiet place well maintained. The sand is yellow, not fine. Entry into the water depends on the height water. There are waves and wind. In general, a good place for Pattaya.

Next, Pratamnak beach for a small stone toe goes into a hundred meter long wide strip of sand, exactly opposite the water park and the Pattaya Park Hotel. Here you can sunbathe on your rug, sun beds not. There is a beach volleyball court. Next begins Casuarin Grove and Dongtan Beach. Everything described is connected track and in fact is one beach, everything said about Dongtan can also be attributed to these beaches. The story of the beach with photos and detailed description.

Central part of the beach

View of the southern part of the beach

Path along the beach

Dongtan Beach

Located between the beach and Pratamnak Jomtien. The most well-groomed and Infrastructured beach of Pattaya. On it go territory expensive hotels and condominiums (in that part of Dongtan, which is closer to Jomtien). Palm Avenue, pedestrian road closed to transport, carefully swept paths, neatly leveled sand, garbage cans, two buildings with a shower and a toilet and even Wi-Fi spot around the center of the beach. Very nice place, quiet (as far as possible in the middle of a big city), on the other end beach, which is adjacent to the beach Pratamnak, grow casuarina, less people have large spaces without sun beds and benches with soft drinks.

On the side closer to Jomtien, along the beach there are nice cafes for Europeans, several rows sun loungers and beach lounges directly on the beach. Masseurs sit right on the sand under palm trees, on mattresses. The beach is wide and pretty a long. Entry into the water here is quite sharp during high water, and at low tide for a long time very small, so swim uncomfortable. In the corresponding season there are waves and wind, however, like almost everywhere in Pattaya. The sand is not very fine, gray-yellow. There are places where small ones hide under a thin layer of sand. polished pieces of seashells. Where casuarinas grow, all strewn with their cones. The main contingent on the beach – the elderly European pensioners. Russian tourists here are not very many. Perhaps because part of the beach is considered to be a gay place. The story of the beach with photos and detailed description.

Palm Alley along the beach

During low tide

View toward Jomtien

Jomtien Beach

The most famous and longest beach in Pattaya. Not really clean, but still pretty crowded. Along the whole beach goes busy highway driving one after the other numerous scheduled tuk-tuks and taxis. Large selection of cafes, markets, shops, shopping malls and shops, including several 7-Eleven. Housing for every taste and budget, from expensive hotels and condominiums to simple guesthouses and bungalows deep in lanes. On the beach there is a whole range of entertainment for tourists: riding a banana, jet skis, parasailing and even hang gliding. Speedboats hang out along the coast, their owners are sitting on the beach, waiting for customers. Traders walk all over the beach from cut fruits to rubies in a box.

The sea here is often dirty and very dirty, in the hot season there are large waves and impressive ebb, revealing that in another time can be hidden by a cloudy stream. Many winterers do not swim on Jomtien. But, nevertheless, it is a pleasant place to walk, picnic at sunset or just friendly gatherings under a palm tree. Sand on Jomtien yellow, rather large. Part of the beach is occupied by rows chaise lounges under umbrellas, but there are places free from them. Story about Beach with a photo and a detailed description.

Bacco Beach

In addition to the city itself, there are several beaches in Pattaya, relating to the area of Na Jomtien. Administratively, they are already below the line Pattaya City. Seen on the coast, Na Jomtien is continuation of Jomtien Beach and ends after 12 km small fishing village of Bang Saray. The beaches of Jomtien are cleaner and quiet, the farther away from large hotels, the more deserted. Near to Pattaya Beach – Bacco Beach (Bacco Beach, by the name of the restaurant). There there is also a nice beach restaurant Glass House and a large Hotel Pinnacle Grand Jomtien Resort & Spa. Part of the beach is busy cafe tables under large casuarinas, the other part is absolutely empty, only casuarin grove a couple of tens of meters from the water. Further on, the Kaiter spot is located – in February and March they blow here. very strong winds. The story of the beach with photos and detailed description.

Restaurant Glass House

Beach Center

View towards the Ambassador

Ambassador Beach

After the beach of Bakko Beach, further along the coast goes a huge beach hotel complex Ambassador, which rests on the marina of Pattaya. That part of the beach that adjoins directly to the Ambassador, the whole completely lined with sun loungers from the hotel and its guests. Minus this the place is that there is no shadow around. The sand is yellow here, come across shells, both broken and whole. Sunset in the water is sharp. The story of the beach with photos and detailed description.

View towards the yacht club

View towards Pattaya

Beach in front of the Ambassador

Ban Ampur Beach

Behind the marina of Pattaya is Baan Amphur beach, long and deserted. Part of the beach is occupied by traditional Pattaya lounge chairs under umbrellas and beach cafes. There is a nice one along the whole beach. palm lane with a good walking path. The beach itself is very wide and at the far end completely untidy. But completely deserted. In season, the water here is azure and transparent almost like islands, the depth begins immediately off the coast. Out of season are waves, strong wind, ebb makes the whole coastal part very shallow and uncomfortable for swimming, throws sea urchins ashore and seashells. Near the beach there is a small park with a playground and several large hotels in the area. Ban Ampur story with photo and detailed description.

Palm Alley in the central part of the beach

Beach on the background of high-rise Pattaya

Bang Saray Beach

Behind Baan Ampur beach along the beach, hotel beaches are interspersed rocky headlands and the next place you can easily get located next to the bungalow type hotels Sunset Village and Pattaya Sea Sand Sun Resort And Spa, in its vicinity the beach is absolutely deserted, there is nothing but sand and sea. The downside is that the shadows also no. The beach of Bang Saray closes the series of beaches at Jomtien. it small fishing village with a small amount of housing for tourists. Here on the beach almost never waves, water clean, entry into the water smooth.

The downside is that at the bottom of the silt (at the end far from the center of Bang Saray beach), so if you already have excitement at sea, the water immediately seems very dirty. Directly to Bang Saray the beach is tidy, with palm alley, almost no beach infrastructure, little to the people. Near the beach in Bang Saray, where the local Volkin Street, there is a park with a playground. Just beyond Bang Saray a cape with a military unit, beyond the cape on a military territory very nice, clean and well maintained Sai Kaew beach, which tourists simply called the Military Beach. The story of Bang Saray beach with photos and detailed description.

Beach at Bang Saray

Road along the beach

Military Beach or Sai Kaew

The beach is half an hour from Pattaya, on the territory of the military parts, on which it is necessary to drive another fifteen minutes, including on serpentine. Very nice and quiet place. On weekends and in The season here is certainly a bit too much for the people, but the atmosphere is still exceptionally pleasant and relaxing. The sea is clear and azure, The sand is crisp white, palm trees are green, the area is very well-groomed. Swept paths, benches, lawn, two showers and toilets. there is rental of deck chairs, bedding and other beach equipment, several cafe with Thai cuisine and even a gift shop. Many local residents and winterers prefer the Military Beach to the beaches of Koh Lana. For entry to the territory you need to get a one-time pass, leaving in pledge any document proving the identity. Fee Beach visit – 100 baht per person. The story of the military beach with photo and detailed description.

Pattaya Beaches Map

Map of the beaches of Pattaya (north)

Map of the beaches of Pattaya (south)

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