Pattaya, which lies about 100kms. southeast of Bangkok, was a relatively unknown sleepy fishing village until about 1959 when American servicemen based at nearby bases started spending their week's R & R period there. It is now a resort city of more than one million people filled with diversity that definitely deserves checking out.

Begin this full day tour by being collected from your centrally located Bangkok hotel at about 10.00am, allowing you the comfort of a sleep-in or a relaxing breakfast period before heading out on tour.

Travel by comfortable air-conditioned minivan down to Pattaya with your first stop being at Phra Tamnak Hill. Phra Tamnak Hill is home to a big Buddha image and has the best views of Pattaya City. In fact, Khao Pattaya Viewpoint on Phra Tamnak Hill has the best viewpoint in the entire region and is the place to visit day or night.

By 2.30pm you will have arrived down at Pattaya Beach, where you can enjoy free time as you please. You can relax on the beach, partake in beach activities, or pop across Beach Road for a wander along the street.

This is a lovely place to be at sunset also! At about 6.30pm you will be witnessing another side of Pattaya begin to appear. Take a stroll along Walking Street, the epicentre of Pattaya's nightlife, and see nightclubs, beer bars, discotheques, Go-Go bars, sports bars, live music venues and more spring to life. There is an enormous range of excellent, and inexpensive, restaurants here too, with cuisines ranging from seafood, Indian, Western, Italian, Thai and many more.

You will be collected at Bali Hai Pier at about 8.30pm for the drive back to your Bangkok hotel.