Attractions
around Pattaya Thailand
Mini Siam
Situated at kilometre 143 on Sukhumvit Highway, some 3 kilometres
from Central Pattaya Road, this complex features miniature reproductions
of major cultural and archaeological sites within Thailand,
including Khmer shrines and the ancient capitals of Sukhothai
and Ayutthaya, and features a section of miniaturized major
international landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney
Opera House, St Basil's Cathedral and the Statue of Liberty.
The complex also has a go-kart track and a Thai restaurant.
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Million Years Stone Park & Pattaya Crocodile Farm 
Some twenty minutes from central Pattaya, this bucolic enclave
features a landscape of native Thai flora, a fascinating collection
of Bonsai trees, and massive ancient rocks (thus the park's
unusual name) imported from Kanchanaburi province. Artfully
landscaped with flowers and trees, the park contains a crocodile
farm, a select collection of wild animals native to Thailand
and nearing extinction, a pool containing giant catfish native
to the Mekong River, and a restaurant. There are daily crocodile
and magic shows.
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Pattaya Park
This beacheside water amusement park is located between South
Pattaya and Jomtien Beach. Colourful water slides, whirlpools
and shallow pools suitable for small children make the park
popular with families. Restaurant facilities, a fast food corner,
changing rooms and lockers number among facilities, and there
is easy access to the beach should visitors prefer to swim in
the sea. The park is overlooked by the 240-metre high Pattaya
Park Tower that contains a revolving restaurant. The tower offers
an exhilarating view of Pattaya and two novel ways, the Pattaya
Park Sky Shuttle and Pattaya Park Tower Jump, of reaching the
ground.
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Pattaya Elephant Village
Situated on the Siam Country Club Golf Course road, the village
features trained elephants demonstrating time-honoured forestry
skills, enjoying themselves playing football, re-enacting wild
elephant hunts and a medieval war elephant parade in a popular
daily afternoon show. Elephant rides are also available at 9.00
AM.
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Phanarak Park
Also on the Siam Country Club Golf Course road,
this tropical garden complex contains a well-stocked lake for
fishing enthusiasts, bungalow accommodation, restaurant facilities,
a mini-golf course, jogging and cycling tracks and boating facilities.
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum
Located next to the Royal Garden Resort Hotel inside Royal Plaza
Garden, this museum, only the second of its kind in Asia, features
a high technology theatre adapted from a pilot-training simulator,
permanent and special displays of oddities such as animal freaks
and unusual human feats, based on the popular cartoon feature
of the same name which is featured in newspapers throughout
the world.
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Nong Nooch Orchid Wonderland
This artfully landscaped botanical garden and country resort,
located at kilometer 163 on Sukhumvit Highway, contains a splendid
collection of native Thai flora, including hundreds of varieties
of orchids, ferns, flowering plants and exotic blooms. The enclave
contains numerous Thai-style residences, an ornamental lake,
a large auditorium wherein daily cultural performances
are presented, featuring folk dances, martial arts and traditions,
followed by the most entertaining of all elephant shows imaginable,
an hilarious form of pachyderm burlesque.
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Bottle Art
The world's sole Bottle Art Museum at Km 145.3 on Sukhumvit
Highway, has more than 300 displays of miniature bottles.
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