🏄 Activities in Pattaya
Things to actually do: temples, watersports, viewpoints, wellness, and the attractions that live up to the hype.
What are the best things to do in Pattaya?
Fifty-eight things to do in Pattaya, hand-picked rather than aggregated. The highest rated are Battle & Conquer Gym (5.0★), Natt Muay Thai Pattaya (5.0★) and PAÑPURI Wellness at Andaz Pattaya (5.0★). They spread as far as Na Chom Thian, Pong and Bang Sare. Some carry a first-person verdict from Rob, who lives on Pratumnak Hill.
Pattaya Elephant Sanctuary
Pattaya Elephant Sanctuary is a welfare-focused refuge where visitors feed, wash, walk with and bathe rescued…
The Sanctuary of Truth
A 105-metre temple-museum on the Naklua seafront built entirely from carved teak — no nails — and still under…
Phra Tamnak Mountain Viewpoint
Phra Tamnak Mountain Viewpoint sits on the hill between Pattaya and Jomtien, offering a sweeping panorama of…
Thai Sky Adventures
Thai Sky Adventures runs tandem skydives from 13,000 feet above Pattaya, with hotel pick-up, a short ground…
Wat Phra Yai
Wat Phra Yai, the Big Buddha Temple, sits on a hilltop between central Pattaya and Jomtien and is crowned by a…
Tiffany's Show Pattaya
Tiffany's Show Pattaya is a long-running cabaret spectacular in central Pattaya, staged daily with elaborate…
Battle & Conquer Gym
A combined weights and Muay Thai gym open from 6am to 10pm every day. The lifting area is open-air and…
Natt Muay Thai Pattaya
Natt Muay Thai Pattaya is a recently opened Muay Thai camp run by coach Natt, open from early morning until…
PAÑPURI Wellness at Andaz Pattaya
The Thai wellness brand PAÑPURI runs the spa at Andaz Pattaya, the resort above Jomtien Beach, offering Thai…
Pattaya Scuba Adventures
A dive centre running boat trips out to Pattaya's offshore reefs and shipwrecks, including the site divers…
Enduro Madness Dirt Bike Tours
Enduro Madness runs guided dirt bike tours out of Pattaya, open daily, from half-day rides up to full-day…
Pattaya Jungle ATV Ride
Pattaya Jungle ATV Ride runs guided off-road trips along jungle trails on ATVs, buggies and electric karts,…
Pattaya Paintball Park
A paintball centre in Pattaya with four playing pitches, hire kit provided on site and gel guns as a…
Real Divers Pattaya
Real Divers is a PADI 5 Star IDC centre in Pattaya, open daily from 8am to 8pm, teaching Open Water and…
Sit Cho Muay Thai Gym
Sit Cho is a small Muay Thai gym in Pattaya where the coaching is the main draw rather than the facilities.…
Grace Spa
A spa built around private standalone treatment rooms, each its own small building with a shower, tub and…
No Limit Divers
A PADI five-star instructor development centre running daily dive trips from Pattaya and from Warasin Pier at…
Oasis Spa Jomtien
Oasis Spa's Jomtien branch belongs to a Thai spa group with sister outlets including Chiang Mai, and it opens…
Rage Fight Academy
Rage Fight Academy is a Pattaya training gym covering Muay Thai, boxing and yoga, with spacious training…
Adventure Divers Pattaya
Adventure Divers Pattaya runs daily boat trips to nearby islands such as Koh Sak and Koh Krok, taking…
Amara Watersport
A beachfront watersports hire and school offering stand-up paddleboarding, windsurfing and wing foiling, with…
Orient Blue Dive Center
A dive centre running day trips out of Pattaya, with sites off Pattaya or Samae San depending on numbers and…
Seafari Dive Centre Pattaya
A PADI dive centre in Pattaya, open daily from 8am to 8pm, running introductory dives and full Open Water…
Bangsaen Viewpoint (Khao Sam Muk)
A clifftop lookout on the Khao Sam Muk headland above Bang Saen, north of Pattaya, with wide views over clear…
Chee Chan Golf Resort
A championship-length golf course laid out below Khao Chee Chan, the mountain carved with a giant golden…
Easykart Go-Karting (Bali Hai)
Easykart runs two outdoor circuits beside Bali Hai Pier: a short 300-metre track for beginners and an…
Hera Sauna
Hera Sauna is a day-pass bathhouse in Pattaya built around a sauna, steam room, ice bath and hot and cold…
Jomtien Dive Center
Jomtien Dive Center runs day trips from Jomtien out to the islands off Pattaya, often taking in a wreck for…
Let's Relax Onsen and Spa Pattaya
A large Japanese-style onsen and spa inside the Grande Centre Point hotel, open from 10am to midnight every…
Mabprachan Lake
Map Prachan Reservoir Park is a lakeside park built around a 10 km loop used for walking, running, cycling and…
Max Muay Thai Stadium Pattaya
A nightly Muay Thai stadium on Theppasit Road, easily reached by motorbike taxi, showing three bouts of three…
Pattaya City Sign
The white letters of the Pattaya City Sign stand on the hillside near the Big Buddha, above a viewpoint taking…
Siam Country Club Old Course
A championship course a short drive from Pattaya, and the venue for the Honda LPGA in 2026. The Old Course is…
Thai Wake Park Pattaya
Thai Wake Park's Pattaya site is a cable wakeboarding lake with a five-pylon circuit and a set of obstacle…
The Sauna Phratamnak Soi 6
A sauna, steam room and pool complex on Phratamnak Soi 6, open daily from 10am to 9pm. Alongside the wet…
The Venue Residence and Cabaret
The Venue pairs a small Jomtien hotel with its own cabaret theatre, a short walk from the beach in an area…
Alcazar Cabaret Show
A cabaret theatre in central Pattaya staging a fast-moving revue of song-and-dance numbers themed around…
Buddha Mountain - Khao Chi Chan
Khao Chi Chan, better known as Buddha Mountain, is a landmark in the Pattaya countryside where a vast golden…
Colosseum Show Pattaya
A large cabaret theatre in Pattaya where dancers in elaborate costumes perform routines drawn from Vietnamese,…
Pattaya Dive Centre
A PADI 5-Star Career Development Centre on Beach Road, running daily boat trips to the dive sites around…
The View Ferris Wheel Pattaya
A Ferris wheel anchoring the Runway Market, an aviation-themed night market with a real aeroplane on display.…
Wat Chai Mongkron
A working Buddhist temple in the middle of South Pattaya, dating back to the area's days as a fishing village.…
Xbungy Pattaya Bungy Jump
Xbungy runs a bungy tower in Pattaya, open daily from 9am to 6pm, with a human slingshot and other activities…
Yunomori Onsen & Spa Pattaya
A Japanese-style onsen and spa in Pattaya with indoor and outdoor bathing pools, a cold plunge, and private…
Bira Circuit
Bira Circuit is a motorsport racing venue just off the motorway near Pattaya, with both a full-size road…
Jomtien Sauna & Gym
A combined sauna, pool and gym complex in Jomtien, open from early morning until 9pm every day. Day entry…
Pattaya Kart Speedway
Pattaya Kart Speedway is an outdoor go-karting circuit open daily from 9.30am to 6.30pm, offering a range of…
Payap Parasailing
Parasailing operator typically visited as part of Coral Island speed-boat tours from Pattaya, often bundled…
Pattaya Shooting Park
A purpose-built gun club open daily from 9am to 6pm, where visitors shoot a range of guns under instruction,…
Tarzan Adventure Pattaya
Tarzan Adventure Pattaya runs a zip-line course through the treetops, with a shorter 15-platform route and a…
Tiger Park Pattaya
A tiger interaction park on the edge of Pattaya, close to the Floating Market and open daily from 9am to 6pm.…
M2M Bar und Cabaret Show
M2M is a bar and cabaret in Pattaya, open daily from 5pm to 2am, with drag queens and male dancers performing…
Thai Blind Massage Institute
Thai Blind Massage Institute in Naklua is staffed by visually impaired therapists, and reviewers repeatedly…
Pattaya Country Club
Pattaya Country Club is a golf course open daily from 6.00am to 6.00pm, with caddies on hand and clubs…
Sands Sauna Beach Club Pattaya
A sauna and beach club in Jomtien, built around a sauna, steam room, hammam, ice bath and a large pool, with…
Phoenix Gold Golf & Country Club
A multi-course golf club in the Pattaya area, with the Ocean View among the layouts on site and a clubhouse…
Asia Pattaya Hotel Golf Course
A nine-hole par-three course attached to the Asia Pattaya Hotel at the quiet end of Pratumnak, short enough to…
Pattaya Park observation deck
The observation deck of Pattaya Park Tower crowns the tallest tower in the city, with the main viewing floor…
Common questions
- What are the best things to do in Pattaya?
- Battle & Conquer Gym (5.0★), Natt Muay Thai Pattaya (5.0★) and PAÑPURI Wellness at Andaz Pattaya (5.0★), on Google rating.
- How many things to do are covered?
- Fifty-eight, each written up individually with what visitors consistently say, opening hours and a map. Twenty-five of them also carry a first-person verdict from Rob; the rest are listed with their details while he gets to them. Nothing here is an automated listing.
- Which part of Pattaya are they in?
- Mostly Pattaya (43), Na Chom Thian (5), Pong (4) and Bang Sare (1). Greater Pattaya runs from Naklua in the north through Pratumnak and Jomtien to Na Chom Thian and Bang Saray in the south.