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From Bangkok
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By Plane 
There is no direct flight from Bangkok to Pattaya, but Bangkok
Airways has daily flights from Bangkok to Samui and one flight
each day from Samui to Utapao airport, which is 40 minutes
by bus from Pattaya
By
Bus 
Forty seat air-conditioned buses depart for Chonburi City
and Pattaya from the Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekamai), Sukhumvit
Road, every 40 minutes from 5.00 am until 9.00 pm for Chonburi
and until 11.00 pm for Pattaya. Return trips leave Chonburi
for Bangkok every 40 minuites from 5.30 am to 5.30 pm and
Pattaya to Bangkok from 5.30 am to 21.00 pm. It takes about
one and a half hours for Bangkok - Chonburi and takes one
hour more to get to Pattaya, if traffic is not terrible on
Sukhumvit Road.
Air-conditioned buses standard 2 (orange) leave Ekamai for
Chonburi every 20 mimutes from 5.45 am until 8.00 pm and depart
Chonburi bus station from 5.00 am to 7.30 pm. Ekamai-Pattaya
buses leave Ekamai bus station every 40 minutes from 5.20
am to 8.20 pm and depart from the Pattaya bus stand from 3.50
am to 5.50 pm.
Regular
(not air conditioned) buses leave Ekamai every 20 minutes
from 5.30 am until 8.00 pm and depart Chonburi bus station
from 4.30 am until 6.40 pm. It costs about half as much and
takes about an hour longer. Eastern Bus Terminal Tel +66 2
391 2504
A
number of travel agencies and Pattaya resort hotels offer
bus or minibus service several times daily from downtown Bangkok,
Khao San Road, or Don Muang International Airport, to Pattaya,
at fares ranging from 150 to 500 baht.
By Train 
Daily service from Bangkok leaves from Hua Lamphong station
at 6.55 am and takes about 3 and a half hours to arrive in
the heart of Pattaya. The return trip departs Pattaya at 1:47
p.m. Hua Lamphong station Tel +66 2 223 7010, 223-7020
By
Car 
It
takes about 2 and a half hours to drive to Pattaya on the
Sukhumvit Highway via Bang Pakong, Chonburi and Sriracha.
And one can also avoid Chonburi by opting for State Highway
36 (new route - Chonburi - Pattaya - Rayong). The motorway
is more convenient and has speed limits of up to 120 kilometers
per hour.
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