17 km in the South of Pattaya. It is better to have your own vehicle for the spot visit.

On Sukhumvit, turn in km 160 following the panel, situated after Ocean Marina and before Nong Nooch Garden.

Continue on some kilometers and the lake surrounded with religious pavilions (here is even a swiss chalet) will appear in all its serenity.

The whole domain is under the patronage of His Majesty.

Taste the peace of this place outside time and convenient to the consideration: let your spirit quench thirst in the source.

Otherwise you always can "pique-niquer" having a drink.

But do not especially miss the visit of Chinese Royal temple-museum which will let you discover her magnificences for the moderate sum of 50 baht.

One little farther, after various temples, the monks have their hermitages in the scattered forest, and follow the way of Boudha (c.a.d. the Awake).

There is a great sight - mega-top

Since the magnificent small temple in the top of the hill accessible by a road in laces or by one impressive stair of more than 200 stairs.

Of it belvedere, you can admire, in 2 km in the South,

gigantic image of Boudha on the side of a hill steep (because amputated, consequence of extraction of

stones in the dynamite).

This golden icon of 160 m of height on 150 m of wide was engraved in the laser beam (on what rest of Khao Chee Jan, the hill in question) in it instigation of the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand and under her supervision of King.

For more information: 038-237-642.

Situated on sukhumvit (km 143), in some hundreds of

metres after pattaya north road ( crossed bangkok-pattaya hospital), on the right-hand side in direction of chonburi.

It is a set of faithful reproductions architectural miracles (historic, cultural and nuns) of the civilization thai, as well as main european monuments (of which the statue of it freedom the world offered by france in the united states in 1886). more than 100 models, in the scale 1/25, commodement installed openly on a vast ground of exposure in the middle of a real " arboretum " compound of varied and selected forested essences.

Opened from 7 am till 10 pm.

information: 038-421-628 and 038-424-232.

restaurant chinese. thai spectacle of dances.

" siam go-cart circuit " is quite close (see lower).

By arriving of pattaya klang road on sukhumvit, turn to the right ( south direction and you will see the building ( white pediment in the greek) at the end of some hundreds of metres, just after the turkish bath and the plaza condotel.

It is a unique museum to the world: more than 300

magnificent mockups and assemblés " in bottle ",

arranged in a showroom with air-cool. visit guided by the very artist, m. pieter bij (netherlands).

among others reproductions: temples thai and laotian,

Pagoda quibbles of singapore, mosque (arabie

saoudite), suan luang ( royal garden), statuettes of

boudha, city imaginary thai, various palaces,

european monuments

Opened every day of 9 hours in 20 hours.

information: 038-422-957.

Le Festival de Pattaya

Takes place every year in mid-April:

colored parades, exposures - sales of crafts, tastings

of dishes and local delicacies, beauty contest, fire of subtlety on the beach, to quote only some some events.

And all year round, the city welcome and\or sponsors forums, colloquiums, symposia, seminars, fairs, traditional spectacles, competition of artistic photography, marathons, regatta, tennis tournaments, badmington, golf, etc.

Who said that it not had no culture [social and popular] to Pattaya there?