Beaches and Shopping in Pattaya
Central Pattaya, also known as Pattaya Klang, is a very popular beach for tourists and locals. A golden mermaid and dolphins mark the start of the beach with it’s beautiful brown-red sand and a great choice of accommodations and facilities.
After sunning on the beach, head towards Silom Road where the shopping is plentiful. Running from Charoenkrung Road all the way to Rama 4 Road, Silom is lined with shops and malls. You’ll find many business people walking along Silom to do banking, jewelry and gem trading as well as tourist shopping at any of the three shopping plaza’s, like the Silom Complex , which is located at a prime area of Silom Road, just off the Sala Daeng BTS station and the MRT Silom station. The Complexe offers shoppers such stores as Top Marketplace, Power Buy and B2S. Then there’s the Chamchuri Square , located on the Rama IV Road nearby the MRT Sam Yan Station and is Silom Roads newest shopping mall where you’ll find international cuisine from Japanese and Chinese through Vietnamese and Korean to European and American; this shopping center is also the center for education because it is owned by the Chulalongkorn University. The third shopping mall on Silom Road is The Silom Galleria , located between Pramuan Street and Soi 21. The Galleria is also known as Pattaya’s ‘Arts and Craft’ center, because it’s the home to the best quality precious gemstones jewelry, antiques representing the traditional ways of Thai design, and the arts that showcase Thai paintings.
Silom Road is definitely all business and shopping during the day, but at night, this main road is transformed into a night-time hotspot and a place to drink, dance and eat. No matter where you are in Pattaya, Silom Road is easy to get to, either by the convenient Skytrain (BTS) and the subway (MRT) transportation systems. The Skytrain’s Sala Daeng stations is where you’ll interchange with the MRT’s Silom station.
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