Your Travel Guide to Thailand
All information & tips to prepare your trip in Thailand
How to get to and from Pattaya?
How to get to Pattaya ?
To go to Pattaya, the most convenient is the bus. From Bangkok, there are very regular ones that leave from the Ekkamai Terminal or the Mo Chit Terminal but less frequently or from Suvarnabhumi International Airport and even since March 2025 from Don Muang Airport!
From Bangkok, the bus journey takes a little over 2 hours. You can book your tickets online HERE or buy them directly at the dedicated ticket offices in the bus terminals or at the airports in Bangkok, knowing that if you buy them at the last minute, you may have to let one or two buses leave before you get a seat.
Alternatively, Pattaya has an airport, in Utapao, with direct flights from Koh Samui, Phuket or Udon Thani and even Chiang Mai, which land there as well as a few international flights. Otherwise, there are two trains per day from Bangkok.
Taxis / cars / vans with driver to Pattaya
Direct trains to Pattaya
Only the most popular train routes are listed here. For more complete results, use the detailed train search.
IMPORTANT: Bangkok's new Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal Station is now the main station, but some trains still depart from and arrive at Hua Lamphong Station, so if you take a train from Bangkok, double-check your departure station! For more information about the new station, download this guide.
Domestic flights to Pattaya
Buses and minivans to Pattaya
Please note: many buses can only be booked 30 days before departure, so they will not appear in our booking partner's results if you search earlier.
Boats and ferries to Pattaya
Leaving from Pattaya ?
To leave Pattaya, there too, you will have the choice between the bus, they are very frequent for Bangkok whether for the Ekkamai terminal or the Mo Chit terminal or one of the two airports. Even if there are more often for Ekkamai, arriving at the Mo Chit terminal, allows you to continue on a bus to the North or a minivan at the Minibus Station just across the road.
And the Pattaya - Don Muang buses are also very practical to continue on a domestic flight or to a neighboring country. While a bus to Suvarnabhumi allows you to continue on a return flight home (providing sufficient margin). It is also convenient to reach Don Muang Airport by A1 bus. You can book your tickets onlineHERE. Alternatively, there are 2 trains per day to Bangkok and flights from Utapao Airport to Koh Samui, Phuket, Chiang Mai or Udon Thani.Cities you can reach by train from Pattaya
Only the most popular train routes are listed here. For more complete results, use the detailed train search.
IMPORTANT: Bangkok's new Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal Station is now the main station, but some trains still depart from and arrive at Hua Lamphong Station, so if you take a train from Bangkok, double-check your departure station! For more information about the new station, download this guide.
Domestic flights from Pattaya
Buses and minivans from Pattaya
Please note: many buses can only be booked 30 days before departure, so they will not appear in our booking partner's results if you search earlier.
Boats and ferries from Pattaya
Transportation in Thailand
Travelling by train in Thailand
The train is the cheapest way to travel in Thailand, especially in 3rd class. It is also where you get the closest to local people – an amazing experience...
Domestic flights in Thailand
Flying around Thailand is often not much more expensive than taking the bus, especially with the many special offers, and it is so much faster!
Travelling by bus in Thailand
The train doesn't go everywhere in Thailand and doesn't serve some of the destinations tourists love. But by bus, you can get almost anywhere in the country...
Boats to the islands of Thailand
Thailand has a great many islands with beautiful beaches, and apart from Koh Samui and Phuket, the boat is the only way to get there.
