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Where is the good sea in Thailand?
Hello! Thinking about flying to Thailand. Been many times only in Turkey. For us, a good sea is important, because. for the sake of it and we go, it is necessary for health. I heard that in Thailand there are hotels where it is generally impossible to swim in the sea. Please tell us how it is in Thailand. And please tell me suitable inexpensive hotels.
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You need to decide on the travel time. Based on this, decide on the region, since the seasons differ on different coasts of Thailand.
From a travel site:
When is the best time to go:
NOVEMBER-APRIL: Phuket, Krabi, Phi-Phi, Lanta, Ranong, Phang-Nga, Trang, Satun, Chang, Mak, Kud.
MARCH-OCTOBER: Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Koh Phangan, Chumphon, Khanom, Cha-am, Hua Hin."
After you choose a place, choose a beach according to reviews or ask a more specific question here :)) For example, on Koh Samui there is a deep beach in the north - Maenam, in Hua Hin there are no deep beaches at all.
One thing can be said for sure - you are NOT in Pattaya, there is no normal sea there.
From a travel site:
When is the best time to go:
NOVEMBER-APRIL: Phuket, Krabi, Phi-Phi, Lanta, Ranong, Phang-Nga, Trang, Satun, Chang, Mak, Kud.
MARCH-OCTOBER: Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Koh Phangan, Chumphon, Khanom, Cha-am, Hua Hin."
After you choose a place, choose a beach according to reviews or ask a more specific question here :)) For example, on Koh Samui there is a deep beach in the north - Maenam, in Hua Hin there are no deep beaches at all.
One thing can be said for sure - you are NOT in Pattaya, there is no normal sea there.
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answered 14 years ago
Thanks for the answer! We can go October-November. The question of price is also important here. Can you please tell me where is cheaper? In Turkey, rested in 5 * hotels. They say in Thailand and 3 * at a high level is it true?
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answered 14 years ago
In Thailand, there are officially no stars, they are conditionally set on the sites and at the operators for orienting tourists. Yes, there are very good 3 *. There are practically no such hotels as in Turkey - with an all-round and entertainment on the territory (more precisely, there are a few for the whole country).
For the price, the situation is this - the cost of living directly differs between resorts not fundamentally. Let's just say - for any budget you can find suitable accommodation in any resort. We usually charge 4* up to $40 for a double room with breakfast per night.
But here, for example, only a flight to Samui costs one way from Bangkok about $ 100 per person one way. But you can get there by bus/ferry, about $40.
There are Air Age low-cost flights to Phuket, a flight from Bangkok from $30.
Transport on the islands is more expensive compared to Pattaya, car or bike rental is the same price.
The cheapest option is by "burning" to Pattaya. But there is no normal sea.
For the price, the situation is this - the cost of living directly differs between resorts not fundamentally. Let's just say - for any budget you can find suitable accommodation in any resort. We usually charge 4* up to $40 for a double room with breakfast per night.
But here, for example, only a flight to Samui costs one way from Bangkok about $ 100 per person one way. But you can get there by bus/ferry, about $40.
There are Air Age low-cost flights to Phuket, a flight from Bangkok from $30.
Transport on the islands is more expensive compared to Pattaya, car or bike rental is the same price.
The cheapest option is by "burning" to Pattaya. But there is no normal sea.
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answered 14 years ago
Thank you for the clarification. And what is meant by bad sea in Pattaya? What is it there, this sea?
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answered 14 years ago
It is taxed such .... Wonderful ........
you’ll sail away to the islands and that’s all, but you don’t need to overpay ................ if the sea is necessary for health, then fruits are even more so, so go to thai in pattaya, if it’s cheaper, and from there to the islands by ferry or boat .... that that tour ru...........
you’ll sail away to the islands and that’s all, but you don’t need to overpay ................ if the sea is necessary for health, then fruits are even more so, so go to thai in pattaya, if it’s cheaper, and from there to the islands by ferry or boat .... that that tour ru...........
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answered 14 years ago
And how much does it cost to sail from Pattaya to the islands by ferry or boat? How long to go? My questions probably seem stupid for those who were there)) Just in Turkey, during the day, we go to the beach several times. On the islands, the beaches are probably also paid? Sun loungers and all. What about prices?
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From Pattaya, we only ferried to Koh Lan - in my opinion, this is the most famous island there, there is a ferry going there + you still need to go by tuk-tuk (sorry, I don’t remember the prices) from the pier to the beach. I think you can get there in an hour. Decide for yourself whether you want to make this way to the beach every day. As far as I remember, the beach itself is free, but the sun loungers - yes, they cost money. There are cafe-bars there too, but I don’t know the prices - they weren’t.
The option of a trip to the island is, as you understand, for the whole day, you yourself are unlikely to want to make such a journey to go to your hotel for lunch :)
The sea on this island is really good, but to be honest, I can’t say that I was wildly delighted with it. Although, compared to Pattaya, you can at least swim there)) Answering your question about the sea in Pattaya, I can advise you to compare it with any body of water near large cities - dirty, muddy, it’s really dumb to swim in it ... I’m talking about central city beaches. The people who rested on the outskirts of Pattaya hotels did not seem to complain about this.
The option of a trip to the island is, as you understand, for the whole day, you yourself are unlikely to want to make such a journey to go to your hotel for lunch :)
The sea on this island is really good, but to be honest, I can’t say that I was wildly delighted with it. Although, compared to Pattaya, you can at least swim there)) Answering your question about the sea in Pattaya, I can advise you to compare it with any body of water near large cities - dirty, muddy, it’s really dumb to swim in it ... I’m talking about central city beaches. The people who rested on the outskirts of Pattaya hotels did not seem to complain about this.
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answered 14 years ago
The bad is not just muddy, but also terribly dirty, with garbage and slops. After Turkey, you simply disdain to swim in it.
Yes, people swim on Koh Lan. But, keep in mind that you need to get to the pier, then dangle for 40 minutes on a boat, then tuk-tuk to a decent beach, and all this in extreme heat and humidity. If you do this every day (you are traveling overseas), then you will practically get the cost of moving to a normal island. In addition, imagine that the whole of Pattaya bathes in almost one place - the island of Ko Lan :) There can be no talk of any silence, purity. Boats, speedboats come and unload those who want to swim. And it's good if it's NOT Chinese. But such luck is rare...
My opinion is that you can go to Pattaya for only two purposes - entertainment (including of a sexual nature) and excursions. There are some objects that are convenient to visit from there. If the goal is the sea, and there is not enough money, then it is better to find a good bungalow "three rubles" on the very shore on Koh Samui, Koh Phangan or Phuket, Lanta and develop an inexpensive route from Bangkok.
Yes, people swim on Koh Lan. But, keep in mind that you need to get to the pier, then dangle for 40 minutes on a boat, then tuk-tuk to a decent beach, and all this in extreme heat and humidity. If you do this every day (you are traveling overseas), then you will practically get the cost of moving to a normal island. In addition, imagine that the whole of Pattaya bathes in almost one place - the island of Ko Lan :) There can be no talk of any silence, purity. Boats, speedboats come and unload those who want to swim. And it's good if it's NOT Chinese. But such luck is rare...
My opinion is that you can go to Pattaya for only two purposes - entertainment (including of a sexual nature) and excursions. There are some objects that are convenient to visit from there. If the goal is the sea, and there is not enough money, then it is better to find a good bungalow "three rubles" on the very shore on Koh Samui, Koh Phangan or Phuket, Lanta and develop an inexpensive route from Bangkok.
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answered 14 years ago
Thanks a lot for the replies! Very interesting and informative.
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Last year we were in Pattaya. Sunset village hotel. The sea is super, clean and warm ... One drawback of the hotel is far from the center, forty minutes by tuk-tuk ... And everything is like in a fairy tale, only a bungalow, a pool - an oasis and in general, there are no words ...
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answered 14 years ago
Explanations about the dirty sea in Pattaya:
on days when there are strong waves on the sea, the water becomes cloudy, and any garbage washed ashore from all over the Gulf of Thailand floats on the beach. The situation is completely different on the islands - there the water is clear and clean almost always. I don’t know why they scare you so much with Ko Lan - a very good budget option. I don’t know what’s behind the ferry for 40 baht, but for 150 they take you back and forth, and you can choose one of the beaches where you will be dropped off: green (the closest, full of people), red (very nice, small) or orange ( big, interesting, but expensive food, bring chips and hot dogs from the supermarket). The schedule of this ferry: there - 9-00, 9-30, 11-00, 13-00. Back - 15-00, 17-00.
on days when there are strong waves on the sea, the water becomes cloudy, and any garbage washed ashore from all over the Gulf of Thailand floats on the beach. The situation is completely different on the islands - there the water is clear and clean almost always. I don’t know why they scare you so much with Ko Lan - a very good budget option. I don’t know what’s behind the ferry for 40 baht, but for 150 they take you back and forth, and you can choose one of the beaches where you will be dropped off: green (the closest, full of people), red (very nice, small) or orange ( big, interesting, but expensive food, bring chips and hot dogs from the supermarket). The schedule of this ferry: there - 9-00, 9-30, 11-00, 13-00. Back - 15-00, 17-00.
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answered 14 years ago
"on days when there are strong waves on the sea, the water becomes cloudy, and any garbage washed ashore from all over the Gulf of Thailand floats on the beach."
And when there are no waves on the sea, then the products of human life are simply floating in the water, which Pattaya dumps directly into the sea. All plums from coastal cafe-restaurants also go to the sea. And since there is a very strong heat, any garbage can starts to stink wildly in half an hour. And the sea in Pattaya stinks.
And when there are no waves on the sea, then the products of human life are simply floating in the water, which Pattaya dumps directly into the sea. All plums from coastal cafe-restaurants also go to the sea. And since there is a very strong heat, any garbage can starts to stink wildly in half an hour. And the sea in Pattaya stinks.
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answered 14 years ago
If you want to go overnight to the island and feel like you are in the Maldives)), feel free to go to Samet. Taxi around 1000 one way to the pier, from the pier you can get to the island by ferry (I don’t know how much) or by speedboat (1500-2000) one way, and ask the captain to take you to the fishing village for 10 minutes, there you can to see and feed a huge fish and a turtle, the size of a person))) Immediately decide on the hotel where to take you, and go directly to it, so you will save 200 baht per person, because the island is a national reserve, and a fee is charged at the entrance. From hotels I can advise Samet Cabana Resort (very quiet place, bungalows on the seashore, about 2500 per room), or Silver Sand (our friends lived there, the room costs around 1500). I regret that we only went there for 1 night... Don't repeat our mistakes;)
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answered 14 years ago
The water in Tai is very warm at any time of the year. You can swim as much as you like - you simply will not be able to freeze. The cleanest and most transparent water is on the islands. So if you go to Thailand to relax at sea, then you should pay an extra 200-300 dollars and go to Phuket or Koh Samui. In Pattaya, the sea is also clean, but due to the rivers flowing from the mainland, the water is not so clear. Another feature of the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand is quite strong tides. On the beaches of some hotels, at low tide, when the sea recedes, the relief and structure of the bottom change quite a lot - it can become both flatter and steeper, stones can appear on the sand, etc. Low tide in Thailand comes two to three times a day, so that this will not spoil your vacation, nevertheless it is always useful to get such information in advance. There are practically no storms in Thailand, but, for example, on the western side of Phuket, which is practically open to the Indian Ocean, there is almost always quite a strong surf.
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