Pattaya Songthaew Service

Pattaya Songthaew Service

Over the years, Pattaya’s tourism has increased in a stupendous manner to accommodate people in the heart of the city as well as in its vicinity. People visit Pattaya during the weekends or for spending a long vacation enjoying sun bathing and the cool clear water of the sea. With the increasing number of tourists, shops, restaurants, hotels and recreation clubs Pattaya is becoming the hottest places of Thailand to have a party time.

Transportation in Bangkok has also developed over the years. Apart from buses, taxis and cars, Pattaya has a special means of communication, known as the Pattaya Songthaew Service. A Songthaew is also known as the baht bus. It is a pick up truck attached with a passenger vehicle. There are two bench seats fixed on either side of the pick up truck. At times a center bench is also placed in the middle of the truck.

As a popular mode of communication in Thailand, the Pattaya Songthaew Service plies regularly across Pattaya and Bangkok. Songthaews are easier and cheaper means of transport and are availed by both the locals as well as by the tourists. These vehicles are used to travel within towns, cities and also in the villages.

The Songthaews generally follow a fixed route for a fixed fare and are sometimes used as shared taxis for picking up and dropping passengers traveling roughly in the same direction. Availing the Pattaya Songthaew Service will help you catch a glimpse of the local life style of the people living in and around Pattaya.

If you are visiting Pattaya for the first time in your life then you must travel once in the Songthaews. It’s really fun and amusing. To travel by Songthaew, the fare depends on the distance. It starts from 10 Baht to 30 Baht If you are traveling long distances and would like to charter a Songthaew, the cost will start from 100 Baht.


Book Hotels in Pattaya Now!

Book Pattaya hotels now