13May/103
How to reach phuket from pattaya?
Actually i am about to visit thai, and interested in visiting phuket also.But my main station would be pattaya only. so checking would it be viable for me to visit phuket. in terms of the cost of transportation. Can any one tell me how i can reach phuket by boat or ferry,,how much cost?
May 13th, 2010 - 23:35
As far as I know, there’s no boat or ferry service from Pattaya to Phuket.
The cheapest way, but not the most convenient, is by bus. From Pattaya you have to go to the bus terminal in Bangkok and catch the bus to Phuket from there.
Or you can fly. Thai Airways offers flights to Phuket (from Pattaya) 4 days a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 1 PM. They’re having a promotional price which is TB 2,805 oneway with limited seats.
May 14th, 2010 - 00:21
I live in Pattaya and visit Phuket now and again by personal car, but in your case there are 2-3 options, the best two options depending on your budget is 1; taxi or bus to Suvarnabhumi Airport and fly via Air Asia (check out http://www.airasia.com/ for prices & times) or 2; bus or taxi it up to the southern bus station in Bangkok (Ekami) and catch a 12 hour bus ride to Phuket.
Another way is to catch a train from Bangkok (http://www.seat61.com/Thailand.htm) but the train won;t take you all the way into Phuket so you will have to use many means of transportation, as for ferries or boats there is no ferry or boat from Pattaya to Phuket.
May 14th, 2010 - 00:21
phuket is only nominally an island you can get to it by road and I would be very suprised if there were any ferries from Pattaya,thats one helluva boat trip.You can fly easy enough from bangkok or get the bus ….if you have time to spare get the bus it’s far more interesting if much slower,cheaper too…..it’s a long drive though and will take a day