Getting to Bang Saen

[walt3 0]

Hello,

I'd like to go to Bang Saen from near Central Festival 2nd rd.

Just want to have a look see for a couple of hours.

What's a cheap easy way to get there and back.

The baht bus drivers want prices like it's a trip back home to

buriam.

 

Thanks

Edited January 4, 2010 by walt3

[bigmick 840]

Hello,

I'd like to go to Bang Saen from near Central Festival 2nd rd.

Just want to have a look see for a couple of hours.

What's a cheap easy way to get there and back.

The baht bus drivers want prices like it's a trip back home to

buriam.

 

Thanks

You should be able to get the bus from the bus station at the end of Pattaya nua(north pattaya rd) i would think 100 baht each way should do it, if you go on saturdays the beech area is busey with mostly thai families, its a nice walk along the beech pathway and the thai food is good, your not hasseled either by sellers, during the week its quiet

[Regyai 415]

Any stop on Sukhumvit will get you a bus to there

 

Drop off on Sukhumvit at Bang Saen then m/c taxi into the beach

 

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[LocalYokul 214]

there are Baht buses right there in Nong Mon market that will take you to the beach

 

tell the bus on Suk. Rd. that you want to get off at Nong Mon market or Dtalaht Nong Mon

 

there are Baht buses right near the pedestrian flyover bridge that will take you down to the beach for 10b

[grs90 49]

Bang Saen is a great place for a day trip, or for a couple of days if you have hooked up with a decent girlie. If you avoid weekends it is dead quiet and laid back. There are some cracking seafood restaurants and hotels at reasonable prices as well. I nearly always spend a couple of days there to recharge during a couple of weeks in Pattaya.

 

A relatively easy way to get there is to walk along 2nd road to Pattaya Klang, then get a baht bus that is going up to Sukhumvit Road (not one that is turning in to Soi Buakhao). Near the top of Pattaya Klang there is a left turn, slip-road which takes the traffic on to Sukhumvit Road. Walk along that slip road and the bus stop is just a few yards away.

 

Busses seem to come along every 15 minutes or so. Most will be going to Bangkok. When the bus stops shout Bang Saen or Nong Mun at the ticket collector and if he says yes then get on. He'll come around collecting the money later - you don't pay as you get on. Price is about 60 baht.

 

As stated before, you actually need to get off the bus at Nong Mun market which is on Sukhumvit Road. The stop you need is quite easy to spot because there are millions of stalls selling dried fish. But, if in doubt, just keep asking Nong Mun every time the bus stops, from about 5 or 6 stops after it parks up outside the Robinsons Supermarket in Sri Racha.

 

When you get off the bus you will see bright red baht busses. These work in a similar way to the Pattaya ones except the drivers are usually decent blokes and don't seem quite as yabba'd up as Pattaya ones. You need one that is going in the same direction as the bus you just got off. Check with the driver if he is going to Bang Saen beach. If he is jump in the back. Its about 6KM to the beach. Get off when you see the water and give him your 10baht (although I think the right price is 8 or 9 baht).

 

Now, sorry to hijack your thread but seeing as its about Bang Saen.... I gather a branch of the Thai bar/restaurant Tawan Daeng has opened up there. I've been to one in Bangkok and it was a cracking night out. Does anyone know exactly where in Bang Saen it is please?

[walt3 0]

Thanks for all the help

[LocalYokul 214]

it's pronounced Bahng Saan, so if you get on a bus & start saying "Baang Saen" they won't know WTF you are talking about

 

Bahng as in Tahng (Way/Direction)

 

Saan as in Ann (girl's name)