Thread: Bangsaen Beach

Originally Posted by Begbie

No lots of sand but the water is very shallow and a bit dirty.

I agree, spent a few days there 3 years ago and the water is not very inviting for a swim. Very few "farangs" and nice places close to the beach in the shadow to have a good meal. Worst a look for 1-2 days.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Yep Bangsaen has the big aquarium place, if I remember correctly they charge one price only for entry regardless of your color, Not sure about Pol Pot though, I thought he had a house in Pattaya.

Thanks for your prompt reply

I went to BangSaen many, many years ago and there wasn't any sand.
Did they truck it all in ?
I can't be thinking about the wrong place because I recognise the roundabout picture, I went to the Aquarium and someone told me about the dodgy Mayor. I also saw PolPot whilst I was there and was told he had a house there.

Bang Saen is a good spot for a few quiet days.
Sit by the beach, eat seafood, DO NOT swim in the water.
I think the place catches a bad current in the gulf that washes all the shit from the Chao Phraya river down the beach. Eeuuucck!
It must keep the locals employed collecting plastic bags, used condoms and the like.

Does anyone have any hotel experiences to recount? There is a bungalow complex which looks reasonable, and a hotel, The Tide Resort, which looks very nice but pricey.

Bangsaen Villa is a great little place down the end across the road from the famous and good (but expensive) seafood restaurant whose name I can't remember right now. Rooms are around 750 baht for a very nice room. Ask for Khun Add, the front office manager, and tell her Khun Geoffrey and A recommended them.

I moved from Pattaya to Bangsaen about three years ago and it was definitely a very good move. Much cheaper, cleaner, quieter, and most importantly, safer.

We live in Wungmukland (although we've been in Australia since October last year) very close to Laemthong Department Store. Nice family place, lots of kids for my son to play with.

The beach in Bangsaen is great during the week. Not a swimming beach but a nice place to sit and relax. Some hawkers but good food service and ice-cold beer. Weekends are usually a bit of a nightmare and long weekends are to be totally avoided. One good thing they do on some weekends is turn on the big flood-lights over the beach after the sun goes down. Being Thailand, many of the bulbs have blown so the lighting is very bearable. They take down all the umbrellas and you sit there in the open beach air, sitting on reasonably comfortable deck chairs and you can order food and drinks as you like. Nice way to spend a summer's evening.

Not a real lot to see there. Okay, there is the oceanarium, Khao Sarm Muk (monkey mountain), and the ever-growing, gaudy Chinese temple on the back-road to Ang Sila, but that's about it.

Night-life is interesting in Bangsaen, mainly because it is a university town. Lots of pubs and restaurants packed to the gunnels with students. I've always had a good time at Take It Easy Pub (Marijuana plays there on a regular basis). Galaxy Exotic Thai Massage Parlour/Nightclub/Disco is the huge complex on the corner as you turn into Bangsaen. Can be fun!!

If you're looking for cheaper accommodation you can try down (i think) Soi 7 and there a few little hotel/restaurants run by what look like farang retirees and their Thai families. Driven down the soi many times but never actually stopped to check them out. (Note to self for when I get back in July)

Songtaews make it very easy to get around Bangsaen. They start near Nongmon Talat-Sot Market on Sukhumvit Road where all the buses stop. They do a big loop down along Beach Road and come back to the market again. Operate 24 hours a day but can be infrequent after midnight.

^Basically, Bangsaen is as boring as shit. I spent a week there one Thursday.

^You don't know me Gerbil - I could quite happily spend two whole days just looking at a sign that advertises 'monkey mountain'.

^ It's more 'monkey hillock' really. Not many mountains I know that you can drive up and down in a couple of minutes.