Most tourists stick to beach road's circular route but pattaya has multiple songthaew lines connecting every neighborhood. Blue line runs pattaya-jomtien-naklua, green connects sukhumvit to floating market, white serves soi buakhao to central festival.

The baht bus system costs 10 thb per ride within zones, 20 thb for longer distances like naklua to jomtien. Way more comfortable than cramped bolt cars and you see pattaya's actual layout instead of tunnel vision taxi rides.

Key stops: dolphin roundabout for transfers, big c extra for sukhumvit connections, walking street junction for everything south. Press the buzzer for stops, extend your arm to hail. Some routes run until 2am which beats expensive late night taxis.