Pattaya City Sign
Giant hillside letters spelling out a coastal city's name, lit by thousands of LEDs above sweeping sea views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Pattaya City Sign traces how a fishing village became a coastal city, opening with the accidental arrival of around five hundred American soldiers on leave from a nearby base in June 1959. From that one good week, word spread through the ranks and the town grew into a wartime rest stop before outliving the war that built it. Stand on Pratumnak Hill and take in the bay before turning to look at the letters spelling out the city's name behind you.
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