Dolphin Circle

Let's be honest about what this is: a traffic roundabout with a dolphin sculpture in the middle, at a busy junction in central Pattaya. People used to arrange to meet here. Now they say "meet me at Terminal 21", which sits directly across the road, and that shift tells you most of what you need to know. I wouldn't build an afternoon around it.

What makes it worth knowing is position. Terminal 21 is the big draw opposite, an indoor mall done up with an airport theme where each floor takes on a different city. Japan holds the food court, with cherry blossoms and Japanese shops around it, and there's London, Paris, San Francisco and Rome elsewhere in the building. Even the restrooms get talked about. Street food vendors and craft stalls work the streets around the circle, and that's the better reason to be on foot here. Treat the dolphin as a landmark you navigate by rather than something you photograph and leave.