After spending a wonderful day at Hua Hin, we spend the next day at Hua Hin visiting the attractions here.
Santorini
Park (พบกับร้านค้าชั้นนำ และสินค้าระดับพรีเมี่ยม) is situated at Cha-Am, roughly 40 minutes
driving from Hua Hin. En route from Bangkok to Hua Hin, it is actually located
on the right side of the highway.
We hailed a tuk-tuk from Hua Hin to Santorini Park & Swiss Sheep
Farm for 1000 baht, with the condition the driver will wait for us and send us
back to hotel. It was the lowest among the other method of transportation we
surveyed, taxi quoted 1600 baht while another tuk-tuk quoted 1200 baht.
Santorini Park is an amusement park resembles the architecture and design
of Santorini, an island in Greece located in the southern Aegean Sea. The
classic whitewashed buildings, colourfully painted windows, down to stone-paved
paths and domed towers allow you to indulge in Santorini without having
travelling physically there. It is more like an amusement park with the
integration of retail shopping, thrill rides and arts.
We arrived earlier at the Park and managed to skip the queue for
purchasing the ticket (50 bath/pax). The blue and white painted scenery outside
the park had somehow made you feel this is not Thailand anymore.
Santorini Park Cha-Am
555 Moo 3, Khao Yai Sub-district,
Cha-Am District, Petchburi 76120
Tel: 0 3277 2999
Fax: 03277 2996
Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 10:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00am - 10:00pm
The Swiss
Sheep Farm is just opposite Santorini Park. Swiss Sheep Farm is an European
style countryside farm with scenic meadows, nicely decorated with Halloween
themed items in conjunction with Halloween day. A non so nature natural
attraction that let you put away your fatigue, pretending to be shepherd
surrounded by Asian sheep.
Admission
fee is 120 bath per pax and the entrance ticket comes with another ticket for
sheep feeding session as well. Show the ticket to the sheep feeding counter to
exchange for a small clump of grass. The sheep will be very excited by flocking
the fence when they see you walked into the feeding area with grasses, knowing
that they will get some favour from you if they managed to get your attention.
Swiss Sheep
Farm
Petchburi
Thailand 76120
Tel:
032-772495
Email: [email protected]
Monday –
Friday: 10:00am – 7:00pm
Saturday
& Sunday – 9:00am 7:00pm
We headed
back to Chitin Loft Hotel and take our lunch at a café decorated with Santorini
theme as it was painted with white and blue. Seafood noodle shop (40 baht) and
fried rice (40 baht) were nice and addition of pepper to both the dishes
enhanced its flavors.
An ice
cream stall just outside the stall immediately drew our attention after we
checked out. Thai coconut ice cream definitely has its own nice and cooling
taste, and the sweetness is just right at the level. It blended well when
served either with bread or glutinous rice, and honestly one should not missed
these desserts whenever travelling to Thailand.
Going back to Bangkok from Hua Hin is not that difficult. Spot this small stall man by a guy outside Hua Hin Colonnade Mall (just on the left side of Hua Hin main street, not far from Chitin Loft Hotel) and book a seat for the van for 180 baht per person. The journey will take approximately 3.5 hours but ours took more than 5 hours because it was a Friday and Halloween night when we reached Bangkok. What a bad timing!
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Hi sweetie, I'm going to Hua Hin soon and I found your blog when I'm scratching my head considering about the cheapest transportation to get around Hua Hin. Your blog is informative and awesome =) Keep it up! Btw, where were you guys hailed a tuk tuk? Just around your hotel or need to proceed to any specific station?
ReplyDeleteShin, thanks for your compliment. I am glad you find our blog useful. We stayed at Citin Loft Hotel, then just walked to the main road, Phetkasen Road to hail a tuk tuk. You can always seek help from the hotel after you check in, they are very friendly to help. hehe
Deleteok! Thanks shirleen ! 😊
DeleteYou are most welcome, Shin <3
DeleteThank you for sharing..i am sharing this link with my friends too as we are going to Hua Hin in 2 weeks time.
ReplyDeleteHi SC, you are welcome. I am glad you find this post useful. Have a great time in Hua Hin~
DeleteHi, i am going to hua hin next May with my kid and planning to Swiss farm also. we are wondering if go to swiss farm from Huahin by tuktuk then back to huahin, or for the way back to bangkok we would take a minivan to there then take another minivan to bangkok? do u think that it's easy to catch a minivan at the gate of swiss farm?
ReplyDeleteThank you
Hi, I believe you will still need to get back huahin town to board the minivan back bangkok. That is why we booked the tuktuk where he wait us finish visiting Swiss Farm and Santorini Park to guarantee we have transport to go back.
DeleteActually it depends on your travelling pattern. Hiring a tuk tuk for a trip to both Santorini and Swiss Sheep farm is ok. Whereas a taxi is 1600 baht (Subject on your negotiation with taxi driver).
DeleteIf you plan to go else where in Hua Hin (e.g Pala-U waterfall, Huay MongKol), its more worth to hire a tour van for a full day at probably 4000 - 6000 baht (depend on where you are you exploring). The distance make a difference on the transport price.
Checkout Ultravan.
you kenna chop carrot...1000 THB lol. by bus only 30 THB.
ReplyDeleteFor a taxi return trip?
DeleteHi, thanks for this blog. I have Googled everywhere still can't find the solution of transport to Santorini Park.
ReplyDeleteI am traveling from Bangkok to Hua Hin by minivan. I plan to stop at Santorini Park then continue to Hua Hin town and check-in hotel.
Questions:
1) Does Santorini Park have a place to deposit our luggage?
2) How to catch transport from Santorini Park to Swiss Sheep Farm?
3) Does Swiss Sheep Farm have a place to deposit our luggage?
4) How to catch transport from Swiss Sheep Farm to Hua Hin town? What are the available transportation and how much the cheapest?
Hi Hasan, thanks for your support.
Delete1) We are not sure whether Santorini Park has a place to deposit luggage or not, but the problems could be solved by booking a taxi / tuk-tuk in advance. You may keep your luggage in the taxi / tuk-tuk. Just take the precious belongings with you.
You can either book in advance the taxi at Santorini Park. There are aplenty you may engage or find them over the Internet. Share with them your itinerary. Otherwise you may try your luck by engaging to any taxi drivers there and be prepare to haggle for the price
Q2 and Q3 pretty much can be answered in Q1. The taxi is willing to wait for you, and in fact can ferry you across all destinations back to Hua Hin town for a price.
4) You may consider taxi or tuk-tuk. Both should cost about the same price, but go for taxi to seek for comfort factor.
Thanks EEPIN, anyway I just read other blog that there is another cheaper transport, Local Orange Bus costs about 40 baht/person. But the problem is to cross the highway to catch bus again back to Hua Hin town center.
DeleteYou are welcome.
ReplyDeleteYes bus is always the cheaper option, if you do not mind spending some time waiting.