{"id":465,"date":"2025-12-17T22:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/?p=465"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:30:20","slug":"thongsala-pier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/?p=465","title":{"rendered":"Thongsala Pier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">\n<title>Thongsala Pier &#8211; Koh Phangan | Thailand City Tour<\/title>\n<style>\nbody{font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,sans-serif;line-height:1.7;color:#1a2a3a;max-width:900px;margin:0 auto;padding:20px;background:#f8fafc}\nh1{font-size:2.4em;color:#0f3b5f;margin-bottom:0.2em}\nh2{color:#0f3b5f;border-left:4px solid #0ea5e9;padding-left:12px;margin-top:2em}\n.hero{border-radius:16px;overflow:hidden;margin:20px 0;box-shadow:0 8px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.12)}\n.hero img{width:100%;display:block}\n.card{background:white;border-radius:12px;padding:24px;margin:20px 0;box-shadow:0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)}\n.tag{display:inline-block;background:#e0f2fe;color:#0369a1;padding:4px 10px;border-radius:20px;font-size:0.85em;margin-right:6px}\n.btn{display:inline-block;background:#0ea5e9;color:white;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;margin-top:10px}\n.footer{margin-top:40px;padding:20px;background:#0f3b5f;color:white;border-radius:12px;text-align:center}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<h1>Thongsala Pier &#8211; Koh Phangan<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"tag\">Main Pier<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Ferry Terminal<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Surat Thani<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thongsala Pier, Koh Phangan<\/strong> &#8211; The Island&#8217;s Main Gateway<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thongsala1.jpg\" alt=\"Thongsala Pier daytime\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card\">\n<p>Thong Sala (Thai: \u0e17\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e32) is the principal town and administrative centre of Ko Pha Ngan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. While Haad Rin hosts the Full Moon Party and attracts many of the island&#8217;s visitors, Thong Sala is mostly used by tourists as a ferry terminal and jumping off point.<\/p>\n<p>The port area has three main piers, one of which is able to handle medium- to large-sized container and passenger craft. The others accommodate smaller passenger and dive boats that serve the islands of Ko Pha Ngan, Ko Samui, and Ko Tao, and the mainland ports of Surat Thani and Chumphon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>1. Overview<\/h2>\n<div class=\"card\"><p>Location: PX5M+HG3, Koh Pha-Ngan, Surat Thani. 600m from The Pier hotel, 300m from Thongsala Walking Street. Samui Airport 19km away by ferry.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<h2>2. Ferry Services<\/h2>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lomprayah High Speed Ferry<\/strong> &#8211; to Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Chumphon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seatran Ferry<\/strong> &#8211; to Koh Samui Nathon Pier, Donsak<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raja Ferry<\/strong> &#8211; car ferry to Donsak, Surat Thani<\/li>\n<li><strong>Night Boat<\/strong> &#8211; overnight to Surat Thani town<\/li>\n<li><strong>Songserm<\/strong> &#8211; budget ferry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thongsala2.jpg\" alt=\"Thongsala Pier sunset market\"><\/div>\n\n<h2>3. Facilities at the Pier<\/h2>\n<div class=\"card\"><p>Ticket Office, Coconut Drinks &amp; Snacks, 7-Eleven, motorbike rental, luggage storage, small market with Som Tam, fresh fruit, grilled skewers. Sunset viewpoint is perfect for evening relaxation.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<h2>4. Getting Around from Thongsala<\/h2>\n<div class=\"card\"><p>Songthaew (shared taxi) to Haad Rin, Thong Nai Pan, Chaloklum. Motorbike rental 200-300 THB\/day. Walking distance to market, banks, pharmacy.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<h2>5. Travel Tips<\/h2>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<ul>\n<li>Book in advance during Full Moon Party (3 days before\/after)<\/li>\n<li>Keep your ferry ticket until exit<\/li>\n<li>Arrive 30 min before departure<\/li>\n<li>Best sunset 18:15-18:45<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/66958831954\">BOOK NOW via WhatsApp +66 95 883 1954<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"footer\">\n<p>thailandcitytour.com<br>e-mail: thailandcitytour@gmail.com<br>whatsapp: +66958831954<\/p>\n<p>Thongsala Pier &#8211; Gateway to Koh Phangan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thongsala Pier &#8211; Koh Phangan | Thailand City Tour Thongsala Pier &#8211; Koh Phangan Main&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandcitytour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}