Bang Saen
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Bang Saen Beach (Thai: หาดบางแสน, RTGS: Hat Bang Saen, pronounced [hàːt bāːŋ sɛ̌ːn]) simply known as Bang Saen is in Tambon (subdistrict) Saen Suk, Mueang Chonburi district, Chonburi province, eastern Thailand. It is about 108 km (67 mi) south of Bangkok. It is a popular beach due to its proximity to Bangkok and Pattaya.
The beach is about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long, maintained by Thesaban Mueang (town municipality) Saen Suk.
Its name, Bang Saen, comes from folklore about two young Chonburi lovers, Saen (แสน) and Sam Muk (สามมุก). The unrequited lovers threw themselves off a cliff and drowned together. Their names became the names of many places of Chonburi, such as Khao Sam Muk, a low hill near the beach. It has a shrine for Sam Muk at the foot of the hill.
Originally a fishing village, Bang Saen became a tourist attraction during the government of Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram, which was the same time as World War II, when the government built two seaside resorts were Bang Pu in Samut Prakan and Bang Saen, along with the construction of Sukhumvit road (Highway 3), making travel from Bangkok to the eastern seacoast easier.
The sea at Bang Saen is usually not clear. But from October to February of every year, the sea at Bang Saen is as clear as the Maldives, a natural phenomenon.
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