Looking for fun places to play in Thailand is a bit like looking for places to ski in Iceland.Thais love to have a good time, and every major city – and most smaller ones – will have entertainment areas and arcades, if not full-blown amusement parks.Of course, the biggest are in the big cities: Bangkok, Pattaya, and Phuket spring to mind, but sanuk – Thai for “fun” – is the national pastime, and your kids, and you, are certainly in for a good time.

We have some of the biggies listed below to get you started; some are good old amusement parks, like Dream World and Wonder World; others are more aquatic, like Siam Park and Leoland.Still others are historical and educational, such as Mini Siam, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, and The Ancient City.You’ll probably want to alternate between them in order to catch your breath and recuperate from all the fun.