Bang Saen is always overcrowded at weekends when people from nearby Bangkok come in their thousands to relax on the sandy but desperately overcrowded beaches (and all the accommodation is taken up). "Ocean World", an American-style leisure park complete with swimming pools, opened on the promenade a few years ago.
Bangkok Education College's interesting Scientific Marine Center (in the inner courtyard of the College) exhibits numerous species of fish found in the Gulf of Thailand.
