10 sihanoukville Cambodia
In kampong-som province,
sahanakville is a tale of two halves with a bustling central district and its shoreline
area home to a vibrant beach resort the beaches here are Cambodia's top destination
for sand and sun holidays and are popular with both local and foreign tourists for
a quieter beach experience just to the south is otres beach with beach huts
huddled directly on the sand.
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Sihanoukvill Cambodia
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9 Cambodia national museum
The national museum of Cambodia
was established in the 1920s and has grown to become Cambodia's largest and
leading museum on cultural history and archaeology visitors will be able to see
one of the largest collections of khmer art in the museum some of the pieces that
visitors shouldn't miss include a standing adorned buddha made of bronze in the
early 12th century and a stunning kinery box carved out of wood and painted
with red and black.
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| National Museum |
8 koh rong samloem
Just off Cambodia's south coast lie a scattering of
islands just as beautiful as their thai counterparts but much less visited
these islands are a slice of laid-back tropical bliss where sun and sand take
the center stage of all the islands koh rong samloem is one of the most
beautiful islands with the long sandy saracen bay home to a dozen beach hut
resorts that offer an escape from the world it's really all about boating here but
there's plenty of scuba diving activities as well.
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| Koh Rong samloem |
7 kampot
Town of kampot has an aura of
old world ambience the compact central district is a joy to ramble around full
of exciting shophouse architecture some of which has been painstakingly restored
kampot's charm lies in its exceedingly chilled out atmosphere and many
travelers find themselves staying here longer than they expected for the more
active though this is also an excellent base for discovering the surrounding
places like the bokor hill station.
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| Kampot Province |
6 sambor prei-kuk
This temple site dates from the early 7th century
when it was the capital of the upper chenla empire more than 100 brick temples
dedicated to various hindu gods sit within the forest here many have swallowed
by mammoth tree roots archaeologically the site is extremely important containing
some of Cambodia's oldest surviving buildings but you don't have to be an
archaeology expert to appreciate the exceptional beauty of this tree-wrapped
ancient site.
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| Sambor Prei kuk Temple |
5 battambang the countryside
Of rice fields and tiny villages surrounding the
northwest city of batambang holds some of the most tranquil rural scenery in Cambodia
battambang itself is a rather sleepy city compared to the buzz of the capital with
a central district brimming with colonial buildings for those who found Phnom Penh's
hectic buzz a bit too much to handle battambang is a thoroughly approachable town
to use as a base all of this has made the city itself a popular destination for
travelers.
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| Battambang Provice |
4 Prasat preah vihear
The temples of Angkor wat may gain all the glory but Prasat
preah vihear wins the prize for the most dramatic location sitting atop the
dengrek mountains on an escarpment with dizzying views across the Cambodian
floodplains prasat preah vihear is a monumental temple complex of intricately
carved pavilions linked by long causeways built originally to honor the god
shiva the temple is snug against the border with Thailand and has historically
been a point of contention between the two nations.
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| Preah Vihear Temple |
3 Tonle sap lake
Tonle sap is Cambodia's most important water way and
southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake as well as being an important source
of food and a vital tool for Cambodian irrigation the lake itself is home to
170 floating villages that depend on fishing for their livelihood with homes
built directly on the water one of the most interesting is the sprawling
village of kampong long near the town of pursat on the lake's western shore although
the most popular village to visit is the Chong Khneas village.
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| Tonle Sap Lake |
2 Phnom Penh Cambodia's capital
Is the frenetic heartbeat of the nation a city of
chaotic streets filled with motorbikes and car horns that can frazzle at first
glance deserted completely during the Khmer rouge madness and left to wither
and decay Phnom Penh has bounced back to become one of southeast Asia's most
dynamic cities one of the most important sites to visit is the royal palace which
provides gorgeous examples of traditional artistry and architecture while the
killing fields of Choeung ek speak of the horror and brutality the people of
this country suffered under the Khmer rouge.
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| Phnom Penh City |
1 Angkor Wat Temples
Angkor wat period are so ambitious in scale and in
the majesty of their construction that Angkor wat is rated as one of the world's
most important ancient sites the temple of Angkor wat itself the world's
largest religious building is only one sliver of the site in total the
sprawling circuit of temples deserves at least three days to explore if you
want to understand the scope of the Angkor wat period's architectural achievements
for those short on time though the main highlights after the Angkor wat are the
tree root clasp temple of Taprom the bayon temple for its stone-carved faces the
Angkor thom and the Preah khan as well you.
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| Angkor Wat Temple |
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