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Sihanoukville has a different look and feel than most Cambodian towns. Constructed as a port city in the late 1950s, the town is much newer, more urban and cosmopolitan than most Cambodian provincial cities. Nowadays, Sihanoukville is as much a beach town as it is a port town, catering to beach-going weekenders from Phnom Penh as well as a steadily increasing number of foreign visitors. Still, the pace of life in Sihanoukville is very relaxed. Cows occasionally wander the main road, outside town foreign faces draw smiles and curious stares, and most of the beaches offer only beach umbrellas, thatched roofed eateries, and a growing number of restaurants, bungalows and hotels. |
Sihanoukville
has a more than ample supply of accommodations, including a 5-star
resort complex on Sokha Beach, several mid-range places downtown
and at the beaches, a few 'upscale' three-star hotels, and dozens
of budget guesthouses, especially around the serendipity beach area.
Considering the moderate number of visitors to Sihanoukville, the
town offers a surprising number and variety of restaurants and bars.
Fresh seafood, especially crab, prawns and ocean fish, has always
been one of the town's biggest draws, but there is also a wide variety
of places offering foreign cuisines - Australian, French, Indian,
German, British, Italian, pizza places, a couple of western bakeries
and even an espresso coffee shop. And these days Sihanoukville offers
a pretty good night life as well with a wide variety of bars staying
open well into the night, especially on Weather Station Hill, in
the downtown area, and the beach bars on Ochheuteal, ‘Serendipity’
and Victory Beaches. |
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