HotelChatter - Phnom Penh

Cambodia Hotel Guide :: The Queen's Hideaway

ced138 — 2008-09-24T09:15:33-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter and Jaunted Contributing Editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ced183">Claire Duffett</a> is now reporting from Cambodia and this week she is giving us the low-down on the hotel scene. Any questions about accommodations? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered for ya. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/7156/pavilion_pool_1.jpg" class="imgborder"> Despite the clout of Raffles Hotel Le Royale, Phnom Penh's most popular 1920s-era hotel isn't the imposing colonialist establishment, but instead a small boutique hotel called <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Pavilion+Phomn+Penh/local/1345">The Pavilion</a> in a quiet neighborhood near the Tonle Sap river and National Museum. Comissioned by the king's grandmother so she could pray at the nearby Buddhist temple, the hotel fuses French and Khmer (Cambodian) architectural styles. Today, the hotel's owners do their best to add modern

Cambodia Hotel Guide :: Historic Raffles Hotel Le Royale

ced138 — 2008-09-23T09:20:32-05:00

HotelChatter and Jaunted Contributing Editor Claire Duffett is now reporting from Cambodia and this week she is giving us the low-down on the hotel scene. Any questions about accommodations? Send 'em to us and we'll get them answered for ya.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital, has distanced itself from its sordid past. Hotel Le Royale, now part of the five-star Raffles chain, was built in 1929 during the heyday of French imperialism. There, writers and journalists rubbed elbows with royalty and dignitaries. It was all very Casablanca, Southeast Asian-style.

Good Rate :: Cambodia's Reversal of the Currents Festival

Tim L. — 2006-11-14T12:11:42-05:00

<![CDATA[[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same city and decide which is better worth your hard-earned benjamins. The rate listed here was taken on November 14, 2006 and is subject to change.]<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/water_festivalHC.jpg">If you just happen to be near Cambodia this week, snag a reservation at the <a href="http://www.bougainvillierhotel.com">Bougainvillier Hotel Phnom Penh</a> and check out the festivities from your riverfront room. We can't quite make out all that's going on November 15-17 from the <a href="http://www.mot.gov.kh/event_festival/water_festival.htm">official tourism site</a>, but here's what's listed for the festival in <a href="http://www.whatsonwhen.com/events/~6440.jml#dates">WhatsOnWhen</a>:<blockquote>Strangely, the current of the Tonlé Sap river, which runs through Phnom Penh from the Tonlé Sap Lake to the Mekong, switches