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Cambodia Hotel Guide :: The Queen's Hideaway

Where: 227, street 19, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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.

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 The Pavilion 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 amenities to the historic building. Visitors can use the hotel's free WiFi from platform beds in the gardens, or take a dip in the giant swimming pool or the new Jacuzzi.

A few visitors complain that the old structure leaves something to be desired with the small bathrooms and fickle plumbing system, and bedroom views range from beautiful overlooks of the pool and garden to a full shot of the cement wall surrounding the structure. Rates start at $40 per night.