SihaSihanoukville is a city by the sea south in Cambodia with lots of really nice beaches. They are not as crowded as some of the Thai resorts, but they can be cramped on weekends and holidays. Visitors should also be aware that some of them might be a bit dirty. If you’d like to do some diving here you should go to one of the nearby islands. The town of Sihanoukville itself does not offer that much to see.
The most well known beaches in the area are Victory Beach, Independence Beach, Sokha Beach, Ochheuteal Beach and Otres Beach. Ochheuteal Beach is the most popular one with several restaurants, bars and food vendors. The most quiet and least developed beach is the Otres Beach, so this is a good place to go if you’d like to relax from the crowds. There are also a few islands not far from Sihanoukville that might be interesting to visit like Koh Russei, which can be reached by private boat for about $5.
To get to Sihanoukville you can take a bus from Phnom Penh which takes you about 4 hours. You can also fly in to the small Sihanoukville airport, about 17 km outside the city. At the moment there are two routes, one from Phonom Penh and one from Siam Reap.
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