HOLIDAY VILLA HOTEL & SUITES PHNOM PENH

Holiday Villa Hotel & Suites Phnom Penh is nestled in the city centre of  Phnom Penh,, the capital of the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia. Cambodia has been earmarked as an upcoming country with a relative fast growing economy in all commercial ares. For investors as well as for business opportunities, an abundance of opportunities clamours for the overseas businessman from the services, construction, tourism and manufacturing.

Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia and the country's commercial economic and political hub is located at the confluence of the Mekong and Tonle sap rivers. Despite its reputation as a 'rough' city, Phnom Penh is easy to get around and is a great introduction to Cambodia. Things are changing and the city is now becoming more pleasant and striving to architecturally become more of a 'developed' capital including high rise buildings, while still retaining much of the beauty that made it a 'Paris Of The East' before 1970. The infrastructure is improving rapidly with beautiful wide boulevards and fine French  colonial building architecture.

The 4-star Holiday Villa Hotel and Suites Phnom Penh , built to reflect the best of of French colonial design and style, is strategically located on the main business street of Monivong Boulevard. It is  just fifteen minutes drive from Pochentong Inernational Airport .Phnom Penh is within the vicinity of shopping areas and only a five minute stroll to the Central Market (Psah Thmei) and World Mongkulwan. The hotel is also 50 minutes flight time from the famous Angkor Wat Temples.

ROOMS

The hotel features 74 well appointed guest rooms comprising Superior , Deluxe and Suites. Each guest room is equipped with an individual controlled air-conditioning,  bath and shower, colour television and satellite television programs, in -room safe deposit box, internet facilities, mini-bar,  IDD telephone, in-room tea/coffee making facilities (suites only); hair dryer (upon request) . Non-smoking floors  are also available.

FACILITIES AND GUEST SERVICES

Meeting rooms, business centre, laundry and dry cleaning service, baby sitting (upon request) room services (6 am to 11 pm) , concierge and tour desk, courier service, in-house doctor (upon request), airport and city shuttle service.

THINGS TO DO IN PHNOM PENH

Phnom Penh has several cultural and historical attractions including the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, National Museum, Wat Phnom Penh, Toul Sieng Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields.

Other historical sites such as the old capital of Oudong and the Angkorian ruins of Phnom Chisor and Phnom Da lie within an easy day-trip of Phnom Penh.

Other attractions to see:-

  • Sisowath Quay (known as Riverside along the banks of the Mekong and Tonle Sap)
  • The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (at Preah Sihanouk Blvd) that record the history of the Khmer Rouge.
  • Mekong Cruise
  • Mekong Island
  • Meta House art gallery
  • Thunder ranch
  • Lighthouse Orphanage
  • Central Market  (shop for Cambodian silk. local silverware, traditional handicrafts and curios, made to order clothes)
  • Russian Market
  • Artist streets (Street 178, north of National Museum has many  boutiques- Colours of Cambodia, Kravan House, Stef' Happy Painting at Sisowath Quay)
  • Antiques dealers- Hidden Treasures
  • Monument Books (Norodum Blvd) .

HOW TO GET THERE

Phnom Penh International Airport is the largest of Cambodia's two international airports (the other is at Siem Reap, the gateway to Angkor Wat). There are daily flights from all major regional airports (Bangkok, Hong Kong, Ho Ch Minh City, Singapore, Taipeh, Luang Prabang in Laos and Hanoi via Vientiane, Laos).Airlines include Malaysia Airlines, Bangkok Airways, Vietnam Airlines,Laos Airlines, Shanhai Airlines, Thai Airways, Silk Air, Dragon Air, amongst others. The Malaysian low cost carrier, AirAsia has daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh.

The airport is about 11km from the city centre. Taxis from the public taxi stand at the airport cost USD9.00

Bus services to Phnom Penh is from Poipet (on the border of Thailand) and from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Two of the largest bus companies are  Sorya and GST .

By sea , ferries connect Phnom Penh to Siem Reap and usually take 4-5 hours, tickets for foreigners typically cost USD20-30. Fast boats leave every morning from Chau Doc in Vietnam's Mekong Delta and take 5 hours to reach Phnom Penh..By train, there is once weekly passenger train service between Phnom Penh and Battambang via Pursat. The journey takes 14 hours.