A Honeymoon Vacation Special requires very careful planning, and Cambodia may have been a place you haven’t considered. The Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge are long gone and Cambodia is emerging as a holiday destination and it could be a very special place to spend a honeymoon.
Cambodia of course is the well known home of Angkor Wat with its magnificent temples, and the classical city of Phnom Penh but what many people don’t realise is that it has some fantastic beaches on the south coast and a great hotel in Sihanoukville called The Sokha Beach Hotel, and this is worth investigating as a great place to finish any Honeymoon vacation Special in Cambodia.
The Sokha Beach Hotel sits in 15 acres of beachfront garden on over a mile of the best white sand beach in Sihanoukville, and is the best hotel in Sihanoukville. It was voted amongst the best new hotels in the world in 2005.
There are 166 rooms all of which are good sized with wooden floors and nice furnishings, with large comfortable beds and the usual amenities including tea and coffee service. The bathrooms are large with separate showers and lots of fluffy towels. There are several categories of room from De Luxe garden view and De Luxe Seaview, Club Suite, Junior Suite, Executive Suite, Apsara Suite, and the Royal Sokha Suite.
The swimming pool is huge, and there are plenty of sunbeds, both there and on the beach, with attentive staff to look after you. You’ll not want to sit by the pool with such a beautiful beach for your honeymoon vacation special!!
In fact the beach is swept all day long to keep it in pristine condition, in fact the sand is finer and whiter than Phuket to give you an idea of the quality. The same is true of the grounds and the restaurants everything is immaculate.
You will enjoy the breakfasts in the air conditioned restaurant with nice touches like an omelette chef, and a noodle chef, and by the way if you leave the airconditioning on in your room when you go out, it is still on when you return which is wonderful.
There is a good seafood buffet, and the Lemongrass restaurant on the beach is very good with the most wonderful setting and great views.
The Spa is beautiful and it is well worth while taking one of their packages, because by Western standards the price is very reasonable. It has a huge Jacuzzi and modern steam room which all guests can use free.
The costs within the hotel for food and drink are a little on the expensive side, so you need to venture out if only to sample something closer to the real Cambodia. Take a walk around the rocks to the next beach and here you will find hustle and bustle but you can eat and drink all night for very little. You will have to put up with beggars and children but bar staff will take care of them.
All in all you won’t do better in Cambodia on your honeymoon vacation special than tour Angkor Wat and then chill out at The Sokha Beach Hotel in Sihanoukville.
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Peter Stewart writes about in Kenya Safaris as well as authoring several articles about Worldwide Vacation Spots and he recommends Caribbean Vacation Spots
