Battambang Province, the unique beauty of French colonial architecture and traditional Cambodian architecture

Battambang is located in the northwest of Cambodia. To the north of the provinces bordering to Banteay Meanchey, to the east and south is Pursat, Siem Reap to the northeast and to the west of the province is Pailin. The northern and southern of the province are the international border with Thailand and Tonle Sap lake at notheast.

Battambang one of the most modern provincial capital and developed from French during French colony. The most important which contributes to the economic as well as cultural development of this province are mix with multi-cultural community of Vietnamese, Lao, Thai and Chinese.

The most popular favored is Sangkae River and Battambang itself nice and picturesque natural settings. On the other hand, with its owns unique beauty of French colonial architecture and traditional Cambodian architecture among French colonial buildings, Battambang also has many ancient temples such Wat Baydamram, Wat Ek Phnom, Wat Samsarong Knong, Wat Banan.

One of them, Wat Ek Phnom is a ruined Angkor temple built in the 11th century where you can see a giant Buddha statue and carvings representing interesting stories.

The most attraction is Battambang is Banan mountain with Prasat Banan and Prasat Snung will impressed your eyes by its colorful and delicate carvings.

Outside of these, Phnom Speu also attracted many tourist to visit where a Killing Caves with thousands skulls and bones of people died during Khmer Rouge Regime will absolutely fascinate tourists.

As you already known, Battambang preserves nice French colonial buildings, Psat Nat a French building style and it’s also play important role for daily activities. Famous Art Deco, the Governor Residence as a legacy of the early 1900s with balconies and wooden shutters and grand reception. Tourists may get excited about exploring the Central Market where you can see a variety of goods and food and experience the authentic lives of locals there.

In Battambang, tourists will be keen on taking part in different outdoor activities. You can choose to rent a bicycle to cycle along the river bank, through green rice paddies and pretty villages. Trying travelling by Bamboo Train, the combination of flying carpet with wheels rolling on rays will bring you a lot of fun.

Battambang will definitely satisfy you with your journey, If you are searching for the ancient beauty harmoniously combining with the modern beauty.