Luxury Travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Whether based at the large 5-star accommodation of Raffles Hotel Le Royal, the modern Khmer-laced charms of Amanjaya, the dangerously named Foreign Correspondents Club (which, functionally, is a bar with some rooms) or the rustic colonial-era hotel-within-a-garden The Pavilion(where no children under 16 are allowed), Phnom Penh has a range of hotels to offer different types of travellers. While admittedly not as polished (nor as expensive as Siem Reap's), the relatively untouristy vibe in Phnom Penh paired with the confluence of exciting restaurants and local initiatives sparks off an exciting feeling of being in a city on the cusp of being discovered.

Take a tour of 'New Khmer Architecture' (a period in the 1950s or 60s when Khmer culture received royal patronage from the then-King Norodom Sihanouk) on cyclo or by foot.