Always lively and always with plenty of everything! Fresh produce abounds on the northern side with stalls cooking and grilling all kinds of local foods, pretty much the same on the western and southern side whilst the middle and eastern end features fashion, jewellery, money changers etc, with a convienice store at the very end … Read more
Located in central Battambang at the southern end of Road no1 on the west bank of the Sangker River, the museum houses a fascinating collection. Remnants and artifacts here come from sites across the province dating back to the pre-angkorian era of the 1st-8th century, the Angkorian era from the 9th to 15th century and … Read more
Also known as the former Battambang Provincial Hall and Royal Residence, it was built during the era of Thai occupation and originally designed by an Italian architect in 1905 and later taken over by the French before it was opened, in 1907. It is very similar to the Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Building in Mueang Prachin Buri, … Read more
A beautifully restored old French Colonial building, now used by the National Bank of Cambodia.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda in the heart of Battambang city, located just west of the Battambang Provincial Museum. According to the local government, the site had its foundations in 1793, becoming a hermitage for monks, and between 1895 and 1905, the pagoda was built and restored in recent times. It’s notable for extraordinary embossed art, … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in central Battambang on the east side of the Sangker River (or Sangkae if you like) a block north of the central market. It’s built in the traditional Battambang style of the mid-late 1900s. It features an ornate and eye-catching entrance gate, that gleams when hit by the setting sun. … Read more
Also recorded as Po Knong Pagoda. Contemporary monastery and pagoda in the heart of Battambang city and east of the river.
Also recorded as Wat Bovil. Contemporary monastery and pagoda in the heart of Battambang city, east of the river, and south of Wat Po Knong. There are two pagodas here, that replaced an earlier pagoda reportedly founded in the early 19th century. In the 1930s the pagoda also featured a Pali school, Pali being the … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the west side of Battambang city. It’s very ornately decorated with a low-height outer wall rendered with Buddhist Angkorian-era iconography, and the exterior pagoda walls are decorated with murals depicting local Buddhist narratives.