Ratana Plaza

Ratana Plaza

ផ្សារទំនើប រតនាផ្លាហ្សា

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Ratana Plaza is one among of the other shopping malls or supermarkets in Phnom Penh. It is located in the same building as Dara Airport Hotel. It has address on Confederation de la Russie Blvd (110), Sangkat Teuk Thla, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh City, Cambodia. In fact, in order to reach Ratana Plaza you need to turn southward off from Confederation de la Russie Blvd (110) around 50 meters, then you will see the shopping mall’s signage on the cube shape building.

Ratana Plaza is not a pretty big super market with just only 3 floors, while the other floors, western part and the roof of the complex are served as hotel for 155 rooms and  for reception, lobby, swimming pool, bar, restaurant  and spa at the fifth-floor. Just like other super market, Ratana Plaza is equipped with some modern facilities such as elevator, security camera and more. Ratana Plaza is also decorated with attractive lights, especially in some special occasions such as New Year and Christmases.

The first floor of Ratana Plaza looks somehow interesting which houses a Lucky supermarket, Lucky Burger, KFC, iOne computers and other shops such as jewelry shops, electronic products shops, and some cosmetics and personal care. The second floor has mostly the fashion shop, cloth shops, and a big home appliance and electronic product shop – Kfour Electronic Shop.The third floor is set for the food court, kid playground, restaurant, coffee shop, and its administrative office. 

Generally, Ratana Plaza can be considered as a local shopping mall for residents of the surrounding area and for guests from Dara Airport hotel because most people tend to go shopping at famous, busy supermarkets at downtown like Aeon Mall. 

Cambodian Cultural Village

Cambodian Cultural Village

ភូមិវប្បធម៌កម្ពុជា

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Cambodian Cultural Village is located along National Road No. 6, the road to the airport, and address in Svay Dangkum Village, Krus Commune, Siem Reap Province. It is easy to recognize as its symbol which with decoration of waterwheel at the main gate. Cambodia cultural village cover a total area of 210,000 square meters.

Cambodia cultural village is a theme park which was started the construction in 2001, and opened its door for public on 24 September 2003. Inside this amusement park, there are several important historical buildings and structures presenting with miniature versions such as Royal Palace, National Museum, Central Market, Wat Phnom, and so on. According to the information from Cambodian cultural village, there are eleven unique villages, representing the varied culture heritage of nineteen ethnic groups. At each village are wood house, carving in stone, traditional performances in different styles such as Apsara dancing, performances of ethnic minorities from north-east of Cambodia, traditional wedding ceremony, circus, folk games, peacock dancing, acrobats, elephant shows, and more.  

Cambodia cultural village also has a wax museum displaying scenes from culture and history such as living activities of ethnic groups, Khmer family, war scene, scene of Preah Neang Soma (Liv Yi), and more. This wax museum also displays some famous public figures such as Samdach Choun Nath, Samdach Penn Nouth, King Ang Duong, Phirum Ngoy, pop star Sin Sisamuth, researcher from China – Chiv Ta Kvan and a lot more.

Cambodia cultural village is popular with Cambodian and other Asian visitors

Song Saa Island - Natural Paradise of Cambodia

Song Saa Island (Koh Oun & Koh Bong)
កោះសង្សារ (កោះអូន កោះបង)
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The most luxurious island in Cambodia is Song-Saa Island which is a Khmer word, meant “The Sweethearts”, implying the intimate and harmony. Song Saa Island consists of two pristine islands ( Koh Oun and Koh Bong).

These twin islands are located in the untouched Koh Rong Archipelago where is the home for the rich and diverse marine life including turtles, seahorse, and exotic species of tropical fish, while on the islands is full of virgin rainforests, tropical reefs and glistening white beaches.

Song Saa Island lies secluded 30 kilometers west of Sihanoukville, in this magnificent seascape, just 35 minutes by boat from the port of Sihanoukville. These two small adjacent islands are four and three hectares in size respectively.

Song Saa is a private island developed by a couple named Rory and Melita Hunter who are impressed with tropical environment of the islands with pristine beaches, rainforests. They are also looking ahead for new opportunities to bring their vision of world-class sustainable luxury to other parts of Cambodia and Southeast Asia.

They found a natural paradise of Cambodia – Song Saa Island!