Battambang Province. Battambang, located in northwestern Cambodia, contains the second most populous city in the country after Phnom Penh. The provincial capital, also Battambang, has always been a popular destination for its nearby ancient temples, French colonial architecture, and Buddhist shrines. Sitting on the Sangker River just south west of the Tonle Sap Lake, Battambang town is at the heart of Cambodia's 'rice bowl', and it maintains an untouched, bucolic feel.
The streets are filled with remarkably well-preserved French colonial buildings alongside traditional Cambodian houses. The nearby countryside harbors old pagodas, Angkorian era ruins, caves, waterfalls, and Khmer Rouge period killing fields. Place of interest in Battambang. Battambang Museum. The Museum of Battambang Province located downtown is relatively small but very interesting indeed.
Many lintels are exposed as well as Buddha statues, figurines …You can stop for hours on the skill of Battambang people to sculpt with refinement of the materials, which require a well-knowledge when we would carve to tame them.
Its director is French-speaking. Bamboo Train. Plantations surrounded by palm trees, Zebu pulling plows, farmers leant on the farming are an integral part of the Cambodian countryside. Caution:it is a means of local transportation very easy and very less comfortable. Wat Ek Phnom. Wat Ek Phnom, a modern pagoda, sits next to some 11th century Angkorian ruins built as Hindu temples under Suryavarm I.
The river road drive to Ek Phnom from Battambang passes through some absolutely beautiful countryside. Phnom Sampuove. The Phnom Sampuove is the natural resort located along the National Road No 57 the former National Road No 10 at Sam Puoy commune the high land having more than meter height approximately kilometer distance from the provincial town of Battambang.
