7 Unmissable Global Festivals in November
From the Day of the Dead to Christmas markets and Thanksgiving, November is a month that celebrates the emergence of winter. Here is our selection of the best festivals in…
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From the Day of the Dead to Christmas markets and Thanksgiving, November is a month that celebrates the emergence of winter. Here is our selection of the best festivals in…
Are you a running enthusiast who’s always on the lookout for the next great marathon to conquer? Look no further, as we’ve compiled a list of the best marathons in…
The Angkor Wat International Half Marathon is much more than just a race. It’s a unique and unforgettable experience that allows participants…
Travel Begins at 40 has scanned the globe to collate our tips on where to go in April from Argentina to Mozambique, and from Washington DC to Yangon. If March…
Looking for an adventure that’s off the beaten path? Look no further than Cambodia. This exquisite Southeast Asia tours destination boasts a profound historical background, a lively culture, and a…
Travel and lifestyle website Cambodia Begins at 40 launches today, 10 October 2022. Cambodia is a country that is constantly evolving as new venues open, off-the-beaten…
The year 2022 has seen the majority of covid travel restrictions lifted for Southeast Asia after two years of tough measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. As of July…
Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, one of the most iconic heritage properties in Southeast Asia, reopens its doors to guests on 1st June 2022 for the first time in almost three…
As Cambodia removes testing for international travellers, Shinta Mani Hotels have rebranded their Shinta Mani Angkor and Bensley Collection Pool Villas to reimagine the Khmer experience for the luxury traveller. …
Cambodia has removed the requirement for fully vaccinated international travellers to take an Antigen Rapid Test upon arrival at the country, in a further measure to open up the Southeast…
Mark Bibby Jackson at last checks into a property he has long coveted, and admits to be right royally impressed by the Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh. When I first moved…
Mark Bibby Jackson gets in tune with his inner self as he goes on an eco-tour in the Cardamom Mountains spending three nights under canvas in Wild Cambodia. It was…
After returning from a recent visit to the Kingdom, Mark Bibby Jackson explains why you really should visit Cambodia now. Cambodia is a country that I love. I first came…
Cambodia hosts the 40th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) from 16 – 22 January 2022, at Sokha Beach Resort, Sihanoukville under the theme ASEAN – A Community of Peace and Shared Future…
Cardamom Tented Camp ecolodge in Cambodia has been announced by Green Destinations as one of the 2021 Top 100 Destination Sustainability Stories in the world…
Marissa Carruthers checks in to a desserted Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh, the latest and most expansive five-star offering in the Cambodian capital. If there’s one thing the current pandemic has…
The Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh has a partnership with Naga Earth, a Siem-Reap-based NGO which collects used cooking oil from hotels and restaurants in Cambodia and recycles it into clean…
Green Growth 2050, a GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council) standard has completed its fourth annual audit at Knai Bang Chatt resort in Kep, Cambodia…
With recent press speculation that Cambodian visas are now available for foreign tourists Travel Begins at 40 has teamed up with the Cambodia Visa and Work Permit Group to unravel…
Marissa Carruthers checks-in at Amber Kampot, the first luxury resort in the southern Cambodia riverine town, and experiences the rapid change taking place. As our boat meanders along a stretch…
In order to ensure they were providing the very best quality produce available for their guests, Shinta Mani Hotels created their first experimental sustainable organic model farm…
Hyatt is blazing new ground in Southeast Asia with the opening of Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh on 6 January 6, 2021, marking the first Hyatt hotel in the Cambodian capital…
The announcement that Cambodia has joined Thailand, Laos and Vietnam on the UK’s safe travel corridor has been met with a lukewarm reception within the travel industry, as Cambodia and…
Cambodia may have been added to the UK government’s list of countries you do not have to quarantine for 14 days upon return to the UK after visiting, but the same does not…
Few countries so consistently amaze as much as Cambodia. With its glorious past, and more recent tragic history, the country is a perplexing mixture of the friendly and the puzzling that will intrigue and ultimately leave you asking for more.
The Paris of Southeast Asia, the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh was once one of the pearls of Asia. Sadly, it suffered like its people during the Khmer Rouge regime, but has recently recovered like a Phoenix. Few capitals can have more affordable boutique hotels with swimming pools, a more beautiful riverside and some of the finest restaurants that will leave you sated without hurting your wallet.
Undeniably one of the mankind’s greatest wonders – although it fails to make official lists – Angkor Wat is quite simply the most mystical place, a beauty to behold, especially at sunrise if you can avoid the glare of your fellow tourists’ cellphone flashes. At its peak the largest city in the world with a population of around a million, Angkor was one of the greatest civilisations on Earth. Look on my works … and despair.
Cambodia has a plethora of beaches off the south coast, which have been relatively unspoilt, so far. Take a boat from Sihanoukvlle and beachcomb along the same coastline and seas that has made Thailand a traveller’s tropical paradise for decades, but for a fraction of the price and without the crowds.
The Cambodia Water Festival (or Bon Om Touk) and Pchum Ben, Khmer New Year are the biggest occasions in the packed Cambodia festival calendar.
Sadly, Cambodia was shattered by the most terrible civil war and genocide between 1975 and 1979 when up to three million people out of a population of eight million were executes or starved to death. The Choeung Ek Killing Fields, just outside of Phnom Penh, and the s-21 Detention Centre inside the capital are popular but harrowing tourist destinations that will haunt you forever.