Head for the second-floor terrace of this renovated colonial building and enjoy cocktails while you take in some great views of the boats at the confluence of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers. It has a colonial ambience, Western-style food (the crab cakes are very decent for $US5.50) and Australian and New Zealand wines by the glass.

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Founded in the tumultuous early 1990s, the Foreign Correspondents' Club is the go-to place for elegant cocktails, writes Rachel Lebihan.

Design, the FCC Angkor is, but it lies in a lush tropical plant landscape that meets the clean lines and contemporary interior of this timeless hotel. 29 rooms and 2 suites raised in a particular landscape, the site of Angkor and its temples regarded as the eighth wonder of the world. Rich from the History, the FCC Angkor does not add any superfluous element in its decoration.

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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH - Architectural icons are celebrated for their grandeur, scale or beauty. Yet, this rococo dame in Phnom Penh has been known all these years as merely "the rundown colonial building opposite the National Museum".