Getting away as a small group or private day tour from Siem Reap to Battambang (3 hours each way), it is a provincial capital of Battambang province which is the second biggest town of Cambodia. However it still has a very local, untouristed, provincial atmosphere. You will stroll around the city to visit:
- Ek Phnom Phnom Temple from Angkorian Era
- Rice Paper Local Factory
- Psa Nat, the local market
- The old colonial buildings of the Governor’s residence
- Experience the famous bamboo train ride will bring you through countryside and local villages
- Phnom Sompov (Sompov Mountain), sit back and relax to watch millions of bats leave the cave during the beautiful sunset.