Our top 10 places to stay in and around Sen Monorom
Large and comfortable
The first guesthouse in Sen Monorom, Pich Kiri is still going strong, offering a hefty 50 rooms set at various price points.
The front desk is more than able to arrange both travel outside the Mondulkiri area and experiences within town. Catering to big tours and the backpacker crowd alike, owner Madame Deu’s English (and French) skills and good feel for what appeals to foreign tourists has paid off. A Khmer design aesthetic means big rooms filled with ostentatiously huge wooden furniture, enormous mirrors and rather baroque paintings, as well as massive and comfortable beds. Bathrooms are clean and well maintained, and hot water is available. Cheaper wooden rooms set around an attractive central courtyard are on offer for the backpacker set, though if you can afford the extra $2 for a proper room, we’d thoroughly recommend it. The wooden chalets were dingy and had signs of damp, even at the height of the dry season. TVs come in every room, and internet is available at the front desk if you are aching to keep up on your email. A small restaurant offers breakfast specialties, including Western food.
Address: National Route 76 (on the junction in the middle of town), Sen Monorom
T: (012) 932 192 ; (012) 883 987;
Email: pichkiri@gmail.com
Coordinates (for GPS): 107º11'13.14" E, 12º27'28.76" N
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Room rates: US$10 to 35
What we were quoted as a walk-in.
| Dbl fan private bathroom Wooden chalet. $10 for a fan-cooled room. | US$8 | US$8 |
| Dbl air-con private bathroom | US$20 | US$20 |
Reviewed by
Nicky Sullivan
Nicky Sullivan is an Irish freelance writer (and aspiring photographer). She has lived in England, Ireland, France, Spain and India, but decided that her tribe and heart are in Cambodia, where she has lived since 2007 despite repeated attempts to leave. She dreams of being as tough as Dervla Murphy, but fears there may be a long way to go. She can’t stand whisky for starters. She was a researcher, writer and coordinator for The Angkor Guidebook: Your Essential Companion to the Temples, now one of the best-selling guidebooks to the temples.
Our top 10 places to stay in and around Sen Monorom
