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La Java Bleue
Locals like Sophal and Keo Prom, who run La Java Bleue, are helping to bring Kampot back to life.
La Java Bleue
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27 Phoum Ouksophear
Sangkat Kampong Kandal, Kampot, Cambodia
011-855/033-667-667-9 - La Java Bleue website
About this Hotel
Price From $35
After sustaining heavy damage in the 1978 fighting between the Vietnamese and the Khmer Rouge, the historic French colonial port of Kampot became a ghost town. Today, locals like Sophal and Keo Prom, who run La Java Bleue, are helping to bring it back to life. With an eye to retaining the historic detail, Sophal restored the spacious, three-story Chinese building by hand. The three guest rooms are decorated with artifacts evocative of Kampot’s multicultural past: 19th-century postcards of Cambodia in the Khmer Room, a vintage Air France poster in the French Room, and red silk lanterns in the Chinese Room, which also has a private terrace. In the street-level, open-air lounge, guests can linger with gin and tonics and order a classic Khmer or French dish (fish amok or grilled fish with ratatouille, which Keo prepares) while an antique phonograph plays old records.
Free Wi-Fi? Yes.
Credit Cards Accepted None.
Details From $35; breakfast included.
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