Distance from Phnom Penh to Bokor

3 h 51 min (181.7 km) via NH 3
3 h 53 min (182.8 km) via Route 41

Bokor Hill Station, (Khmer: កស្ថានីយភ្នំបូកគោ) or Kosthany Phnom Bokor) refers to a collection of French colonial buildings (hotel & casino, church, royal residence etc. ), constructed as a temperate mountain luxury resort and retreat for colonial residents in the early 1920s atop Bokor Mountain in Preah Monivong National Park, about 37 km (23 mi) west of Kampot in southern Cambodia. Here to be used as a retreat from the heat of the plains, a pre-air condition strategy familiar in all of the Asia. The Old French Palace is a hauntingly beautiful colonial building constructed by French settlers in 1917 and completed in 1925 for the French social elites who were living in Cambodia and needed an escape from the humidity and heat of Phnom Penh. In the 1950s and 60s, the Old French Palace was used as a casino during the time of Prince Sihanouk.
 
Ruins of The Black Palace or “Damnak Sla Khmao” ( Situated 10 km from the hill station) was the King Sihanouk‘s residence. It was built by brick and black wood in 1936. The doors and windows were all gone but the villa is still in good shape. You will find an amazing view of the cliff behind and also beautiful sunset in the late afternoon.

The Old Catholic churches were built by the French in the early 1920s as part of the French township on the Bokor Mountain. The interior of the church is surprisingly well kept. Here is the behind the cliff , it is known as beautiful and romantic sunset.