Kampot

Kampot sits on the Praek Tuek Chhu River in southern Cambodia. The town's pepper plantations produce what many chefs consider the finest pepper in the world. The colonial architecture along the riverfront is well-preserved. Above the town, the Bokor Hill Station — built by the French in 1921, abandoned, used by the Khmer Rouge, and now in various states of decay and restoration — is one of the more surreal destinations in Southeast Asia. Kep, the old French beach resort, is 25km away and worth an afternoon for the crab market alone.