Victory Beach

The Victory Beaches are two long beaches divided by a rocky point and a small hill, so named for the Victory Monument that sits in the boulevard park near the midpoint. Different section of the beach called different names. The southern section is known as ‘Hawaii Beach.’ The northern section near Victory Monument is called as ‘Victory Beach’ and is the most popular area with travelers. The sands at the port end (northern end) of the beach are called ‘Port Beach’ and ‘New Beach.’

The section known as ‘Victory Beach’ sits at the base of the popular Victory Hill (Weather Station Hill). Victory is a nice little beach, only a few hundred meters long but wide at points, offering a variety of beachside services and one of the best sunset views in town. The distinctive Airport Club, sits near the entrance to the beach. Next to the Airport Club, top-end boats for hire operate off of the pier. Check the bulletin board at the dock for boating information. A few meters north along the beach several little beachside seafood shacks are clustered together at the sand’s edge. All offer the usual beach chairs and umbrellas, inner tubes, cold drinks, seafood barbeque, Cambodian food and even some western dishes. Farther north along Victory the beach narrows and two or three upscale oceanside seafood restaurants hug the water’s edge including the long popular Chhner Molop Chrey.

Above Victory Beach, Victory Hill (a.k.a. Weather Station Hill) offers a variety of guesthouses, restaurants and bars. Several budget places and guesthouses dot the side of the Hill overlooking the ocean, offering some of the town’s best ocean sunset views. The very top of hill is one of Sihanouk Ville’s nightlife hotspots. The hilltop main road is lined with hostess bars, sport bars, clubs and a few restaurants. Come evening the bars come to life, some staying open well into the early morning

‘Hawaii Beach’ is also known as ‘King’s Beach,’ ‘South Channel Beach’ and ‘Lamherkay Beach.’ Like the other major beaches, Hawaii Beach is lined with umbrellas and chairs and little beach shack bars and seafood restaurants, though nowhere near as densely as Ochheuteal. It’s also less crowded than Ochheuteal and tends to be much more popular with the locals than tourists. Come the weekend, Hawaii can get quite busy with holidayers down from Phnom Penh. Access the beach from the small road at the curve in the road at the southern end of the Victory Beaches.

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Ochheuteal and Serendipity Beaches

Ochheuteal Beach is by far the most popular and tour-isted beach in Sihanouk Ville. Ochh-euteal is long (3km), sandy and narrow, with ‘Serendipity Beach’ at the arcing northern end, a development project at the southern half, and a cluster of hotels, guesthouses and restaurants stretching along the mid-section. On the beach, shack-style seafood restaurants and bars line more than a kilometer of the sand’s edge from ‘Serendipity Beach’ to the development project. Many of the beach bars are open into Ochheuteal Beach is by far the most popular and touristed beach in Sihanouk Ville. Ochheuteal is long (3km), sandy and narrow, with ‘Serendipity Beach’ at the arcing northern end, a development project at the southern half, and a cluster of hotels, guesthouses and restaurants stretching along the mid-section. Ochheuteal is the beach to come for sun, surf, seafood and nightlife.
On the beach, shack-style seafood restaurants and bars line more than a kilometer of the sand's edge from Serendipity Beach to the project. They offer umbrellas and beach chairs, all have full bars, cold drinks and most have food, especially seafood barbeque. Just off the beach, in the early evening, several roadside BBQ restaurants get going along Preah Lumhei Phumin Street (23 Tola Street). All offer fresh seafood skewers, grilled meats, poultry and lots more. And for nightlife on Ochheuteal, many of the beach bars are open into the late night and and a few throw regular beach parties. And just off the beach the bars on the road to Serendipity beach and the Gold Lions Plaza near Golden Sand Hotel are usually open late into the night.

The Ochheuteal area has a good selection of near-beach accommodations ranging from mid-priced hotels ($25-$80) through small hotels ($10-$30) and budget guesthouses ($3-$12), most located along the three roads paralleling the beach (more densely at the northwest end) and along the road from the Golden Lion Traffic Circle to Serendipity Beach. The mid-section of Ochheuteal is the busiest part of the beach. The roads behind offer a pretty even mix of mid-range and budget hotels and guesthouses. A few bungalows and rooms are also tucked up amongst the headlands at either end.

At Ochheuteal’s extreme northern end, the area commonly known as ‘Serendipity Beach’ has bungalows and guesthouse rooms right on the sand as well as amongst the rocks on the hill overlooking the ocean.

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