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WELLBEING<br />
KHMER<br />
CALMING<br />
038<br />
Phnom Penh is fi rst-class spa<br />
country for those in the know. Pick<br />
one of our favourites and you will<br />
emerge a new person<br />
WORDS PHILIP HEIJMANS<br />
With the Cambodian<br />
economy strong and<br />
stable, and tourism on<br />
the rise, Phnom Penh<br />
has worked hard to steal some of<br />
the limelight away from Angkor<br />
Wat and Siem Reap, and has<br />
made new additions to its tourism<br />
off erings, including glamorous<br />
fashion boutiques, high-end<br />
restaurants, hotels and remedial<br />
therapy centres.<br />
Phnom Penh’s more renowned<br />
spa and treatment centres may<br />
cost a little more than other<br />
dime-a-dozen massage places<br />
in town, but they off er a unique<br />
experience with menus ranging<br />
from skin-brightening salt scrubs<br />
and medicinal aroma therapies<br />
using Cambodian oils and spices<br />
to treatments by internationally<br />
trained hair and nail specialists.<br />
However, as many a parlour’s<br />
inviting exterior belies the<br />
experience inside, be cautious<br />
when booking a treatment. You<br />
won’t go wrong with our picks.<br />
FRANGIPANI PHOTO: PHILIP HEIJMANS REMAINING PHOTOS: WEERAPON SINGNOI
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