Admission: none
Best time to visit: anytime
Total visiting time: 1 hour including the climb
How to get there: From Battambang follow National Road 57 to Pailin. The Temple Phnom Yat is located just at the entrance to Pailin on a hilltop.
(View over Pailin from Phnom Yat)
Date: early 20th century
Phnom Yat is an active pagoda on top of a hill, which marks the gateway to the town of Pailin. A climb up is worthwhile as you will have a great view over Pailin and the surrounding countryside from the summit, especially for sunrise and sunset.
There is also an old stupa on top of the hill and the active pagoda itself is quite interesting. Have a look at the wall painings and statues. At one part on the coumpound several statues showing the cruelty of the Khmer Rouge Regime. There is also a nun telling the future.
(Pagoda on Phnom Yat)
Pagodas and monks welcome visitors and tourists. Please always remember to not disturb prayer or eating times, women are not allowed to touch monks, bow slightly in the presence of older monks, don’t point soles of feet or fingers towards monks or Buddha statues, sit with feet tucked behind rather than crossed, hats off in the monastery grounds, take off your shoes in the building, speak softly, ask before taking pictures, don’t enter closed buildings without permission and also contribute what you can to the donation box.
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