At the southern end of Occheuteal Beach, beyond the small headland, Phnom Som Nak Sdach (Hill of the King’s Palace), lies stunning Otres Beach, a seemingly infinite strip of casuarinas that can give southern Thailand a run for its money.
Developers have long been eyeing Otres Beach, and in 2010 a stretch of resorts was forcibly removed. However, Otres has made yet another recovery and is currently in rude health with more than 30 bungalow resorts in the area, including a couple of more upmarket boutique hotels. It's fair to say that Otres is no longer the empty beach it once was. Even so, Otres has cleaner water and is more relaxed than anything in Sihanoukville proper, and is lengthy enough that finding your own patch of private sand is not a challenge... just walk south. Otres is split into three distinct sections: Otres 1 is the first and busiest stretch and about 2km south is Otres 2, separated by a slated resort development and currently known as 'Long Beach'. Inland lies laidback Otres Village, an up and coming estuary area.
