siem reap tourist sites

The Buddhist pagodas are the traditional seat of Khmer culture. Siem Reap, like many Cambodian towns, is a collection of villages, which grew around individual…

Ta Prohm Temple History Ta Prohm is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th…

Situated 13km east of Siem Reap town, Roluos was the last of four sites where the first Angkor god-king Jayavarman II held his capital. Remains…

The Terrace of the Leper King (or Leper King Terrace) is located in the northwest corner of the Royal Square of Angkor Thom, Cambodia. It…

The Terrace of the Elephants is part of the walled city of Angkor Thom, a ruined temple complex in Cambodia. The terrace was used by…

Bantey Kdei Built by the founder of Ta Prohm, it is similar to it. It used to be a religious monastery. A small paved terrace…

The Kampong Phluk is a cluster of three villages of stilted houses built within the floodplain of the Tonle Sap about 16 km southeast of…

The Kampong Khleang is located on the northern lake-edge about 35 km east of Siem Reap town, more remote and less touristed than Kampong Phluk.…

This traditional Asian market set in the old French colonial section contains souvenirs, books and curio stalls, near the riverside. The colonial buildings nearby, occupied…

Angkor’ literally means ‘Capital City’ or ‘Holy City’. ‘Khmer’ refers to the dominant ethnic group in modern and ancient Cambodia. In its modern usage, ‘Angkor’…

The \’bird sanctuary\’ at the Prek Toal core area of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve has been called \”the single most important breeding ground in…

Phnom Koulen sits on a southerly extension of the Dangrek Mountains. The hill, combined with those around it, served as quarry sites that were used…