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  1. 1

    Angkor Wat - The Largest Religious Monument in the World

    Angkor Wat is the reason most people fly into Siem Reap, and it holds up. Built for King Suryavarman II in the first half of the 12th century, the temple covers 162 hectares inside a moat 190 metres wide, and the…

    Address
    Angkor Wat, Charles de Gaulle Avenue, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap Province 17252
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 15 minutes; first stop on the Angkor small circuit
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    Angkor Thom and the Bayon - The Walled City and Its Stone Faces

    Angkor Thom was the last capital of the Khmer Empire, laid out by Jayavarman VII around 1200 and enclosed by a square wall 3 km on each side with a moat all the way round. Five gates lead in, each approached over a…

    Address
    Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap Province 17252
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 20 minutes; second stop on the Angkor small circuit
  3. 3

    Ta Prohm - The Temple Left to the Trees

    Ta Prohm was founded in 1186 as a Buddhist monastery and university. A Sanskrit foundation stele records 12,640 people living inside its walls and another 79,365 in surrounding villages supporting it. Restorers…

    Address
    Ta Prohm Temple, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap Province 17252
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 25 minutes; third stop on the Angkor small circuit
  4. 4

    Banteay Srei - The Pink Sandstone Carvings Worth the Drive

    Banteay Srei repays the drive. Consecrated in 967 and built not by a king but by a Brahmin counsellor named Yajnavaraha, it is cut from fine-grained red sandstone that holds detail no other Angkor temple matches. The…

    Address
    Banteay Srei Temple, Banteay Srey District, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap Province 17252
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 60 to 75 minutes on the northeast road; off both Angkor circuits
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    Preah Khan - The Grand Circuit's Best Ruin

    Preah Khan covers 56 hectares and was dedicated in 1191 by Jayavarman VII to his father. Like Ta Prohm it is only partly cleared of jungle, but it is larger, far quieter, and laid out on a long east-west axis you can…

    Address
    Preah Khan Temple, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap Province 17252
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 30 minutes; first major stop on the Angkor grand circuit
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    Phnom Bakheng at Sunset - The Hilltop View Over Angkor Wat

    Phnom Bakheng predates Angkor Wat by two centuries. Built around the year 900 for Yasovarman I as the state temple of the first capital at Angkor, it stands on a 65-metre hill and once carried 108 subsidiary towers…

    Address
    Phnom Bakheng, off Charles de Gaulle Avenue north of Angkor Wat, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap Province 17252
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 18 minutes, then a 15-minute uphill walk; Angkor small circuit
  7. 7

    Tonle Sap Floating Villages (Kampong Phluk) - Stilt Houses Over the Lake

    Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, and it does something no other lake does. Each monsoon the Tonle Sap River reverses direction, swelling the lake from roughly 2,500 square kilometres to around…

    Address
    Kampong Phluk boat pier, Kampong Phluk Commune, Prasat Bakong District, Siem Reap Province 17255
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 45 minutes southeast via National Road 6; not on any Angkor circuit
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    Angkor National Museum - The Context You Need Before the Temples

    The Angkor National Museum opened in 2007 on Charles de Gaulle Avenue and runs eight themed galleries across two floors. The Gallery of 1,000 Buddhas is the standout, and the rooms on Khmer religion, the great kings and…

    Address
    968 Vithei Charles de Gaulle, Khum Svay Dang Kum, Siem Reap 17252
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 8 minutes; on the main road heading toward Angkor Archaeological Park
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    Pub Street and the Old Market - Where Siem Reap Eats After Dark

    Pub Street runs one block through the old French quarter and closes to traffic each evening from around 17:00. It is loud, cheap and unapologetically aimed at visitors: draught Angkor beer at 50 cents during happy hour…

    Address
    Pub Street (Street 8), Old Market quarter, Sangkat Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap 17252
    Nearest transit
    In the town centre and walkable from most of central Siem Reap; tuk-tuk under 5 minutes from anywhere in town
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    Phare the Cambodian Circus - Khmer Storytelling Without Animals

    Phare the Cambodian Circus is run by Phare Ponleu Selpak, a Battambang arts school founded in 1994 by young Cambodians returning from a refugee camp on the Thai border. Every performer comes through its free training…

    Address
    Phare Circus big top, Ring Road South at the corner of Sok San Road, Sangkat Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap 17252
    Nearest transit
    Tuk-tuk from Siem Reap town centre, about 10 minutes; south of the Angkor National Museum on Ring Road

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