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Siem Reap
Cambodia
Siem Reap is the gateway to Angkor — the largest religious monument complex on earth and one of humanity's greatest architectural achievements. The Khmer Empire built these temples between the 9th and 15th centuries, and the scale of Angkor Wat, the forest-engulfed faces of Bayon, and the tree-root-embraced ruins of Ta Prohm are genuinely overwhelming in person. Siem Reap itself has grown from a small market town into a vibrant destination with excellent food, the night markets of Pub Street, silk weaving workshops, and the Cambodian Cultural Village, all while retaining the warm, quiet charm of a Cambodian provincial city that makes it one of Southeast Asia's most loveable bases.
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Angkor National Museum
The Khmer Empire's greatest artifacts, gathered under one roof before you hit the temples.
Angkor Thom
A walled city of towers, causeways, and 216 stone faces watching your every move.
Angkor Wat
The world's largest religious monument, still standing after 900 years.
Bayon Temple
A thousand stone faces stare back at you from every direction.
Beng Mealea
A jungle-swallowed temple left beautifully, deliberately unrestored.
Phnom Kulen
The sacred mountain where the Khmer Empire was born, wrapped in jungle and waterfalls.
Preah Khan
A jungle-wrapped temple city where nature and stone have merged over centuries.
Ta Prohm
Ancient temple swallowed by jungle roots in the most dramatic way possible.
Tonle Sap Lake
Southeast Asia's largest lake, where entire communities live on the water.
War Museum Cambodia
An open-air arsenal of Cambodia's violent recent past, told by survivors.
Why should you go to Siem Reap
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