Siem Reap & Angkor Temples Travel Guide

An overview of Siem Reap in Cambodia, with information on everything from transportation to hotels to etiquette for visitors to the town of Siem Reap and the nearby Angkor temples.

Siem Reap is the gateway to visiting Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Read about visiting Siem Reap, shopping, eating, and orientation.

How to travel to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Your transportation options to Siem Reap are listed here. You can also read about border crossings, visas, and the best times to travel to Siem Reap.

Many travelers may come to Cambodia solely to visit the temples of Angkor Wat, one of the most popular attractions in Southeast Asia, but there are many other interesting things to do in Siem Reap. Over a million tourists a year pass through Siem Reap, making it the fastest growing place in Cambodia outside of Phnom Penh, the capital city.

A tour of the ancient Khmer temples in Angkor: Banteay Kdei, Banteay Srei, Bayon, Ta Prohm, and the incomparable Angkor Wat.

Cambodian residents live close to the land, the water and their temples. Angkor, an archeological national park stretches across 400 square meters, is a world heritage site. Visitors comes to see the different capitols and temples from the Khmer empire, especially Angkor Wat Temple and Temple Thom. a fishing village nearby embodies life on the river for many Cambodians.

The complete text of Maurice Glaize's exquisitely detailed 1944 guide to the Angkor Monuments. Download it as a PDF, and print it before you head to the temple sites.

This site is meant to be a comprehensive guide for visitors at Angkor Wat. Tourists "can either read [it]in advance of a visit or afterwards to reinforce the experience, or [use it] at the sites to enable the visitor to be an active spectator."