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Bayon Temple
A mysterious temple at the center of Angkor Thom adorned with over 200 massive serene stone faces gazing in every direction.
16 km · about 20 min drive
AsiaCambodiaSiem Reap
Lvea
Siem Reap, Cambodia · Asia
About Lvea
Lvea works well as a base: 25 minutes from Yeang, 16km from Bayon Temple.
Lvea is in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with about 2,600 people. The nearest town is Yeang, about 13 km away.
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What is there to see near Lvea?
Within an hour or so of Lvea: Bayon Temple (16 km), Angkor Thom South Gate (17 km), Angkor Thom (17 km), Angkor Wat (18 km).
Where is Lvea?
Lvea is in Siem Reap, Cambodia, about 13 km from Yeang.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,570
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Cambodia
- Region
- Siem Reap
- Timezone
- Asia/Phnom_Penh
- Coordinates
- 13.4846, 103.7144
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Worth the detour from Lvea
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Angkor Thom South Gate
The most impressive entrance to the ancient city of Angkor Thom, flanked by 54 stone devas and 54 asuras pulling a serpent.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Angkor Thom
The last capital of the Khmer Empire with the mysterious smiling stone faces of the Bayon temple at its center.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Angkor Wat
Largest religious monument in the world, a stunning 12th-century temple complex in the Cambodian jungle.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Ta Prohm
A hauntingly beautiful temple left largely consumed by the jungle, with massive tree roots engulfing ancient stone walls and corridors.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Banteay Samre
A compact 12th-century temple east of Angkor with an unusually complete enclosing gallery and moat, built in the Angkor Wat style. It gets a fraction of the crowds of the main circuit.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Banteay Srei
A 10th-century temple carved from pink sandstone with the finest and most intricate bas-relief carvings in all of Angkor.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Kbal Spean
A riverbed on Phnom Kulen carved with hundreds of lingas and reliefs of Vishnu and Shiva under flowing water, reached by a 1.5-kilometre forest climb. Known as the River of a Thousand Lingas.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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