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Angkor Wat
Largest religious monument in the world, a stunning 12th-century temple complex in the Cambodian jungle.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Siem Reap
Siem Reap, Cambodia · Asia
About Siem Reap
Siem Reap works well as a base: 25 minutes from Angkor Thum, 7km from Angkor Thom South Gate.
Siem Reap is in Cambodia, with about 140,000 people. The nearest town is Angkor Thum, about 14 km away.
Siem Reap (Khmer: សៀមរាប, romanized: Siĕm Réab [siəm riəp]) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap province in northwestern Cambodia.
Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter and around the Old Market. The city isRead more
a major hub for tourism in Cambodia due to its close proximity to the ancient temples of Angkor constructed during the Khmer Empire. In and around the city there are museums, traditional Apsara dance performances, a Cambodian cultural village, souvenir and handicraft shops, silk farms, rice paddies in the countryside, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary near Tonlé Sap, and a cosmopolitan drinking and dining scene.
Siem Reap was named the ASEAN City of Culture for the period 2021–2022 at the 9th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) organized on Oct 22, 2020.
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What is there to see near Siem Reap?
Within an hour or so of Siem Reap: Angkor Wat (6 km), Angkor Thom South Gate (7 km), Angkor Thom (7 km), Bayon Temple (9 km).
Where is Siem Reap?
Siem Reap is in Siem Reap, Cambodia, about 14 km from Angkor Thum.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 139,458
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Cambodia
- Region
- Siem Reap
- Timezone
- Asia/Phnom_Penh
- Coordinates
- 13.3618, 103.8606
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Worth the detour from Siem Reap
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
ancient ruins
Angkor Thom
The last capital of the Khmer Empire with the mysterious smiling stone faces of the Bayon temple at its center.
7 km · about 15 min drive
ancient ruins
Bayon Temple
A mysterious temple at the center of Angkor Thom adorned with over 200 massive serene stone faces gazing in every direction.
9 km · about 15 min drive
ancient ruins
Ta Prohm
A hauntingly beautiful temple left largely consumed by the jungle, with massive tree roots engulfing ancient stone walls and corridors.
9 km · about 15 min drive
ancient ruins
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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Banteay Srei
A 10th-century temple carved from pink sandstone with the finest and most intricate bas-relief carvings in all of Angkor.
29 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
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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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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