Cambodia
Angkor Wat, floating villages and royal Phnom Penh - the Khmer kingdom revealed.
InternationalWhy travellers love it
Cambodia rewards the curious traveller like nowhere else in Southeast Asia. Its crown is Angkor - enter through the South Gate of Angkor Thom to meet the enigmatic stone faces of Bayon Temple, wander the awe-inspiring galleries of Angkor Wat and stand beneath the tree-wrapped ruins of Ta Prohm, where jungle and temple have grown into one.
Beyond the temples, Siem Reap reveals the living Khmer world: the craft workshops of Artisan Angkor and the stilted floating villages of Kampong Kleang, where entire communities rise above the water. The route to the capital passes the royal hill of Oudong before arriving in Phnom Penh on the banks of the Mekong.
The capital balances splendour and remembrance - the gilded Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, hilltop Wat Phnom, and the sobering Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, which tells the story of Cambodia's darkest chapter with unflinching honesty. Few journeys move the heart quite like this one.
What you'll remember
- Angkor Wat and the many-faced Bayon Temple
- Tree-wrapped ruins of Ta Prohm
- Craft workshops of Artisan Angkor
- Stilted floating villages of Kampong Kleang
- Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh
- Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and hilltop Wat Phnom
