7-day highlights of Siem Reap Angkor Complex & Phnom Penh

Day 1: Siemreap arrival

1. Siem Reap
   30m
   Upon arrival, welcome by a tour guide in Siem Reap, transfer to check in hotel. Then visit Wat Thmei (Killing Field) contains a unique glass-walled stupa containing the bones of victims of the Khmer Rouge. Some of the bones were recovered from a nearby well while others are the remains of soldiers who died on a nearby battlefield. Come back to visit the "Les Artisans d'Angkor – Chantiers Ecole" the Finest Authentic Khmer Arts and Crafts

Day 2: Siemreap - Full day Angkor Complex

1. Angkor Thom
   4h · Admission ticket included
   explore South Gate of Angkor Thom known as Big Angkor, 3km2 walled and moated royal city and was the last capital of the Angkorian Empire, The famous Bayon Temple was an architectural muddle, in part because it was constructed in a somewhat piecemeal fashion for over a century. Terrace of the Elephants is an impressive, two and a half meter tall, 300 meter long terrace wall adorned with carved elephants and gradual that spans the heart of Angkor Thom in front of Baphuon - huge temple mountain in the heart of Angkor Thom, Royal Palace Area and Phimeanakas - impressive rite and sandstone pyramid. Terrace of the Leper King is at the north end of the Terrace of the Elephants, a double terrace wall with deeply carved nag as, demons and other mythological beings
2. Angkor Wat
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Visit Angkor Wat temple, the founder of the temple was Suryavarman II who reigned Cambodia from 1113 to 1152 and built the five towers in the 12th century to dedicate to the Hindu God Vishnu. The plan of the pyramidal conception of the temple combined with spaces, alleys, ditches is an ancient masterpiece of architectural design and construction

Day 3: Siemreap - Full day Angkor Complex

1. Ta Prohm
   45m · Admission ticket included
   Visit Ta Prohm temple which is a wonderful combination of human genius and natural beauty! Giant trees have grown here for centuries
2. Prasat Kravan
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Prasat Kravan was originally constructed by noblemen rather than a king
3. Banteay Kdei
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Banteay Kdei was built in sandstone, which has deteriorated quite badly. However, there remain some very beautiful lintels and pediments
4. Srah Srang
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Srah Srang is a royal pool was the King's bathing pond, where he washed with his many concubines each day
5. Takeo
   30m
   Takeo - King Suryavarman I commissioned this temple in the 10th Century, but it was never completed so has no elaborate decoration like its contemporaries. It is a pyramid on 5 levels and is dedicated to Shiva. Thommanon - small attractive temple in very good condition, built at the same time as Angkor Wat
6. Preah Khan Temple
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Preah Khan - meaning The Sacred Sword, this temple was also built by Jayawarman VII and is famous for its immensely long cruciform corridors and delicate carvings
7. Neak Pean
   30m · Admission ticket included
   This temple is a delicate highlight of Khmer art. Built by Jayavarman VII, this temple is the perfect representation of the heavens on earth
8. Ta Som
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Ta Som was a small classic Bayon style monastic complex consisting of a relatively flat enclosure.
9. Pre Rup
   45m · Admission ticket included
   Last visit Pre Rup was built in the 10th Century by Rajendravarman and view lovely sunset there

Day 4: Siemreap - Kbal Spean - Banteay Srei - Siemreap

1. Kbal Spean
   2h · Admission ticket included
   there are also carving of Buddha and Buddhist images in the rock that date from a later period than the lingas. The original River of Thousand Lingams, Kbal Spean is an intricately carved riverbed deep in the foothills of the Cambodian jungle. Lingams are phallic representations sacred to Brahmanism as symbols of fertility, and hundreds of them are carved into the rock here, as are several carvings of gods and animals above the small waterfall
2. Banteay Srei
   1h · Admission ticket included
   Banteay Srei, loosely translates to “citadel of the women, but this is a modern appellation that probably refers to the delicate beauty of the carvings
3. Banteay Samre
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Banteay Samre - large, comparatively flat temple displaying distinctively Angkor style architecture and artistry

Day 5: Siemreap - Phnom Penh

1. Tonle Sap Lake
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Floating Villages, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap! Take a ride in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia and the largest in Asia. Here you’ll see plenty of examples of the Khmer way of life on the Tonle Sap
2. Wat Bo Temple
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Wat Bo founded in the 18th century, a highly respected pagoda contains very unique wall paintings of the Reamker (Ramayana) that are said to be late 19th century
3. Psar Chaa - Old Market
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Psar Chars, also called the “Old Market”, where anything and everything is for sale
4. Phnom Penh
   2h
   Phnom Penh – the city retains its traditional Khmer and colonial styles with French villas and large tree-line sidewalk

Day 6: Phnom Penh - Full day city tour

1. Royal Palace
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Visit the impressive colorful Khmer-style royal palace complex build in 1866 by the Predecessors of King Norodom
2. Silver Pagoda
   30m · Admission ticket included
   Silver pagoda (the emerald Buddha temple), where contain plenty of Buddha Statues decorated and made by gold, diamond, gemstone and silver
3. Independence Monument
   Pass by
   Independence Monument, or Vimean Ekareach as it is referred to in Khmer, is a majestic structure that dominates Phnom Penh city centre. Independence Monument was primarily erected to mark the liberation of the country from the French, who ruled Cambodia for almost a century from 1863 to 1953.
4. National Museum
   45m · Admission ticket included
   The National museum; a beautiful Khmer architecture building contains more than 5000 art antiques made by bronze, wood, gold, silver, copper, sandstone and others
5. Wat Phnom
   45m · Admission ticket included
   Walk up to sacred hill Phnom Daun Penh – also the name of a pagoda and name of the capital nowadays
6. Central Market
   45m
   Central Market, a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. Initial design and layouts are from French architect Louis Chauchon

Day 7: Phnom Penh departure

1. Phnom Penh
   30m
   free leisure on own arrangement until time transfer to airport for flight onwards.

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• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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