Angkor Wat Reviews

We booked a coach and a hotel from our hostel in Bangkok to Cambodia Siam Reap near Ankor Wat. It coast around £16 to take us there and for one night at the hotel. It seemed a little too good to be true as it takes an entire day to get there and includes the boarder crossing (Visa is around £30 and boarder). We got there all well and fine and the ...  Read the complete review

Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is a UNESCO world heritage site that is part of a massive complex of temples in the jungles of Cambodia, South East Asia just outside the town of Siem Reap. It is an outstanding example of Khmer architecture. There are over 1000 temples built over a very large area. It was built at the start of the 12th century ...  Read the complete review

I spent quite a bit of time in Cambodia, as part of my job, and I absolutely loved the country. My favourite part of Cambodia, by far, was Angkor. Cambodia has been tainted somewhat by relatively recent war and is still recovering from the effects of the Khmer Rouge, and its programme of mass execution. Like any country you go ...  Read the complete review

--------------- Introduction --------------- Angkor, Cambodia, is a World Heritage Site containing numerous beautiful temples that is situated a 20 minute drive from the Cambodian town of Siem Reap. Some people mistake the Angkor Wat to be the name of the entire site. Actually, the Angkor Wat is one of the temples enclosed within ...  Read the complete review

My partner and I spent about three weeks in Cambodia during a trip overland from Bangkok to Bejing in early 2003. I was worried about going to Cambodia and I only went because my boyfriend really wanted to go.... I was scared of landmines and of a country so recently torn apart by communism, war and disruption...... How wrong ...  Read the complete review

When I went back in '99 it was all backpackers. Now theres far too many american and japanese tourists I found on March 2002 visit. It used to be quite a backpackers community. This has really impacted on local people who cant afford the rising land prices and increases the gap between the rich and poor that is very evident in Cambodia. ...  Read the complete review

My wife and I visited Angkor Wat, near Siem Reap in February 2001. It was out of this world ! We flew into Siem Reap using Bangkok Airways (twice daily flights from Bangkok - 1 hr flight) who were very professional and used brand-new Boeing 717 (yes, 717s). We staid at the Grand Hotel D'Angkor - a hotel managed by the Raffles ...  Read the complete review