Travel tales and tips for places to go in Cambodia by asiahotels.com

Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Cambodia

Take a tour of the top places to go in Cambodia. You may read about must see places and activities in the area. Also, you might want to read our Angkor / Siem Reap city guide, and Phnom Penh city guide.

J Fitch	13 July 2003
Stayed at Bopha Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Siem Reap is a hot, dusty hive of activity. An ideal location for visiting all the temples of Angkor. It has its fair share of child beggars, amputees from landmines, doubtful smells and lots of litter. There are many motorbikes, tuks tuks and taxis with driver guides. There are colourful markets and plenty of restaurants and bars.We got our information predominantly from the Lonely Planet Guide to Cambodia and extra information from hotel reception and our guides. Our favourite restaurants were The Bopha Angkor Hotel Restaurant for the best Cambodian and Vietnamese food, and the Soup Dragon for drinks, cocktails, local and Western Food. The Blue Pumpkin had lovely bread and cakes and fresh shakes. The Red Piano Bar has a good atmosphere and is a great hangout for Westerners. The Koulen II has wonderful Apsana dancing most evenings and a buffet dinner but it is not the best food unfortunately. We got around cheaply, in tuk tuks with friendly drivers, and for longer journeys in very good taxis with guides arranged by the hotel Bopha Angkor. We arranged through the hotel, driver and guide to Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, which included the Bayon, the Elephant Terrace and the Leper King Terrace. On our second day, we took a trip to the floating fishing village on Tonle Sap. We went by tuk tuk. We bought boat tickets for $US5.00 each at the ferry dock and were adopted by 3 very young boys, who gave us a colourful ride through the village with a stop on a floating bar and shop at the entrance to the lake for drinks and toilet. On our third day we took a taxi with English speaking driver, arranged by the hotel, to Banteay Srei, a 35 kilometre drive and returned via Ta Prohm and Preah Khan, both of which are near Angkor Thom, stopping for lunch at local restaurant in front of Angkor Wat. We found it best to eat the local food rather than the Western food in these establishments.
J Sumitani	08 June 2003
Stayed at Angkor Village Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
A car with driver can be rented for US$20/day and there are extremely knowledgable guides to take you around the temples.
S Alcock	06 June 2003
Stayed at Angkor Century Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Great location for visiting Angkor Wat. Town of Siem Reap has lots of interst too -markets and small restaurants.
S Alcock	02 June 2003
Stayed at Cambodiana Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Best experience was sitting on the balcony of the Foreign Correspondents' Club and watching the world go by.
C Cindy	01 June 2003
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
The trip to Phnom Kulen is not really worth the price of the $20us entrance fee and the extra $20us for the car.
G Adams	25 May 2003
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
The buffet and traditional dancing at Bayon 2 restaurant are great.
R Pors	24 May 2003
Stayed at Angkor Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Angkor Wat is an excellent destination. Take at least 3 days, that gives you enough time to see what you have to see and to take some rest during the day. Too much information in a day is no holiday! From the town you can choose to be driven around by car, with or without guide, motor cycle riksja, or you can rent a bicycle, also very practical and a nice area to cycle, park like environment, not too much trafic. I can recommend to take a guide at least one day, otherwise you really miss something,
A Mcilveen	30 April 2003
Stayed at FCC Phnom Penh - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The Museum, the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda are all worth seeing and really convenient to the FCC. Toul Sleng Genocide museum is a short moto trip away and worth the trip, although not for the sensitive.
E Kirby	26 April 2003
Stayed at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
We enjoyed our time in PP and used a driver to take us everywhere, including a long day trip to the National Museum, Palace, Toul Sleng, Russian and Central markets. Take lots of cash with you!
S Ferreira	21 April 2003
Stayed at Angkor Village Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Angkor is a magic place. It is a must visit if you are in Asia. If you like photography try to go to the temples very early in the morning or after four o'clock in the afternoon so we can get a better light. We went during April, but I would try visiting Angkor in October when the water level in the lakes and rivers surrounding the temples are higher. Don't miss visiting the center for arts & crafts where they teach the local people how to do wood-carving, sculptures in stone, different items in silk and metal work.

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