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There are 15 attractions listed in Siem Reap on this site, each with its location, how long to allow and what it costs to get in where we have verified the figure. Use it to build a day rather than to collect a list - most of these sit close enough together to combine two or three before lunch.

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September 2026

Siem Reap

Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world by land area, built in the early 12th century under Suryavarman II as a Hindu temple…

Where
Angkor Archaeological Park, about 6 km north of Siem Reap
Ticket
Angkor Pass - 1 day US$37, 3 days US$62, 7 days US$72 (Angkor Enterprise, checked September 2026)
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Angkor Thom

Bayon Temple

The Bayon sits at the exact centre of Angkor Thom and is the temple everyone recognises from the enormous serene faces carved into its towers. Built…

Where
Centre of Angkor Thom, Angkor Archaeological Park
Ticket
Covered by the Angkor Pass
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The jungle temple

Ta Prohm

Ta Prohm is the Angkor temple deliberately left partly unrestored, so the silk-cotton and strangler fig roots that grew through its galleries are still holding the…

Where
Angkor Archaeological Park, east of Angkor Thom
Ticket
Covered by the Angkor Pass
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Pink sandstone

Banteay Srei

Banteay Srei is a small 10th-century Hindu temple about 25 km north-east of the main Angkor group, dedicated to Shiva and built from pink sandstone that…

Where
About 25 km north-east of the main Angkor group
Ticket
Covered by the Angkor Pass
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The walled city

Angkor Thom and the South Gate

Angkor Thom is the last and largest capital of the Khmer Empire, a walled and moated city of nine square kilometres founded by Jayavarman VII in…

Where
Angkor Archaeological Park, north of Angkor Wat
Ticket
Covered by the Angkor Pass
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Quieter Angkor

Preah Khan

Preah Khan is a sprawling flat temple complex north-east of Angkor Thom, built by Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century and dedicated to his father.…

Where
North-east of Angkor Thom
Ticket
Covered by the Angkor Pass
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Unrestored ruin

Beng Mealea

Beng Mealea is a large 12th-century temple about 40 km east of the main Angkor group, left almost entirely unrestored - galleries have collapsed into heaps…

Where
About 40 km east of the main Angkor group
Ticket
A separate ticket applies, not covered by the Angkor Pass - confirm the current fee when you book
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Siem Reap

Wat Thmey memorial, Siem Reap

Wat Thmey is a working pagoda on the edge of Siem Reap with a memorial stupa holding the remains of victims of the Khmer Rouge period.…

Where
North of central Siem Reap, on the road towards the temples
Time needed
20 to 30 minutes
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Siem Reap

Angkor National Museum

The Angkor National Museum in Siem Reap is a modern, air-conditioned museum that sets out the Khmer Empire thematically - galleries on the kings, on religion,…

Where
Charles de Gaulle road, Siem Reap
Time needed
90 minutes to two hours
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Landmine clearance

APOPO Visitor Centre

The APOPO Visitor Centre in Siem Reap explains how Cambodia is still being cleared of landmines and unexploded ordnance left by decades of conflict, and introduces…

Where
Siem Reap, near the Angkor ticket road
Time needed
About an hour
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Siem Reap

Phare, The Cambodian Circus

Phare is a contemporary Cambodian circus in Siem Reap - acrobatics, live music and theatre used to tell Cambodian stories rather than a traditional variety show.…

Where
Siem Reap, near the ring road
Time needed
About 90 minutes
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Siem Reap

Artisans Angkor silk farm and workshops

Artisans Angkor trains Cambodian craftspeople in stone and wood carving, lacquer, gilding and silk, and its Siem Reap workshops and silk farm are open to visitors.…

Where
Workshops in Siem Reap town; silk farm about 16 km west
Time needed
An hour in town, half a day including the farm
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Sacred mountain

Phnom Kulen National Park

Phnom Kulen is the sandstone plateau north-east of Angkor where Jayavarman II declared himself universal monarch in 802 CE - the moment conventionally treated as the…

Where
About 50 km north-east of Siem Reap, 90 minutes by road
Ticket
A separate fee applies and is NOT covered by the Angkor Pass
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The great lake

Tonle Sap floating villages

The Tonle Sap is South-East Asia’s largest freshwater lake, and it reverses direction twice a year when the Mekong backs up into it during the monsoon.…

Where
South of Siem Reap; Kampong Phluk is about an hour away
Best season
Wet season, roughly August to November, when the water is high
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After dark

Siem Reap night markets and Pub Street

The blocks around Pub Street in Siem Reap hold the Old Market, several night markets and the bar strip that gives the area its name. The…

Where
Old French Quarter, central Siem Reap
When
Markets from late afternoon; the street runs late
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