Located in Siem Reap along the route to Angkor Wat from the city center, the Angkor National Museum is one of the country’s finest offering an excellently presented exhibition of ancient artifacts from across the Khmer Empire. Superior in every way to the museum in Phnom Penh, the offering in Siem Reap elegantly and informative … Read more
Located a few minutes walk from the Old Market and Pub Street area of central Siem Reap, Artisans Angkor is a Cambodian social enterprise focused on reviving traditional Khmer craftsmanship. Those crafts include stone and wood carving, silk production, weaving, lacquering, and silver plating. You can visit the craft workshops, and there are even guides … Read more
A small boutique market featuring locally handmade goods including crafts and local foods. It’s not huge, but well worth a visit for the interesting handmade items that you won’t see at the other major markets. This market was formerly located at Kings Road Angkor. Address: Oum Khun St, Oknha Oum-Chhay St, Krong Siem ReapOpen: Some … Read more
Located around 2km southeast of the Old Market and Pub Street area of central Siem Reap, Satcha’s goal is to provide an incubator for local artisans. Those artisans include stone masons, wood sculptors, painters, weavers, and much more. The grounds here are an open, spacious, and incredibly inviting landscaped area with a trail that leads … Read more
Also recorded as Wat Chork/Chawk, a contemporary monastery and pagoda located west of the central area of Siem Reap city. Featuring a lot of sculptures depicting local Buddhist narratives.
Wat Preah Prom Rath (Khmer: វត្តព្រះព្រហ្មរតន៍) is located in the central area near to Pub Street and the Old Market. It is a functioning Buddhist monastery featuring a typical Khmer-style pagoda, a courtyard with statues depicting different Buddhist beliefs, and a hall surrounded by hand-painted picture walls containing a giant statue of seated Buddha and a … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located west of the Siem Reap city center. Photos from 2019