{"id":7617,"date":"2017-02-20T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/?p=7617"},"modified":"2022-08-30T17:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:28:01","slug":"channelling-indiana-jones-spectacular-temples-siem-reap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/channelling-indiana-jones-spectacular-temples-siem-reap\/","title":{"rendered":"The spectacular temples of Siem Reap, Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stretching over 150 square miles of lush South-East Asian jungle in Cambodia&#8217;s northern province, Siem Reap&#8217;s Angkor was once the capital of the Khmer Empire, and has left enormous, lasting reminders of its importance. From basins and dykes to statues and temples, Cambodia&#8217;s Khmer past can be seen and experienced around every corner. Such is the quantity of stunning history on display here, that visiting is less about finding beauty than a case of sifting through its finest varieties. Here, we provide a guide to the greatest Siem Reap temples to visit on a trip to Cambodia.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Old &amp; Venerable: Phnom Bakheng<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/02\/iStock-484521583-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Siem Reap Temples\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484521583-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484521583-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484521583-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484521583-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484521583-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484521583.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Built around AD 900 as a mountain temple, Phnom Bakheng seeks to mimic Mount Meru (the centre of the universe in Hinduism) with its five magnificent towers. These compete for attention, however, with the sanctuary towers built by the famous \u201cLeper King\u201d, Yasovarman I, as well as the silver slither in the middle distance, which is Tonl\u00e9 Sap, The Great Lake. Despite these attractions, countless visitors enter Phnom Bakheng for the view of Angkor Wat rather than anything else.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Best Preserved: Angkor Thom<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/02\/iStock-586360022-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Siem Reap Temples\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-586360022-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-586360022-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-586360022-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-586360022-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-586360022-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-586360022.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Technically not a temple at all but a city, Angkor Thom (meaning \u201cgreat city\u201d) was built after the Cham peoples destroyed the old Cambodian capital of Yasodharapura. It was built to last, too, with a 100-metre wide moat, huge walls and towers that dwarf visitors even today. Perhaps its most visited sites are the Royal or Elephant Terraces, where lichen-clad sculptures look ready to leap into life at any second!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Important: Angkor Wat<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/02\/iStock-533276951-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Siem Reap Temples\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-533276951-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-533276951-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-533276951-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-533276951-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-533276951-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-533276951.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Important enough to be featured on the Cambodian national flag, Angkor Wat represents what Cambodian stonemasons could achieve at the height of their powers. Reached by a 350-metre long walkway and overlooked by five huge lotus-shaped towers, every aspect of this temple is monumental in scale and execution.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Greatest Statues: Thommanon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/02\/iStock-484011770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Siem Reap Temples\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484011770-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484011770-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484011770-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484011770-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484011770-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-484011770.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once connected to Chau Say Tevoda temple across the road, Thommanon is in a much better condition than its neighbour thanks mostly to a successful restoration project in the 1960s. This saved hundreds of statues (aged beautifully in a colourful sandstone), each of which recall the glorious deeds of the gods and the piety of mankind.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Natural Wonder: Ta Phrom<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/02\/iStock-636804970-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Siem Reap Temples\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-636804970-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-636804970-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-636804970-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-636804970-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-636804970-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-636804970.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even more photogenic than Thommanon, everybody knows Ta Phrom thanks to its leading role in Lara Croft&#8217;s \u201cTomb Raider\u201d film. No doubt the site was chosen for its gargantuan trees and aerial roots (which lend the temple a storybook air) but the bas reliefs, which capture everything from rampaging boars to serene monks, refuse to play second fiddle to nature.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Best Sunset: Pre Rup<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/02\/iStock-518337732-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Siem Reap Temples\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-518337732-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-518337732-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-518337732-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-518337732-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-518337732-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-518337732.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are lots of temples in Siem Reap that do a good sunrise or sunset, but few compare to the rusty-red skies, peachy brickwork, verdant jungle, and tumble-down romance afforded by Pre Rup. Built to honour Shiva, there&#8217;s also a small Buddhist shrine at the summit, where some augment their peaceful moments with a little prayer.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Characterful: Preah Khan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/02\/iStock-481727968-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Siem Reap Temples\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-481727968-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-481727968-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-481727968-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-481727968-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-481727968-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/iStock-481727968.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Preah Khan likes to do things a little differently. A stunning example of a linear temple, its boundaries are formed by garudas \u2013 the human eagles that epitomised speed, strength and valour \u2013 which protect a rather unusual domain that features phallic lingam symbols, a two-story pavilion, a library, and a once-bronze-plated sanctum.<\/p>\n<p>If dangling vines, prayer-soaked stones and smudgy sunsets sound like an alluring prospect, why not book a place on the Highlights of Vietnam with Cambodia trip, which features the mystical Angkor Wat.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credits: Phnom Bakheng \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/gb\/photo\/phnom-bakheng-in-angkor-wat-cambodia-gm484521583-36000164?st=_p_Phnom%20Bakhen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iStock\/ivanmateev<\/a>. Elephant Terrace \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/gb\/photo\/terrace-of-the-elephants-angkor-thom-cambodia-gm586360022-100653747?st=_p_Angkor%20Thom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iStock\/molloykeith<\/a>. Angkor Wat \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/gb\/photo\/angkor-wat-cambodian-temple-gm533276951-56412568?st=_p_Angkor%20Wat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iStock\/nikada<\/a>. Thommanon \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/gb\/photo\/thommanon-gm484011770-70988773?st=_p_Thommanon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iStock\/ahau1969<\/a>. Ta Phrom Temple \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/gb\/photo\/ta-phrom-temple-cambodia-gm636804970-113202517?st=_p_Ta%20Phrom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iStock\/manx_in_the_world<\/a>. Pre Rup \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/gb\/photo\/pre-rup-temple-angkor-cambodia-gm518337732-89972171?st=_p_Pre%20Rup%20sunset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iStock\/aluxum<\/a>. Preah Kahn \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/gb\/photo\/entrance-of-preah-khan-temple-guarded-by-two-headless-statues-gm481727968-69558449?st=_p_Preah%20Khan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iStock\/meheszsofi<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stretching over 150 square miles of lush South-East Asian jungle in Cambodia&#8217;s northern province, Siem Reap&#8217;s Angkor was once the capital of the Khmer Empire, and has left enormous, lasting reminders of its importance. From basins and dykes to statues and temples, Cambodia&#8217;s Khmer past can be seen and experienced around every corner. 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