Day 1: Siem Reap
We spend the day exploring the following sites of Siem Reap:
ANGKOR THOM: a fortified Royal City (10 square kilometers) built by King Jayavarman VII, who ruled from 1181 to 1201. The city has five monumental gates and is encircled by a moat 100 metres wide. In the centre of the walled city are the city’s most important monuments including Bayon, Baphuon, the Terrace of Elephants, the Terrace of the Leper King and Phimeanakas with Royal Enclosure.
BAYON: Jayavarman VII's temple mountain that stands at the centre of Angkor Thom. It is one of the most popular of Angkor's monuments and a place of narrow corridors, steep flights of stairs and an amazing collection of towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces.
SUNSET: Watch the sun set over the Cambodian countryside from the upper terraces of an ancient Angkorian temple.
Meals: None
Accommodation: Lotus Angkor Hotel or similar
Transport: None
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