Siem Reap

Siem Reap

Siem Reap, located northwest of the country's most important tourist areas. This is an area rich in ancient temples, which has been in existence for hundreds of thousands of years ago, and especially architecture, Angkor Wat, the wonder and the heritage world-renowned plays an important role in helping the nation and Khmer citizens by tourists at home and abroad. The province is also located north of the lake, bordering province of Battambang, Preah Vihear province of Banteay Meanchey and sap. Siem an area of ​​10299 square kilometers, the travel distance of 314 km across the National Road 6 12 districts divided into 100 communes and 875 villages.

The architecture's great Mee was Angkor Wat, the work of the king in the Angkor was Suryavarman 2 is classified into the List of World Heritage and renowned not only for the great works, no two are populated Khmer We think that's not the work of ordinary people, not Kim be the work of Pisnouka .

Angkor Wat is located north of the town of Siem Reap, about 7 km along Charles de Gaulle, who side with large evergreen tree is a protected forest region. The temple built in the 12th century to the presentation of the book Angkor Wat Best collection 21, said the temple is spent to construct 30 years a height of 65 meters and an area of ​​over 200 acres of walled, along with a pair of water that has a width of 200 meters. Gateway to the moat top of the castle walls bathed with large sandstone bridge across the water, followed by goddess receipt length of 250 meters and a width of 12 meters. Once beyond the walls of the castle pond, two libraries and two side entrances with a length of 350 meters, a width of 9 meters, the goddess of the same receipt and go first. The temple has a two-story porch on the porch each carved apsaras flexible and Other Stories, and many inscriptions on the column from porch to porch . Top five sits on a foundation is square, each side length of 60 meters. The foundation is 13 meters tall stair ambient 12 and 40 each stair radius tallest tower has a height of 42 meters from the 2nd floor. Earlier this tallest tower Vishnu upheld there must now be replaced by the Buddha. Besides the works of famous Angkor Wat and Siem construction in hundreds of other temples scattered almost everywhere in the province as a whole, such as Bak Bayon temple, Baphuon temple palace temple Kdei Temple temple Mebon Baksei Chamkrong Prasat Preah Ko Lolei pitch Kumlung castle race Preah Pean.

+ West Baray

West Baray, Baray largest in the Angkor area, stopping for Khmer farmers irrigate their crops. Baray is located in the west of the capital, Angkor Thom, 8 kilometers x2,1 kilometers built in the 11th century during the reign of King Suryavarman 1 and completed in eg Udayadityavarman 2. In the midst of the waters of the Western Baray island places that have built the temple for worship to Vishnu Mebon. Vishnu statue lying there currently are exhibited in the National Museum in Phnom Penh. Visitors can take a bath, or rent a boat ride to visit West Mebon.

+ East Baray

Baray East Baray is the 2nd largest in the region after the West Baray. Baray located in the east of the capital, Angkor Thom, built in 900 during the reign Yasovarman size 7,150 meters x1,740 meter can store 50 million cubic meters of water for water supply to farmers farming. In the center Baray islets representing Mount Meru, the home of Vishnu is Mebon East Baray current dry all temples are located deituol.

At a distance of 60 km from the city of Siem Reap. This mountain is the capital of Jayavarman 2 celebrating its cult of honor equal deity and from Java in 802 AD. Hill, formerly named ambition unrelated selections Sailendran court in a prestigious location of Siem Reap, including temples and waterfalls beautiful. At the bottom of the Siem Reap River on the top of the mountain was carved sevling and her vagina umea a thousand called there as the erection of a thousand. Travel farther penile area a bit to a Buddhist pagoda on a hill, with a statue of Buddha into Nirvana a great stone carving on the growing height of about 7. 5 meters. He carved in the 16th century as a shrine and Khmer people always believed that a strong arm effectiveness in Phnom Kulen. Besides, there is another area that tourists never forget Waterfall Phnom Kulen waterfall bath for visitors eliminating travel fatigue with cold water easily. Waterfall near an ancient temple ruins all built of laterite temple named Rhino fold.

+ Cultural Village

Cultural Village, located in the City was built in the mid-2001 and open to visitors on 24 September 2003. Cultural Village held in an area of ​​approximately 210,000 square meters of 12 villages that show the different traditions to the culture of 19. Each village in the visitors can enjoy a variety of cultural performances, such as the Apsara dance performances marriage Cabaret traditional Khmer boxing and playing traditional games. Moreover also shows how wooden carved stone wax metal.. And construction history, carved a symbol.