Siem Reap

Siem Reap province is located in northwest Cambodia. It is a World Heritage center and a major tourist hub being close to Angkor Wat and the temples of Angkor just north of the city. The provincial capital is also named Siem Reap. It is located to the north on the shores of Tonle Sap Lake, the largest fresh water lake in Southeast Asia.
The core attraction is Angkor Wat. However, Siem Reap also offers ‘hidden’ treasures…sensual Apsara dance and fiery Bokator martial arts, the floating village at Kampong Phluk, Kampong Khleang, silk farms, butterfly parks and crocodile pens, ox cart tours, biking and walking tours and contemporary attractions including Phare, The Cambodian Circus; folk dance performances, colonial-era shop house boutiques, the Old Market, Night Market Pub Street and Local Street food, a bright colorful walking street area with alleyways of micro cafes and cozy bars.
Once a city of one million people but largely moved the capital Phnom Penh until rediscovery in the late 18th and early 19th century, Angkor Wat remains a breathtaking temple complex of towers and halls covering 400 square kilometers. There are also hundreds of other temples to explore including Angkor Thom and the Bayon Temple with its Terrace of the Leper King; Banteay Srey, and Ta Prohm, made famous in the Tomb Raider movie, a mysterious temple seemingly held together by tree roots strangling its stonework face.