Smile of Angkor

Siem Reap


Popular with some Asian tour groups, this is the glitziest dinner-dance show in town, but in reality it doesn't live up to the hefty price tag.


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1. Angkor Panorama Museum

0.11 MILES

Donated by the North Korean government, this stylish building conceals an incredible panoramic painting that is 13m high and 123m around. The detail is…

2. MGC Asian Traditional Textiles Museum

0.19 MILES

This museum showcases the best in Asian textiles from around the Mekong region, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and India. There are a variety…

3. Angkor Conservation

1.07 MILES

Angkor Conservation is a Ministry of Culture compound that houses more than 5000 statues, lingas (phallic symbols) and inscribed stelae, stored here to…

4. Wat Preah Inkosei

1.08 MILES

This wat north of town is built on the site of an early Angkorian brick temple, which still stands today at the rear of the compound.

5. Bayon Information Centre

1.28 MILES

This exhibition introduces the visitor to the history of the Khmer empire and the restoration projects around Angkor through a series of short films and…

6. Apopo Visitor Centre

1.41 MILES

Meet the hero rats that are helping to clear landmines in Cambodia. Apopo has trained the highly sensitive, almost-blind Gambian pouched rat to sniff…

7. Wat Thmei

1.42 MILES

Wat Thmei has a small memorial stupa containing the skulls and bones of victims of the Khmer Rouge. It also has plenty of young monks eager to practise…

8. Cambolac

1.46 MILES

Cambodia has a long tradition of producing beautiful lacquerware, although the years of upheaval resulted in some of the skills being lost. Cambolac is a…