Siem Reap town - Cambodia Taxi Service - Angkor Taxi Driver

Nestled between rice paddies and stretched along the Siem Reap River, the small province

capital of Siem Reap Town serves as the gateway to the millennium-old temple ruins of the Khmer Empire. Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the Angkor Archaeological Park encompasses dozens of temple ruins including Bayon, Banteay Sreyand the legendary Angkor Wat whose artistic and archaeological significance and visual impact put it in a class with the Pyramids, Machu Pichu and the Taj Mahal. Unlike many other world class monuments, the ruins of Angkor are as yet unspoiled by over-development. This will not be true in a couple of years. Though the major temples are relatively well touristed these days, it is still possible get away from the crowds, to explore the area and discover Angkor.  Siem Reap Town is where you will stay during your visit to Angkor. The area has been receiving foreign visitors to the temples for over 100 years. The town is actually a cluster of old villages, which originally developed around individual pagodas, and lateroverlaid with an French colonial-era center. Note the colonial and Chinese style

 
architecture in the town center and around the Old Market. Nowadays, Siem Reap offers a wide range of hotels, restaurants, pubsand shops including several upscale hotels and dozens of budget guesthouses. Often missed are the many opportunities to experience traditional Cambodia: ‘Apsara’ dance performances, craft shops and silk farms, road tours through rice-paddy countryside, boat trips on the great Tonle Sap Lake to fishing villages and bird sanctuary, and much more.
 

The Main Body of Siem Reap

SIem Reap Province owns Land area of Siem Reap Angkor Temples: 10,299km2.The main body of Siem Reap town stretches about 4km north/south along the Siem Reap River and roughly 4-6km east/ west along Rte. # 6. The airport is 8km from town center. The main temple complex lies about 10- 37km north of town and all of the hotels are in or near town, and are spread relatively evenly across the town, though there are still concentrations:1) there are a variety of smaller hotels, shops and restaurants near the Old Market; 2)several large upscale hotels between the airport and town along Rte. # 6 ; 3) two budget oriented areas: one along ‘Wat Bo’ Road and the other in the Taphul Village area; 4) a variety of mid-range hotels and restaurants along Sivatha; 5) budget and mid-range hotels in the Phsar Leu area.