Cluster · Siem Reap

Royal Gardens & Angkor National Museum

Late-morning or late-afternoon cluster: the national museum's air conditioning, the shrine of Preah Ang Chek and the shaded royal gardens; a good heat break.

Key facts

28″ bags: painful
Time budget: half
Rescue coverage: 95% ≤7′; max p90 7′
Places: 1; 2 sleep areas in reach

Royal GardensPhoto: This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote . Feel free to use any of my images, but please mention me as the author and may send me a mess, CC BY 4.0

Rules in force · 8Drug trafficking can carry the death penalty in Singapore…Angkor temples enforce a dress code

Southeast Asia ↗Drug trafficking can carry the death penalty in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Brunei and Myanmar; never carry a bag or parcel for anyone.
Southeast Asia ↗Carry a passport valid for at least six months from entry with two blank pages; airlines refuse boarding on less.
Cambodia ↗Apply for the e-visa only on the official government portal; lookalike sites charge extra. Some nationalities can also get a visa on arrival.
Cambodia ↗Angkor Wat and other active temples enforce a dress code: shoulders and knees covered, or you are turned away at the gate.
Cambodia ↗US dollars are used for most tourist prices; carry clean, undamaged small notes and some riel for change under one dollar.
Northwest Cambodia ↗Shoulders and knees covered at every Angkor temple; guards check at the main gates.
Siem Reap ↗Angkor temples enforce a dress code: shoulders and knees covered; carry a scarf or light shirt in your day pack.
Siem Reap ↗Buy the Angkor pass only at the official ticket office in town, not from touts or at the temple gates; carry it and your ID, it is checked at every temple.

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Directions

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Walking weather, next 5 days

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Plan

How the ground walks, and what is here

Bound and physics

The royal gardens, the shrine and the national museum on the northern side of the river (approximate box).

Slope: flat
Stairs: None
Shade: medium
Surface: paved paths and streets
Sleep here or visit: visit

Eat and drink here

Kuy teav breakfast stall

Go early for a bowl of noodle soup: stalls open around 06:00 and sell out by mid-morning; confirm the place locally.Go early for a bowl of noodle soup: stalls open around 6:00 AM and sell out by mid-morning; confirm the place locally.

On the ground

Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby

Rescue anchors

7 places to rest · checked on a 40 m (130 ft) grid

A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors. Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor (none if you see no red). North is up; not for navigation.

Angkor National Museum lobby (AC, WC)

ac · Toilet · Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions

Preah Ang Chek shrine

Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

Royal Gardens shade

Place to sit · works in any conditions

Sivutha Boulevard café

Place to sit · Food & drink · ac · works in any conditions

Café north-east

Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions

Shop south-west

Food & drink · ac · works in any conditions

Riverside path

Place to sit · works in any conditions

95% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 9.6 min) · 95% on hot days

Nodes in this cluster

Angkor National Museum
The air-conditioned hour that explains the temples: go before or after the heat, or on a rainy afternoon; allow about 90 minutes.

Edges out

directed

To	How	p50	Climb
Old Market & Pub Street	Tuk-tuk south	~8 min	flat

Sleep within reach

Old Market & Pub Street — 20–28 min
Wat Damnak & the river's east bank — 22–30 min

Red lines here

Museum and shrine: shoulders and knees covered; the shrine is an active place of worship.

Deep dive

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.