Siem Reap province
Set in the northwest of Cambodia, Siem Reap is best known for being home to the incredible Angkor Wat, a sprawling World Heritage-listed complex of ancient temple ruins. While Angkor is surely one of the globe's most amazing historical sites, Siem Reap province is also home to an array of other ruins, such as Beng Mealea and Bantaey Srei, so if Khmer ruins are your thing, this province must be explored. Ruins aside, the province is expansive, running along the north coast of the Tonle Sap and north to Oddar Meanchey province. Few visitors get around here.
The provincial capital of Siem Reap is also a transportation hub, with many people coming through here en route to Phnom Penh, Poipet (then Thailand) or by boat to Battambang.
Siem Reap's international airport now takes in more tourists daily than the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Mass tourism has well and truly arrived to this part of Cambodia.
