Privacy and Luxury in Cambodia
It's not like we really care to visit all the places mentioned in those books called "Places You Must Go Before You Die or You're a Real Loser", but we'd be lying if we did not admit to feeling slightly cool about ticking some of these strange places off our list. Siem Reap, Cambodia is one of them.
Our pick here is definitely the Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor. Not only do we get the exotic touches of Khmer culture, but French hotel design. Plus we don't have to go far; the hotel offers dinner theater and traditional Cambodian dance performances. Although the Cambodian performance art style is full of ornamentation, bright gold masks and costumes, the hotel apparently doesn't push the bling:
If you are looking for bling and glamour and mood music in elevators then this hotel is not for you. This hotel is in an old colonial mansion with a newer wing along the side. The pool is one of the largest in Siem Reap and hardly ever has people around it. Privacy is good and ample at this property. This hotel is old world elegance.....not new showy glitz.
This is all the more reason why it's our pick in Siem Reap. The last thing we want when we're in Cambodia is a Las Vegas style hotel. Besides after the dinner theater music that will without a doubt be ringing in our heads, we wouldn't be able to handle any elevator music anyway.
Image via Muffadoodoo/Flickr
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· Raffles Hotel d'Angkor Reviews [TripAdvisor]
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