Siem Reap Hotel Guide :: Angkor Century Resort Goes Big

October 21, 2008 at 9:30 AM | 0 Comments

More than eight million tourists visit Angkor Wat annually. The innumerable hotels in Siem Reap, the neighboring town that houses and feeds these visitors, all seem to shout for market share. Cheapest! Priciest! Best Golf Course!

Undoubtedly, Angkor Century Resort & Spa, yells the loudest. It's by far the largest hotel in Siem Reap, in terms of the size of its ground--2.4 hectares--and its number of rooms--190. Even the swimming pool is the biggest in town, the hotel's friendly Malaysian manager informed us.

Visitors who enter the roadside behemoth find a garish lobby, complete with giant, metal lotuses and a plastic replica of Angkor Wat. Though it feels a bit like the characterless all-inclusives our parents took us to along the Mexican coastline as kids, Angkor Century does have some pretty cool traits.

For one, its Cambodian spa manager speaks Russian. How cool is that? And it is the only hotel in town with a helipad, meaning that when government officials come to town, they all stay at Angkor Century.

Recently, two of Cambodia's deputy prime ministers rented rooms, the manager said. One guest was Yim Chay Ly, the country's first woman to fill this role, charged with rooting out corruption in a government rife with impunity.

"She's tough as nails," the manager said, implying that's a good thing. We agree. And if Angkor Century is good enough for Yim, it's good enough for us.

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