Banteay Srei Tour – Grand Circuit

Banteay Srei Temple

Visit Banteay Srei temple:enjoy an excursion in the Northern part of the Angkor Archaeological Park.On your way, you pass through picturesque landscapes with rice fields and sugar palms to another highlight of Angkor: the famous and precious Banteay Srei Temple.

Banteay Srey means "the citadel of the women" and is re known because of its incredible sandstone carvings looking like wood. It really deserves the name "diamond of Angkor".

Preah Khan Temple

Visit Preah Khan Temple: Preah Khan built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray, with which it was associated. It was the centre of a substantial organization, with almost 100,000 officials and servants.

The temple is flat in design, with a basic plan of successive rectangular galleries around Buddhist sanctuary complicated by Hindu satellite temples and numerous later additions. Like the nearby Ta Prohm,Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored, with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins.

Neak Pean Temple

Prasat Neak Pean is located in the east of Prah Khan, 300 meters (984 feet) from the road.A enter and leave from the north entrance. It was built in second half of the 12th century by king Jayavarman VII, dedicated to Buddhist, with following to Prasat Bayon art style.

Ta Som Temple

Ta Som Temple,the Khmer temple of Ta Som, located at the eastern end of the Northern Baray at Angkor, was built at the end of the 12th century during the reign of the powerful Buddhist King Jayavarman VII.

Little is known of the history and purpose of Ta Som. It was likely dedicated to Jayavarman VII’s father, although some have speculated that it may have been dedicated to one of his teachers.

East Mebon Temple

The East Mebon is 500metre (1,640feet) north of Pre Rup. A enter and leave the temple from the east entrance. It was built in the second half of the tenth century (952) by king Rajendravarman II, dedicated to Siva (Hindu), an ancestor temple in memory of the parents of the king with following the Pre Rup style art.

Pre Rup Temple

Visit Pre Rup temple: Pre Rup is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built as the state temple of Khmer king Rajendravarman and dedicated in 961 or early 962. It is a temple mountain of combined brick, laterite and sandstone construction.

The temple’s name is a comparatively modern one meaning "turn the body". This reflects the common belief among Cambodians that funerals were conducted at the temple, with the ashes of the body being ritually rotated in different directions as the service progressed.