Angkor
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- Best time to go
- November–March
- Budget
- $
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From the 9th to the 15th century the Khmer Empire built its successive capitals here, and their remains now spread across some 400 square kilometres of forest and rice country: the soaring towers of Angkor Wat, the enigmatic sculpted faces of the Bayon at Angkor Thom, and scores of further temples. One of South-East Asia's defining archaeological treasures, Angkor was inscribed by UNESCO in 1992, which also launched a sweeping campaign to protect the site and its surroundings.
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