SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- German tourist Tamara, 29, had planned to stay longer in Cambodia during a three-month trip to Asia but changed her visit to just three days touring Siem Reap and the Angkor Wat ...

ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia’s prized tourist destination, receives over 2.5 million visitors a year. Sometimes, at dawn, it can feel like a million of them are right there next to you, disembarking from tour ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The Angkor Ticket office on the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia’s second-largest city, is designed to handle crowds with plenty of ...

The empire controlled much of mainland Southeast Asia by the beginning of the 10th century A.D., but unclear rules of succession combined with a complicated web of royal family intermarriages led to a ...

Photographer Michael Freeman has seen it all. He's been to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt and remote temples in Sudan's Nubian desert. Yet nothing has moved him in the same way as Angkor Wat (see ...

Nestled in the heart of Cambodia, Angkor Wat is known as the largest temple in the world and a testament to the grandeur of the Khmer Empire. This awe-inspiring temple complex, often hailed as the 8th ...

It’s Christmas Day, and Paul Wallimann, the owner of a popular restaurant near the iconic temples of Angkor Wat, is nervous about serving a table of 16. Before the pandemic, his café would handle as ...

The Angkor area of Cambodia is full of temples famous and hidden. The 10th century Banteay Srei Hindu temple is one of the latter, off the tourist radar. “Wonders of the World” and “Bucket List” are ...

One of Asia’s most famous tourist attractions is taking a major stand for animals. Following pressure from animal activist groups, Apsara, the management authority for the Angkor Archaeological Park ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laurie Werner is a New York-based writer covering travel and food. To see this complex without fighting your way through a mob ...

The largest religious structure on earth has puzzled and enchanted visitors for centuries. How did it come to be? Jonathan Glancey investigates. António da Madelena, a Portuguese Capuchin friar, was ...