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Phumi Banteay Srei Travel Guide: 51 reviews and 238 photos

Banteay Srei, Cambodia - Phumi Banteay Srei

If you have time after visiting Angkor Wat and the Angkor Thum monuments, then you should head towards the beautiful and well preserved Banteay Srei temple about 1 hour drive from Angkor Thum.

There are some information and photos of Banteay Srei in this VT page, which hopefully will be useful to you in planning your trip here.

Architecture at Banteay Srei, Cambodia

In order not to have overlaps of information and photographs of my trip to the Angkor monuments & surroundings in Cambodia (other than common information such as transportation and accomodation), I will be placing them into the various VT pages as follows:

VT Phumi Siem Reab Page:
- Siem Reap city
- Tonle Sap lake (aerial photos)

VT Angkor Wat Page:
- Angkor Wat temple
(Did not visit Bahkeng Hill)

VT Angkor Thum Page:
- Angkor Thom (Bayon, Baphuon, Phimeanakas, Terrace of the Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Tep Pranam, Victory & South Gates)
- Ta Prohm
- Ta Keo
- Sras Srang
- Pre Rup
- East Mebon
- Ta Som
- Neak Pean
- Preah Khan
- West Baray
- Thommanom
(Did not visit Preah Pithu Group, Banteay Kdei, Prasat Kravan, Ta Nei and Banteay Prei)

VT Banteay Srei page:
- Banteay Srei
- Banteay Samre
(Did not visit other further away monuments such as Kbal Spean, Prasat To & the Roluos Group consisting of Bahkong, Preah Ko & Lolei. Also did not visit the Kulen Mountains)

Banteay Srei reflection, Cambodia

Pros and Cons

Pros:Beautiful and well-preserved temple
Cons:Further away from Siem Reab, but worth the journey
In a nutshell:You will be impressed with the architecture of this temple

Last visit to Phumi Banteay Srei: Nov 2009
Intro Updated Oct 31, 2010
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Banteay Samre, Cambodia - Phumi Banteay Srei

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The main temple of Banteay Srei is very beautiful, with very fine art and sculpture which is very well preserved until... more travel advice

Moat of Banteay Srei, Cambodia - Phumi Banteay Srei

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SLLiew Nov 17, 2010 at 6:42 AM

Excellent tips written. Enjoyed a virtual tour and bring back fond memories of Cambodia. Cheers, SL :)
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tiabunna Sep 15, 2010 at 5:41 AM

What a marvellous place this must be to visit, Victor. Enjoyed your page and photos.