TOUR 008 HALF DAY TOUR – TEMPLES
Ø Depart hotel 08:00
Ø Ta Prohm-45mins
Ø Angkor Wat – 60 mins
Ø Angkor Thom – 60 mins
Ø Return 12:00
Tour Inclusions: Based on a standard sedan car with air-conditioning, including English-speaking guide and driver, entrance fees, 2 bottles of chilled water and cold towels (morning and afternoon).
SIEM REAP 008 – HALF DAY TOUR TEMPLES
The perfect tour for those who wish to enjoy the majesty and awe of the temples of Angkor in one morning.
Transfer by private vehicle to Ta Prohm. This beautiful temple, built in 1186 as a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of Jayavarman VII, is one of Angkor’s jewels and is overgrown with fig trees, giving a haunting yet exotic atmosphere. One of the largest temple sites in Angkor, it took almost 80,000 people to maintain the temple.
Your exploration continues with a visit to Angkor Thom not a temple, but an entire walled city of 9 sq kms which served as the royal Capital from appox 1181. With a population 1 million it was far bigger than city in Europe at the time. The centre piece is the Bayon temple growned with 216 giant, enigmatic, smiling faces. Continue walking along the Terraces of the Elephants and Leper king.
Your morning sightseeing ends with a visit to Angkor Thom (early 12th centuries) surrounded by a 190 metre wide moat 1.5 kms and is claimed to be the largest religious building in the world. You will be amazed by the sheer size of the temple, which took 30 years to construct & used the babours of 300,000 workers. Angkor Wat was built as the earthly representation of the universe with its central tower symbolizing Mt Meru which, Hindu believe, is at the centre of the Universe.
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