Friendly guesthouse run by an Austrian guy, Michael. Really close to the old market and bars at the centre of town. Free breakfast and bikes, reliable tuk-tuk drivers and hot water available.

Wat Damnak Street, tel:011-221838, email: gutmeyr_m2gmx.at, www.queenvilla.com

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If you get on a bus from Bangkok or get in a 'bargain' moto, of course you are being scammed, just roll with it. If you think about how rich we are in comparison and how much you are actually being scammed by, it's never that much. After all who is going to need that money more? Besides, it can work to everyone's advantage. My friend and I were on a bus from Bangkok that took us (after 18 hours) to a guesthouse just outside Siem Reap centre called the D&D Angkor Villa. It was run by a friendly family who took us round the wats, into town whenever we wanted, fed us, had pleasant rooms and it turned out to be half the price we were expecting to pay. It was worth the uncomfortable bus journey which most people have to do anyway. This one is not that much of a 'scam' anyway, the buses drop at the guesthouses who give up their staff as drivers or guides on the journey. It's a fair exchange, don't get angry with them.

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If your budget allows, a great hotel to stay at in Siem Reap is the Foreign Correspondents Club (F.C.C.). Renovated from the old French Governor’s mansion, French art deco embraces modern chic. Contemporary, beautiful rooms, double rooms from $90, swimming pool, spa, room service, lovely staff, great good value restaurant/ bar serving classic Khmer food, contemporary European dishes and the best cocktails in Cambodia. Breakfast, which is included and is a vast amount, can be delivered to your room at your preferred time - from half four in the morning (to cater for the traveller who wants to see Angkor at Sunrise) until two in the afternoon.

Pokambor St
www.fcccambodia.com/angkor
063/760280

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Very friendly, safe, clean & cheap.

It is by far the best place we stayed whilst trekking across Vietnam - Cambodia.

The owners are simply wonderful.

www.momguesthouse.com/index.html

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This is an inexpensive (US$12 per room), simple, clean and very friendly guest house. Each room has en suite and air conditioning. It is a good place to unwind after a hard, hot day. There is a bar, a casual restaurant (with Western or Khmer-style food), a pool table (good for chilling out) and free internet for catching up with your emails and bragging to friends. It is close to town and they give you transport around town and to the airport. The modest profits from here go to support Savong's School - a volunteer language school that is also worth visiting.

D&D Angkor Villa Guest House,
No 6 Highway (Airport Road, near the Caltex Station).
Tel : (00 84) 855 12 531 037
www.angkorvilla.com

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Fantastic decor, open windows overlooking the river, colonial charm and delicious food and drink.

Pokambor Avenue, next to the Royal Residence;
restaurant/bar : 855 63 760 283;
reservations : 855 63 760 280;
email: angkor@fcccambodia.com;
www.fcccambodia.com/angkor/

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Siem Reap's premier restaurant. For a taste of what the colonial lifestyle might have been like before the guns started firing take a pew on the veranda in this old French villa . The menu is extensive, tasty and not that expensive, and Angelina Jolie can't be wrong about the cocktails (they even named one after her).

If you really like it, there's a guesthouse too.

No. 341, 50 m north-west of the Old Market, Svay Dangkom, Mondul I;
www.redpianocambodia.com

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Earthwalkers is a fantastic, friendly, buzzing guesthouse. Run by a group of young Norwegians and employing brilliantly friendly, happy and professional Khmer staff, they have clean, comfortable rooms and great service as well as a welcoming and sociable bar and restaurant area. Tours to Tonle Sap, Angkor Wat and other spots can easily be organised, as well as onward travel - nothing is too much hassle.

One of the best things about staying at Earthwalkers is the chance to make a genuine difference in Siem Reap and further afield - Earthwalkers runs a fund dedicated to helping underprivileged Cambodians, and also co-ordinates voluntary work, as well as holding regular Apsara dancing shows by local children.

Siem Reap - Airport Road. Most tuk tuk and motorbike drivers in town know it;
www.earthwalkers.no, or book online via www.hostelworld.com.

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Lovely, good value guest house - spotless, excellent food and reliable information / guides for the temples of Angkor.

Wat Bo Road;
www.talesofasia.com/cambodia-twodragons.htm

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The Ivy Guesthouse is next to the central market and has an excellent restaurant (try the stilton burger) and bar with Angkor beer on tap. The rooms have modern air-conditioning and the ones at the front have a balcony to watch the bustling marketplace in action. Rooms have hot showers ensuite. The best place I have stayed in south-east Asia.

On the south-west corner of the central market place.

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An old colonial building, it's now the best place to stay in town. US$120 is a bargain for stylish rooms, a great pool and the best food in town. Good ambience, great service ... can't be bettered.

On the river in the old part of town; www.fcccambodia.com/angkor

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This is perhaps the best hotel in all of Cambodia. The new facilities and the local and international staff are nearly perfect as they move from soft opening to grand opening. The luxury duplex spa suites with breakfast and private pools are so good I never wanted to leave.

www.hoteldelapaixangkor.com/
Sivutha Blvd, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Tel: + 855 63 966 000
Fax: + 855 63 965 001

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