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Phteah Yeay
Things To Do

Beyond the gate, and inside it

Two lists. One steps outside the gate; one doesn't ask you to move.

A slow itinerary

What to do with the days

Angkor is twenty minutes away. So is a quiet spirit house at the edge of the rice fields. We arrange both.

Beyond the gate

Out into Siem Reap

Angkor Wat at sunrise

Leave at 4:45. We pack you coffee in a flask and a small breakfast in a tin.

Half day · From $35

Bayon

Two hundred and sixteen stone faces, all of them smiling at something only they remember.

Half day · From $30

Ta Prohm

The temple the trees decided to keep. Go late, when the light slants through the roots.

Half day · From $30

Banteay Srei

Pink sandstone, carved like lace. An hour out, and worth every minute of it.

Full day · From $55

Tonle Sap

Floating villages, fish traps, a sunset on the great lake. Take a hat.

Afternoon · By arrangement

Phare Cambodian Circus

Young Cambodian acrobats telling Khmer stories under one bright tent. We book your seats.

Evening · By arrangement
Around the courtyard

Things you can do without leaving

A long swim before breakfast. A cooking lesson with Yeay at four. A hammock at gold hour.

Inside the house

Stay where you are

Cooking class with Yeay

Market in the morning, mortar in the afternoon, dinner you cooked yourself by candlelight.

4 hrs · $35

Krama weaving

Sit with the loom for an afternoon and leave with the scarf you made.

3 hrs · By arrangement

Apsara dance evening

Three dancers in the courtyard, one drum, the smell of jasmine in the air.

1 hr · By arrangement

Garden walk

Yeay's tour of every leaf she cooks with. Bring a notebook.

45 min · Free

Hammock & book club

A shelf of dog-eared paperbacks and a hammock you don't have to give up.

All day · Free

Rooftop sunset

We pour something cold; you watch the palms turn gold.

Daily, 17:30 · Free
Ask at the desk

If you can imagine it, we can probably arrange it

Private guides, sunrise flasks of coffee, drivers who know the back roads. Write to us before you arrive or ask Yeay after breakfast.

Yeay's Concierge

We arrange every one of these for you

Vetted drivers, honest prices, charged to your room. No haggling at the temple gate, no surprise fees at the end of the day.

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