Rooms / Suites / Villas
Where you stay
Twenty-four suites arranged around courtyard quiet in the New Khmer residence, a 1960s masterpiece on the outskirts of Siem Reap.
Photo: Aman / Amansara
Siem Reap · Resort
Amansara
Aman’s Siem Reap house in a 1960s New Khmer residence: twenty-four suites, a circular dining room, and Angkor Wat about ten minutes from the gate for temple weeks held at a humane pace.
Now in Siem Reap
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Siem Reap, Cambodia
Amansara
Amansara occupies a masterpiece of 1960s New Khmer architecture on the outskirts of Siem Reap: originally commissioned in the Sihanouk era for guests, now Aman’s house in Cambodia with twenty-four suites arranged around courtyard quiet. Exclusive Villa Collection sends people here when Angkor should remain luminous rather than exhausting: temple circuits paced for heat and crowds, then return to suite shade, circular dining, and spa recovery. The house itself is part of the Cambodia story, not a generic Siem Reap block with a temple desk. Inventory is deliberately small; peak seasons punish late improvisation. Plan My Trip holds keys, guiding, and spa hours before the week becomes a scramble.
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The house
In stills
A first reading of the stay: rooms, light, and the quiet between them. Each still is a note, not a catalogue.
The Experience
How the days feel
Mornings often begin before the heat: temple circuits with a guide who knows when to arrive and when to leave, then return to courtyard shade and suite quiet. Afternoons belong to the spa, the pool, and the particular hush of a house that understands archaeology days need recovery. Evenings gather in the circular dining room or in-suite on request: dinner as reset, not another deadline.
Exclusive Villa Collection sequences sunrise where it matters and quieter sites when the main park peaks, arranges dietary and celebration requests early, and reserves the twenty-four suites well ahead. For sand after stone, we continue elsewhere in Southeast Asia once the temple days are complete.
Amansara opens the temple chapter of our Southeast Asia guide, often followed by Luang Prabang and a coast in Thailand or Vietnam.
Why EVC loves it
Why we would send you here
- New Khmer architecture with Angkor at the gate A 1960s masterpiece residence, not a generic Siem Reap block: Exclusive Villa Collection sends people here when the house itself is part of the Cambodia story.
- Temple weeks paced for humans Sunrise where it matters; quieter sites when the main crowd peaks. We arrange guiding with the suite so Angkor stays luminous, not exhausting.
- Twenty-four suites, reserved early Small house, huge seasonal demand. Plan My Trip reserves suites and spa hours before the season fills.
Inside the stay
The house, in notes
Where you sleep, what you eat, and how you arrive: the essentials, in brief.
Dining
The table
The circular dining room sets the evening rhythm, with in-suite dining on request. Dinner is timed around temple days so it stays a reset, not another deadline.
Spa & Wellness
Quiet hours
Aman Spa for heat and walking recovery after temple days, with treatments booked around sunrise circuits and reserved with the stay.
Beach / Pool
Water, when it is the point
No beach: an inland Siem Reap cultural house, where the resort pool and suite quiet are the recovery. For sand, continue elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Who it is best for
Who feels at home here
Travelers who want Angkor with Aman courtyard quiet: couples and small parties taking the temples at a humane pace, and returning to a house that resets the day.
Getting there
The arrival is part of the stay
Siem Reap Angkor International with resort car. Your advisor arranges arrival as part of the stay. Heat, festival calendars and park tickets are planned so the first dawn circuit is ready on arrival night.
Seasonality
When the house is open
Cool dry season roughly November through February is peak for walking comfort and demand. Hot season asks for earlier temple starts and midday shade. Green season can be rewarding with fewer crowds and dramatic skies. Confirm path and access conditions. Holiday weeks are best reserved early.
Pair it with
A natural companion
A second stay that belongs on the same itinerary.
Destination
Siem Reap
Siem Reap with Angkor ten minutes away: New Khmer modernism, remork mornings, and a house that treats the temples as the week’s reason.
Destination
Phuket
Phuket’s quieter west-coast peninsula: Andaman sunsets, Pansea sand, and villa weeks when Thailand should feel like coconut shade, not Patong neon.
Destination
Ninh Thuan
Vinh Hy Bay inside Nui Chua’s UNESCO biosphere: clifftop Vietnam when the week wants national-park coast, private sand, and villa pools above the marine reserve.
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Also in these collections
The collection that holds this stay
Each collection gathers houses that share a way of traveling. Open one to see its companion stays and shores.
From the Journal
A story that includes this stay
Where this house appears in our writing, beside the places and companions we pair with it.
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