Roluos Group and Beng Melea

Roluos Group and Beng Melea

[ ABOUT TOUR ]
- At 8:00 am, we’ll pick up you at the hotel.
- The tour will finish around 5:00 pm, we’ll get you back to the hotel or some places in Siem Reap city as you request.
- Recommend spectacular places in Siem Reap.

[ TOUR HIGHLIGHT ]
- To apparent the largest temples in the Roluos group(Bakong, Lolei, Preah Ko, along with Prasat Prie Monti)
- Beng Melea temple
- O Thmor Dap (The place that we were quarry the stone to build temple)

[ HISTORY ]
- Beng Mealea or Bung Mealea is a temple in the Angkor Wat period located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia, on the ancient royal highway to Preah Khan Kompong Svay. The temple was built by Suyavarman 2 who built the massive temple(Angkor Wat). The temple was established in the 12 century, dedicated to Vishnu god as a supreme god in Hinduism.

Itinerary
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Pass By: Cambo First Travel, Charles De Gaulle Veal Village, Kouk Chak commune, Siem Reap 17253 Cambodia

[ TOUR DESCRIPTION ]
- Discover the wonder of ancient Angkor, Roluos (Khmer: រលួស) is a Cambodian modern small town and an archeological site about 13 km east of Siem Reap along NH6. Once it was the seat of Hariharalaya:98 first capital of Khmer Empire north of Tonlé Sap (as the first capital in the strict sense of the term could have been Indrapura, identifiable with Banteay Prey Nokor. Among the “Roluos Group” of temples, there are some of the earliest permanent structures built by Khmer. They mark the beginning of the classical period of Khmer civilization, dating from the late 9th century. Some were totally built with bricks, others partially with laterite or sandstone (the first large Angkorian temple built with sandstone was possibly Ta Keo. At present it is composed of three major temples: Bakong, Lolei, and Preah Ko, along with tiny Prasat Prei Monti. At both Bakong and Lolei there are contemporary Theravada Buddhist monasteries.
- A spectacular sight to behold, Beng Mealea, is one of the most mysterious temples at Angkor, as nature has well and truly run riot. Exploring this titanic of temples, built to the same floor plan as Angkor Wat, is the ultimate Indiana Jones experience.
- Discover the wonder of ancient quarry the stone O Thmor Dap (The place that we were quarried the stone to build temple)