Siem Reap is the capital urban of Siem Reap Region in north-western Cambodia. It is a popular resort town and an entry to the Angkor region. Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style design in the Old French Quarter and around the Old Market. In the city, there are museums, traditional Apsara dance concerts, a Cambodian cultural village, souvenir, silk farms, and handicraft shops, rice paddies in the countryside, fishing villages and a bird shelter near the Tonle Sap Lake, and a lively, cosmopolitan drinking and dining place.

Best time to fly from Manila to Siem Reap

The great time to visit Siem Reap is in the month of December until the end of January when the days are sunny and dry. Just be aware that this is the peak tourist season, so you'll find it more overcrowded everywhere and prices will be greater.

Main airports available in Manila to Siem Reap

Ninoy Aquino International Airport - The Ninoy Aquino International Airport previously known and still commonly referred to as Manila International Airport as well as its codename Nichols Field (Nichols), is the airport that serving Manila and its surrounding metropolitan region. Situated along the border between the cities of Pasay and Parañaque, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of Manila proper and southwest of Makati. NAIA is the main worldwide gateway for travellers to the Philippines and serves as a hub for AirAsia Philippines, Cebgo, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific, and Philippine Airlines. It is managed by the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), a branch of the Department of Transportation (DOTr).

Siem Reap International Airport - Siem Reap International Airport that served for the Siem Reap, a popular tourist destination due to adjacent Angkor Wat. It is the second in demand airport in Cambodia after Phnom Penh International Airport. The airport's new terminal was launched on 28 August 2006. The Cambodian government has plans to change the airport with a new one, 60 kilometres from Siem Reap. As per 2008, additions to the airport's apron and parking areas are taking place. Air Traffic Control is provided by CATS (Cambodia Air Traffic Services), with full approach and aerodrome VHF services being installed in the control tower, between the fire station and the domestic terminal. There are many flights available from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Siem Reap International Airport daily.

Climate pattern in Manila to Siem Reap

Like most cities in South East Asia with Siem Reap has a tropical environment with a dry and wet season. Most visitors visit Siem Reap during the dull season, but the weather is benign enough to allow tourists to travel to Siem Reap the entire year-round. The dry season runs from the month of November until end of April. During this time, it is warm, humid and steamy. You can experience temperatures between 25.5 -35.5 degrees. In the heavy rain or rainy period which starts from the month of May till the end of October heavy rain showers can be expected.

Highlights attractions in Siem Reap

• Angkor Wat - Angkor Wat is a Hindu shrine complex in Cambodia and is the main religious shrine in the world, on a site measuring 162.7 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres). Initially constructed as a Hindu temple reserved to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist shrine towards the end of the 12th century.
• Bayon - The Bayon is a richly sculpted Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built-in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state shrine of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII the Bayon rests in the middle of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom.
• Ta Prohm Temple - Ta Prohm is the present-day name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Region, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th periods and initially called Rajavihara. Situated approximately 1 kilometre east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray, it was formed by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university.