The roads have been recently rehabilitated and it takes about 30 minutes from Siem Reap to get to the temple. To reach Banteay Srei, follow the main road north out of Siem Reap, turn right at Angkor Wat and follow the road to Srah Srang where you turn right past Pre Rup.
At the East Mebon there is a check post where you require to obtain clearnce. Turn right again at the road afore the East Mebon; pass through the village of Phoum Pradak, where there is a junctions (if you perpetuate straight, after about 5 minutes, you will reach Banteay Samre). At this point, you come to a fork; take the road on the left and follow it to Batneay Srei which you will reach shortly after crossing two rivers - on your left hand side.
Banteay Srei is an exquisite miniature; a fairy palace in the heart of an immense and inscrutable forest; the very thing that Grimm delectated to imagine, and that every child's heart has yearned after, but which mature years has woefully proved too lovely to be true. And here it is, in the Cambodian forest at Banteay Srei, carved not out of the stuff that dreams are composed of, but of solid sandstone.
Banteay Srey Temple
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