Located 1 hour drive from the house, we offer n sunset on Mount Krom where you will also discover an Angkorian temple called "Prasat Phnom Krom" at the top of the hill. It is a Hindu sanctuary dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.

 

The rainy season is undoubtedly the most beautiful of all, offering landscapes where the land and the water seem in perfect harmony with a majestic sky. The whole bathed in an unreal light and contrasted to the extreme, to the delight of painters and photographers. Or, quite simply, for anyone who is a bit sensitive to the beauty of a country that is not stingy with wonders of all kinds. Phnom Krom Hill, which stands 120 meters high south of Siem Reap, is one of those enchanting places that must be visited this season. If the site itself is worth the trip, the trip will reserve some nice surprises and will be a perfect opportunity to escape, the time of an afternoon, to the tumult of Siem Reap.

The temple was built at the end of the 9th century.

Oriented to the east, the temple at the top of a hill is surrounded by a wall built in laterite blocks. At the top of the walls is a cornice. The doors divide the walls in two of the four cardinal directions. Just inside the east gate are four small buildings lined up in a north-south row, perhaps formerly used as crematoriums. Inside the walls of the north and south sides are three rooms, now collapsed.

The temple focuses on three towers, also aligned from north to south. They sit at the top of a platform accessible by stairs of seven steps. The south tower is dedicated to Brahma, the center to Shiva and the north to Vishnu. Its structure is identical to that of Phnom Bok, which must have been built at the same time.

They were built of sandstone; much of their carvings and details have been destroyed by erosion, including lintels in very poor condition with garlands and makaras turned inward. Octagonal columns decorate the doors.

Phnom Krom is the southernmost of the three hilltop temples built in the Angkor region during the reign of Yasovarman. The other two are Phnom Bakheng and Phnom Bok.