Cambodia’s Royal Empire Hotel Siem Reap blends 'Khmer tradition with modern elegance' and in its name harkens back to a millennium ago, when the Khmer Empire crossed vast swathes of the Indochinese Peninsula. After a grand day of trying to put into words the fresh experience of the description-defying Angkor temples, relax in the hotel’s lobby bar, trying to take into account the grandeur of it all—or just taking a break.