Stay 

Amansara has 24 suites, 12 with private plunge pools. Rooms have an open-plan setting with combined sleeping and living area that contains a large writing desk. Adjacent is a dressing area with hanging cupboards and drawers, a large sofa and an informal dining table and chairs. Beyond, and leading down a few steps is the bathroom with floor-to-ceiling glass doors which open onto a light-filled garden or private plunge pool featuring a cushioned banquette. 

ChildCare 

Children are welcome to stay at Amansara. The spacious rooms have enough space for cots which are provided. Restaurants have high chairs and special meals can be prepared. Babysitting service can be arranged with prior notice. Daily excursions are carefully planned to suit children and adults.

Dine 

Amansara’s circular Restaurant offers Cambodian-centred cuisine under soaring ceilings, or outdoors at pergola-shaded tables by the pool. For a unique experience, private dining is available at the resort’s rustic Khmer house at Angkor, where meals are prepared over charcoal to the sounds and sights of village life. There is a walk-in wine and cheese cellar and casual lounge area but guests can also dine al fresco by the poolside or in their suite.

Relax 

Running parallel to a reflection pool, the approach to the Amansara spa sets the tone for what lies within: a tranquil sanctuary, where therapies make use of traditional Cambodian techniques and natural products. Four treatment rooms, each equipped with a steam bath and shower, are complemented by a yoga space and the resort’s central pool, as well as a hidden 25-metre lap pool.

Experience 

The Amansara package includes private Angkor Wat tours which start early morning, before the crowds move in. The transport, guide and driver are provided and so are the cold towels, water and refreshments. Just when the tourists’ hordes were driving in, we headed back to Amansara; a welcome of cold towels, and then a breakfast of mango juice, coffee, rosti potatoes, smoked salmon and perfectly poached eggs. Our room had been serviced and our shoes cleansed of Angkorian dust.