What at first seems like an oddly boastful name in fact turns out to be quite literally descriptive of the place. The One Hotel Angkor is named not for some outsized ambitions, but for its fairly humble and unassuming reality — it’s a hotel with just one room, located upstairs from a café on the Passage, a walking street teaming with restaurants, bars, cafés, and boutiques.
Of course it’s an excellent room. Wide-open, loft-style, it’s furnished with a king bed, an LCD television, an iBook and iPod, and a luxurious modern bathroom. Outside the roof terrace is practically another room unto itself, with a daybed, a jacuzzi tub, a sound system, and an outdoor shower.
There’s a team of staffers (including a chef) on hand to take care of your every whim, from in-room spa treatments to dining al fresco on the terrace. As for the location, there’s plenty to enjoy about this corner of Siem Reap — it’s a vibrant, bohemian neighborhood, best for self-directed travelers who don’t mind exploring. And of course if you’re here at all, you’re either here to see the temples at Angkor, or you’re enough of an old Cambodia hand that you don’t need suggestions from us.
From $250 US nightly through Dec 12.
