Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor

The Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor features a distinctive, cream-colored colonial facade framed by iron-wrought balconies and deep green shutters. It opened in nineteen thirty-two to serve travelers arriving on the fledgling air route from Saigon. When the doors first swung open, the hotel held only twenty-four rooms, designed to host French explorers and archaeologists visiting the nearby temples. André Malraux once stayed here, hauling ancient stone sculptures out of the jungle, leaving the hotel staff to manage his chaotic trail.