Dave is a perfectionist and his guesthouse is the prime example of this. As you enter the spotless lounge to go upstairs you feel like you are about to meet royalty. The decorations are superb.. Amazingly clean and a class act. The tours above excellent and Dave has great knowledge of the surrounds. Quiet location and spotlessly clean. Unbelievable for the price.

The rooms are nice, clean and comfortable. I enjoyed staying there.
The only negative was that the staff was not very reliable on wake-up calls or getting things like breakfast, take-ways and the like done on time, which can be a little distracting when you have your guide and driver - who were exactly on time - waiting for you.

The tours are EXCELLENT. Let me repeat that: the tours are EXCELLENT. I had four different guides, all were very knowledgeable both wrt temple history and where the good sights are. Most important, they let me take my time (I was taking every shot from a tripod and I'm sure they needed a lot of patience sometimes :-) and were always very helpful, sometimes even carried my bag(!). They made helpful suggestions which I appreciated, but always let me do "my thing" and were never offended when I disregarded their advice :-)

If this is your first trip to Angkor and you want to take good pictures, this is probably the best place to go! I know I'm going to get back there if I rever travel to Cambodia again.

We had a wonderful week in Cambodia last fall 2008. Though we went to see the fabulous ruins of Angkor Wat, we were most moved by seeing firsthand the spirit of the Cambodian people who have endured so much and have such high hopes for the future. We had a wonderful, kind guide Sorn Ke Nit who accompanied us daily. Ke Nit is married and a loving father of 4 . He, like so many Cambodians, is a survivor of the Killing Fields. His personal story is compelling and heartbreaking. Ke Nit has been an English speaking (and some Spanish) guide since 2001 in Siem Reap and the areas around. He not only showed us much of Angkor Wat, but also arranged and took us on several fascinating side trips to Lake Tonle Sap and Mount Kulen and farther out ruins. We wish we could have stayed longer. Ke Nit's information:
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Language: English and a little Spanish
Specialize in: Guiding tours, hotel arrangement, all transportation around Angkor area and many other parts of Cambodia.
We stayed in the Peace of Angkor Villa which was homey, attractive, safe, relaxing and very reasonable. The kind staff was helpful and welcoming in every way.
I would definitely recommend hiring a native guide as you will see and learn so much more and be much safer and have someone to explain local differences and customs and history to you.

Like other reviews, this small guesthouse is charming and quaint. Free pick-up from the Mekong Express Bus Station was greatly appreciated. We enjoyed the location, being off the main drag, as Peace of Angkor is in a more quiet area. We had dinner one night in their restaurant--good selection and good food.

When booking with the guesthouse & Den, we explicitly asked to book photographic tours and made it 100% clear we were photographers. In fact, the only reason we chose to stay at Peace of Angkor was for it's self-advertised unique photographic tours that cater to photographers. Upon check-in, we were asked to pay in full for our upcoming tours. Fine. The first morning, we realized our "Photographic Tour" was nothing more than the standard van-and-tour-guide anyone can book, but we were charged quite high prices for this "photography tour." It wasn't the tourguide's fault--he was quite good and very knowledgeable of the temples. But he said he had never touched a camera in his life!!

Peace of Angkor Villa grossly misrepresented what kind of tour we were getting. At the end of the day, we asked if we could cancel the next day's tour, as it was going to be the same thing--not catering to a photographer one bit. Den let us know we could cancel, but they would not refund our pre-paid money. We were quite frank with him about misrepresenting what kind of tour we would get--the HUGE discrepancy between what we paid for and what we received.

We would have appreciated honesty--perhaps all the photographer-guides were booked or something. But no one gave us an explanation and instead tried to send us out with a complete NON-photographer without saying anything. Providing us with an explanation, a refund and apology would have solved the problem. Instead, no apology, no refund, only feelings of being deceived and taken for our money. Had we known we would not receive a photography-specific tour, we wouldn't have booked here in the first place. The single reason we booked here was for this particular tour which they advertised.

We feel that this problem was completely avoidable and very regrettable. I'm sure many people have actually received great photography tours. I would stay here for the actual property. But as for the photography tours, make sure you actually get what you pay for.