Ta Som & Neak Pean (Grand Circuit)

ប្រាសាទតាសោម / ប្រាសាទនាគព័ន្ធ (Ta Som / Neak Pean)

A tree-swallowed gate and a pool temple across the water

Hours

Most temples about 06:00–18:30 (operator list; check on site)

Tickets

Angkor Pass required: 1 day US$37 · 3 days US$62 · 7 days US$72 (official Angkor Enterprise office or angkorenterprise.gov.kh, checked Oct 2026). Under-12s free with passport

Address

Ta Som is about 4 km east of Preah Khan; Neak Pean sits on an island in the old Jayatataka reservoir between the two

Two small stops on the Grand Circuit. Ta Som has Bayon-style face towers on its gates, and the east gate is gripped roof-and-all by a huge strangler fig, a stone face peering out from between the roots; with so few visitors you often get it to yourself. Neak Pean is reached by a long wooden causeway across a flooded reservoir where bleached dead trees stand in the water, and the walk tends to stay with people more than the temple itself, a central round pool ringed by four smaller ones that once served as healing baths.