Cambodia has a year-round tropical climate which sees temperatures of hot, hotter or scorching. In dry season, there’s dusty, dry air to contend with and in rainy season, the humidity can make it very sticky indeed! The beaches and islands of Cambodia’s coast are definitely the best places to be at this time of year. But, spend any amount of time in the city as a tourist exploring Angkor Wat, traveller or expat and you’ll soon be craving a refreshing dip in a swimming pool in Siem Reap. But what about if you find yourself staying or living somewhere with no pool or a pool of dubious quality? Well, there’s no need to worry as there are numerous swimming pools in Siem Reap.
Most pools are attached to hotels, hostels, and guesthouses and many of these allow non-guests to the pool if some food or drink is bought, or for a fee. However, if you’re not ‘in the know’ it can be tricky to find out which hotels and guesthouses offer this.
To save you the trouble of researching swimming pools in Siem Reap whilst we were living there we visited and reviewed as many pools as possible. So in the order visited here are some of the swimming pools in Siem Reap that you can use if you’re not a guest at the hotel or guesthouse.
What you'll find in this post...
Swimming Pools in Siem Reap
We were provided with complimentary use of the swimming pool and facilities of all featured hotels and guesthouses I’ve reviewed below. Read more in our full Product Review Disclosure.
Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa
Cost: $25 USD (£19.20) for full use of the pools, gym and steam room plus a credit for the same amount to spend on food or drinks from the restaurant or bar.
Opening hours: daily from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
Location: Central Park, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 63 760 428
Royal Angkor Resort
Set back from the pool is a bar, however, it seemed to be unmanned when we visited so we didn’t sample any food or drinks. In the gardens is a gym and spa offering a variety of treatments for an additional cost. At the far end of the pool are toilets, showers, and small changing rooms for both men and women. There is also a steam room, sauna, and jacuzzi but they were closed when we were there, I assume because it was low season. Wifi is available free of charge.
Due to its size, this pool is great if you want to swim lengths. It’s also used for swimming lessons, although I’m not sure how regularly they take place. Just before we left at about 2:30 pm on a Saturday a group of children arrived for lessons.
Cost: $5 USD (£3.85) includes a gym, steam room, sauna and jacuzzi.
Opening hours: daily from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
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Location: Highway No.6. Phum Kasekum, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 63 76 75 55
Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel
Cost: – Free if you purchase food and/ or drink of at least $5 USD (£3.85).
Opening hours: daily from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm
Location: Street 53, #418, Vihear Chin, Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 77 769 126
Navutu Dreams Resort & Wellness Retreat
Cost: $8.00++ or $9.14 USD net (£6.16++ or £7.03) – Pool and gym use with food and drink credit OR pool, gym and yoga pass.
Opening hours: daily from 6:30 am to 10:00 pm
Location: Navutu Rd, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 063 964 864
Spring Palace Boutique Hotel
Cost: $5 USD (£3.85)
Opening hours: daily from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Location: Thmor Meas Road, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 063 965 499
Angkor Era Hotel
Cost: $5 USD (£3.85) for pool use only OR $10 USD (£7.70) for pool and a one hr massage.
Opening hours: daily from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Location: National Road 6, Phum Khnar, Khum Chreav, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 63 968 99
The Golden Gecko Villa
Centrally located down a quiet side street off Wat Bo Road isThe Golden Gecko Villa.It has an attractive, well maintained, good sized swimming pool with a lovely waterfall feature at one end. There are plenty of sunbeds complete with towels, tables and large parasols, surrounded by tropical plants and flowers.
Cost: – $5 USD (£3.86) minimum spend on food and/ or drink/ Expats free – just introduce yourselves when you arrive.
Opening hours: daily from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm
Location: 20th Street off Wat Bo Road, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 69 641 082/ (855) 10 279 059
Hotel Somadevi Angkor Boutique & Resort
At the far end, on a raised platform is The Blue Pool Bar, well stocked with a good range of beer, wine, spirits, tasty cocktails and soft drinks. It also offers an appetising selection of Asian and Western dishes to have either next to the pool or at a dining table situated at the near end of the pool. The staff were extremely friendly and on hand whenever we needed anything.
Cost: $11 USD (£8.50) for adults and $8 USD (£6) for children for full use of the pool, jacuzzi, steam room and sauna.
Opening hours: daily from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Location: Oum Chhay Street, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 63 962 662
eOCambo Residence
The unique two-tiered layout (both with sunbeds and towels) of their pool deck area offers unobstructed views of the pool wherever you choose to settle yourself. There are no parasols in sight at this pool…it was designed so palm trees offer natural shade to those relaxing on the top tier, whilst sun-worshippers can bask in the sun on the lower tier. Conveniently located nearby are bathrooms and outdoor showers.
There’s also the option to have a massage for an additional cost. It’s $10 USD (£7.70) for a one hour hand and foot massage.
At the far end of the pool is a bar where you can buy a selection of reasonably priced poolside snacks, sandwiches, salads and burgers. There is also an extensive drinks menu serving beer, wine, spirits, cocktails and soft drinks. If you’re looking for a more substantial meal you can also dine in the hotel restaurant, there are both Western and Asian dishes.
Cost: Free if you purchase food and drink.
Opening hours: daily from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
Location: Street 22, Wat Bo Village, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 70 379 905
Pool Party Hostel
Around the pool are sunbeds and hammocks, perfect for relaxing with a book and topping up your tan.
Cost: Free if you purchase food and drink
Opening hours: daily from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
Location: Phsar Krom Road, Vihear Chin Village, Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 012 80 63 99
There are many more pools in Siem Reap that allow non-guests to use, some of which we hope to visit and review soon. In the meantime, if you’d like to find out more pools to investigate yourself, Siem Reap.net have an extensive list of swimming pools in Siem Reap.
IMPORTANT: We did our best to list the correct prices for the pools in this post. However, we’d recommend calling ahead of your visit to check availability and possible price changes. |
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Siem Reap is definitely a piece of paradise on Earth as the whole country is. The pools seem so inviting and I’ll have to get there as soon as possible!
It really is – we love it and the rest of Cambodia. Hopefully, we’ll head back towards Xmas time for a while 😀
Anjali by Syphon is a new boutique hotel 5 stars opened in September 2017.
We offer for residents in SR a Privilege Card where the guest can use our 17 sqm salted-water swimming pool for free.
If you don’t have the card, ask for us or just spend 5 dollars and use the pool for the day.
http://www.anjalihotel.com P: +855 63 965 600 E: sm@anjalihotel.com
Hi Roberta,
This sounds great – if you’d like to be included in our review blog post please contact me on tanya.korteling@cantravelwilltravel.com and we’ll arrange a time to come visit and review.
Thanks
Tanya
What a great guide! We purposely splashed out (pun intended) on a place with a pool when we visited and we were so glad we did…sometimes it was the only thing that got us through the heat and dust of the day, knowing we could dive straight into a pool!
Thankyou – yes you’re right, Cambodia’s amazing but the heat and dust can get too much sometimes. A pool is the only answer 🙂
Pools in my opinion are the cenral attraction before selecting a hotel, atleast for me!Thanks for this blog post. Will refer to this before visiting Cambodia!
Yes I agree, it’s good to have a nice pool. If you do save it for if you visit there’ll be many more pools on it later in the year!
Oh, these all look so inviting! I stayed at Le Meridien Angkor and could barely tear myself away from their pool!
Ooh I’ll have to go and see if Le Meridien allows non-guests to use their pool! I hope so.
been dying to go to navutu! this post is awesome. i also had a fun time in Siem Reap 😀
Thankyou! Yes Navutu does look a really nice hotel; although I haven’t stayed there myself!
This is what I did in Siem Reap. We visited a restaurant which had a swimming pool, cant remember that name now. But sometimes it just gets so hot there you need to cool off
Yes there are a few restaurants with pools too! I’ll have to check them out too!