After an adventurous day exploring Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, return to this sumptuous accommodation to rest, reflect and enjoy.

Over years of travel, I have stayed at hundreds of hotels. Most are just blah! I don’t mean bad, but I often think just another room. Even the 5* hotels that offer all the fabulous facilities and amenities, many are soulless hotels.

But there are hotels that talk to you. You are captivated the moment you arrive. I was very recently at the Caravelle Hotel in Saigon and got the feeling the hotel could talk. Later that night, I was talking to the Swiss GM of the hotel about what hotels captivated us.

Whilst many are now 5* hotels, they were not always. It seems that these hotels have been singled out for rejuvenation, so I am not alone in my thoughts. I have listed a number of these hotels in Asia.

A glass of wine or a cup of tea before you continue further may be in order…