Park Hyatt Siem Reap

"The Park Hyatt Siem Reap's revamped Khmer meets Art Deco renovation feels completely right, especially the sunlit public Living Room lounge, which has rose-hued velvet love seats and towering book-filled shelves inset with striking locally hand-loomed textiles. The 108 guest rooms are equally colorful and sunny, and the marble bathrooms have excellent water pressure—a nice, and necessary, amenity in always hot-and-steamy Siem Reap. (Just make sure you avoid the Park King rooms—Nos. 213, 313, and 311—that face the mood-killing Colonel Sanders billboard across the street.) And then there’s the food. The city has some outstanding restaurants, but don’t feel guilty about starting your culinary tour at the hotel’s Dining Room, which serves authentic Khmer dishes like pork with ginger, palm sugar, and spring onions, along with sophisticated fusion creations like quail consommé with morel-tamarind dumplings (shown below). Snag one of the elevated banquettes, which are the best seats in the house. –Cynthia Rosenfeld"