| Location: | Roluos group |
| King: | Indravarman I |
| Date: | 881 A.D. |
| Religion: | Hindu |
| Access: | At the east side. |
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The Bakong is the main temple of the Roluos group, some 13 km east of Siem Reap. It predates the big temples like Angkor Wat and the Bayon as it was built around 881. Before the era of Angkor Thom the capital of the empire was around Roluos. Parts of a laterite highway have been found linking it a Khmer city near Phimai in present day Thailand , some 225 km away.
Bacause of it's more remote location not too many tourists vist the Roluos monuments. If you have the time it is nice to visit the Bakong and the neighbouring monuments of Lolei and the Roluos group. Most of the time you will have the temple all to yourself, nice to spend a quiet afternoon writing letters in the shade of a lion's statue.
Just outside the main entrance to the Bakong you will find some stalls who sell fresh fruit and cold drinks.
