🇮🇹 Italy or 🇰🇭 Cambodia
Which one, honestly
Italy leads on cities, food and getting around. Cambodia leads on value for money.
A normal day costs about $165 in Italy and $70 in Cambodia.
Side by side
- 🇮🇹 Italy🇰🇭 Cambodia
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $165A normal day$70
- 2h 35m from LondonClosest hub1h 10m from Bangkok
- GoodBeaches and seaGood
- ExceptionalCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- GoodValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Fast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advanceGetting aroundTuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between cities
- The middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shutWhen to avoidMarch to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morning
Pick by what you want
🇮🇹 Choose Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
🇰🇭 Choose Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
Full Italy guide →Full Cambodia guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.