🇰🇭 Cambodia or 🇮🇹 Italy
Which one, honestly
Cambodia leads on value for money. Italy leads on cities, food and getting around.
A normal day costs about $70 in Cambodia and $165 in Italy.
Side by side
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia🇮🇹 Italy
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $70A normal day$165
- 1h 10m from BangkokClosest hub2h 35m from London
- GoodBeaches and seaGood
- GoodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Tuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between citiesGetting aroundFast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advance
- March to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morningWhen to avoidThe middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shut
Pick by what you want
🇰🇭 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.
🇮🇹 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.
Full Cambodia guide →Full Italy 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.