🇰🇭 Cambodia or 🇹🇷 Türkiye
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on cities, food and the sea.
A normal day costs about $70 in Cambodia and $90 in Türkiye.
Side by side
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia🇹🇷 Türkiye
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $70A normal day$90
- 1h 10m from BangkokClosest hub4h from London
- GoodBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Tuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between citiesGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both good
- March to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morningWhen to avoidIstanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidays
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 Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
Full Cambodia guide →Full Türkiye guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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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.