Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 551.

Top tourist hot spots worth the crowds

As you read write down all the attributes that describe them. Answer the questions that follow.

Which of them do you hear about for the first time?

Ex. 4b). Listen again. Match the adjectives with the nouns to make collocations.

What do they like about each of their favourite places?

^ Ex. 4c). Work in groups. Have you ever been to places with similar features, e.g. a dramatic coastline? Tell each other about the places.

& Ex.5a) Read about the 10 most visited places. Which of them have you been to?

The hordes come to these places for a reason. Don't hate them just because they're popular or you'll miss out! This excerpt from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences gives you the places worth the queues.

Tourists crawl over Angkor like ants over a picnic blanket. But it's worth joining them to register your first glimpse of this shrine-city's awesome main temple, the world's biggest religious structure, Angkor Wat, with its lotus-shaped towers and extraordinary bas-reliefs. Angkor was sculpted from sandstone between the 9th and 13th centuries to satisfy the egos of a succession of Khmer devaraja (god-kings), providing the ancient empire with the grandest capital imaginable. The site contains hundreds of temples besides Angkor Wat, and is still being reclaimed from the jungle that overgrew it when it was abandoned in the 15th century. Capitol temple is a must-see during the early evening; escape the crowds by taking a mototaxi to the newly opened ruins at Banteay Srei, 25km from the main site.