Angkor Small Circuit
17 km · one full day · Angkor Park · by bike or tuk-tuk · 7 stops
- Angkor Wat
- Angkor Thom South Gate
- Bayon
- Baphuon
- Terrace of the Elephants
- Ta Prohm
- Banteay Kdei
148 places · Sources: UNESCO, Asia's 50 Best Discovery, Time Out, Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveller and TikTok virals (Eater does not cover Cambodia; neither does the MICHELIN Guide) · 5 routes
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17 km · one full day · Angkor Park · by bike or tuk-tuk · 7 stops
26 km · one day · Angkor Park · by tuk-tuk · 6 stops
2.1 km · ~half a day · Downtown · on foot · 7 stops
2.6 km · ~half a day · Kandal Village and Wat Bo · on foot · 7 stops
24 km · one day · South and Roluos · by tuk-tuk (no Angkor Pass until Roluos) · 6 stops
អង្គរវត្ត · Angkor Park
The largest religious monument on earth: five stone towers rising out of the water at dawn.
Tip: For sunrise go to the NORTH pond (the left one): the crowd packs the south one and the reflection is just as good. Gates open 5am.
🚇 Angkor Wat — 20 min by tuk-tuk from town · 40 min by bike
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Show on mapប្រាសាទបាយ័ន · Angkor Thom
216 stone faces smiling from 54 towers at the exact heart of Angkor Thom.
Tip: Climb to the third level between 7:30 and 9am: the low light carves out the faces and the buses haven't arrived.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម · Small Circuit · Angkor Park
Giant silk-cotton roots swallowing the walls. The temple Tomb Raider made world-famous.
Tip: Enter through the EAST gate and exit west: almost everyone does the opposite, so you walk against the crowd.
🚇 Small Circuit — 30 min by tuk-tuk · rideable end to end by bike
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Show on mapខ្លោងទ្វារខាងត្បូង អង្គរធំ · Angkor Thom
54 gods and 54 demons hauling a serpent along the causeway. The most cinematic entrance in Angkor.
Tip: Get off the tuk-tuk 100 m early and walk the causeway: the shot from water level is a different thing.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapលានជល់ដំរី · Angkor Thom
350 metres of carved elephants: the terrace where Jayavarman VII watched his army parade.
Tip: Walk the terrace south to north and carry straight on to the Leper King: they're adjoining and almost nobody links the two.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapលានស្តេចគំលង់ · Angkor Thom
A hidden corridor between two walls, apsaras and nagas intact, and almost always empty.
Tip: Slip into the inner trench corridor: those carvings are far better preserved than the outer wall.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទបាពួន · Angkor Thom
A three-tier pyramid rebuilt stone by stone over 50 years; behind it, a 70 m reclining Buddha.
Tip: Walk around the back: the reclining Buddha only reads from the west wall and hardly anyone looks for it.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទភិមានអាកាស · Angkor Thom
The celestial palace temple where, legend says, the king slept every night with a serpent woman.
Tip: It sits behind Baphuon, unsigned: follow the dirt path and you'll have the pyramid to yourself.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន · Grand Circuit · Angkor Park
A kilometre-long temple-city half swallowed by jungle, with a two-storey Greek-looking building inside.
Tip: Enter by the west gate and walk the 800 m through to the east: it's the loveliest walk in the park and ends on a naga bridge.
🚇 Grand Circuit — 40 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapនាគព័ន្ធ · Grand Circuit · Angkor Park
A circular island temple in the middle of a baray: a wooden boardwalk over the water and dead trees standing.
Tip: Go right now, at the end of monsoon: that's when the baray is full and the boardwalk seems to float. In dry season it's a grass field.
🚇 Grand Circuit — 40 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទតាសោម · Grand Circuit · Angkor Park
Small, quiet, and home to the single best tree-eaten gateway in all of Angkor, at the far east end.
Tip: The famous gate is the one at the back, the EAST one: cross the whole temple and exit behind — that's where the tree is.
🚇 Grand Circuit — 40 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទមេបុណ្យខាងកើត · Grand Circuit · Angkor Park
Four monolithic stone elephants guard the corners of what was once an island in an artificial lake.
Tip: Climb to the top level and look down at the elephants: only then do you grasp you were standing on an island.
🚇 Grand Circuit — 40 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទប្រែរូប · Grand Circuit · Angkor Park
A red laterite pyramid that catches fire in low sun: the best sunset without the Bakheng queue.
Tip: Get there at 5pm and climb the east stair. A genuine alternative to Phnom Bakheng, which caps at 300 people a day.
🚇 Grand Circuit — 40 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទបន្ទាយក្តី · Small Circuit · Angkor Park
A labyrinthine, half-collapsed Buddhist monastery with apsara corridors and almost nobody in them.
Tip: Perfect at noon when everyone's at lunch: it's shaded and you'll walk the corridors alone.
🚇 Small Circuit — 30 min by tuk-tuk · rideable end to end by bike
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Show on mapស្រះស្រង់ · Small Circuit · Angkor Park
The 'royal bath': 700 x 350 m of water with a lion terrace facing Banteay Kdei.
Tip: Sunrise here instead of Angkor Wat: same sun, zero crowd, and women selling coffee for a dollar.
🚇 Small Circuit — 30 min by tuk-tuk · rideable end to end by bike
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Show on mapប្រាសាទតាកែវ · Small Circuit · Angkor Park
A grey sandstone temple-mountain left uncarved: naked stone and near-vertical stairs.
Tip: Take the south stair — it has a wooden rail. The other three are 60 degrees of bare stone.
🚇 Small Circuit — 30 min by tuk-tuk · rideable end to end by bike
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Show on mapប្រាសាទធម្មនន្ទ · Small Circuit · Angkor Park
A tiny, perfectly restored temple: the best-preserved devatas in Angkor, and not a single queue.
Tip: It's right by the Victory Gate: stop the tuk-tuk for 10 minutes — it's quick to walk and usually empty.
🚇 Small Circuit — 30 min by tuk-tuk · rideable end to end by bike
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Show on mapប្រាសាទចៅសាយទេវតា · Small Circuit · Angkor Park
Thommanon's twin across the road, restored by China, with Ramayana reliefs.
Tip: Do both together, facing each other: 20 minutes for the pair and the best short stop on the circuit.
🚇 Small Circuit — 30 min by tuk-tuk · rideable end to end by bike
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Show on mapប្រាសាទក្រវាន់ · Small Circuit · Angkor Park
Five 10th-century brick towers with something unique in Angkor: bas-reliefs carved into the interior brick.
Tip: Go inside the central tower and the far north one: they're the only two with the Vishnu and Lakshmi reliefs.
🚇 Small Circuit — 30 min by tuk-tuk · rideable end to end by bike
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Show on mapប្រាសាទភ្នំបាខែង · Angkor Park
The sunset hill: from the top you see the whole of Angkor Wat floating on a sea of jungle.
Tip: There's a 300-person cap up top: be up before 4:30pm or you won't get in. The climb is 20 min on foot.
🚇 Angkor Wat — 20 min by tuk-tuk from town · 40 min by bike
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Show on mapប្រាសាទបក្សីចាំក្រុង · Angkor Park
A stepped brick pyramid at the foot of Bakheng: small, elegant and nearly always empty.
Tip: It's right beside the road between Angkor Wat and the South Gate: 10 minutes and a gorgeous shot.
🚇 Angkor Wat — 20 min by tuk-tuk from town · 40 min by bike
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Show on mapប្រាសាទសួព្រ័ត · Angkor Thom
Twelve laterite towers lined up facing the Terrace of the Elephants — Angkor Thom's royal plaza.
Tip: Sit on the grass between the towers mid-afternoon: the best spot in Angkor Thom for doing nothing.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapខ្លោងទ្វារជ័យ · Angkor Thom
Angkor Thom's east gate, the one the victorious army came home through. Far quieter than the south.
Tip: Ask your tuk-tuk to exit here instead of the South Gate: same sculpture, zero van queue.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapខ្លោងទ្វារខាងជើង · Angkor Thom
The least-visited of the five gates: its bodhisattva face is the most intact of the lot.
Tip: It's the natural way out toward Preah Khan: chain it into the Grand Circuit and save half an hour.
🚇 Angkor Thom South Gate — 25 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រាសាទបាគង · Roluos Group
The first Khmer temple-mountain, from 881 AD: the dress rehearsal for everything Angkor Wat became.
Tip: There's a working monastery inside the grounds: come at 6pm and you'll hear the monks chanting.
🚇 Roluos Group — 30 min by tuk-tuk east along NR6
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Show on mapប្រាសាទព្រះគោ · Roluos Group
Six brick towers with three stone Nandi bulls lying in front and original 9th-century stucco.
Tip: Look closely at the stucco on the towers: one of the few places in Cambodia where it survived a thousand years.
🚇 Roluos Group — 30 min by tuk-tuk east along NR6
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Show on mapប្រាសាទលលៃ · Roluos Group
Four brick towers covered in Sanskrit inscriptions, perched inside a working modern pagoda.
Tip: The temple shares its yard with a monk school: bring notebooks or pencils if you want to leave something useful.
🚇 Roluos Group — 30 min by tuk-tuk east along NR6
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Show on mapបាឡុងអង្គរ · Angkor Park
A tethered balloon rising 200 m over the Angkor Wat road: the only legal aerial view of the park.
Tip: About US$20 for 10 minutes. Go at 5pm: in low sun the five towers cut out against the jungle.
🚇 Angkor Wat — 20 min by tuk-tuk from town · 40 min by bike
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Show on mapសារមន្ទីរជាតិអង្គរ · Slor Kram
Eight air-conditioned galleries and 1,000 Buddhas: the theory lesson worth taking BEFORE the temples.
Tip: About US$12 with audioguide. Do it on arrival day, jet-lagged — then everything at Angkor makes sense.
🚇 Slor Kram — 10 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market (PassApp/Grab)
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Show on mapផ្សារ សៀកកម្ពុជា · Airport Road · Krous
Contemporary Khmer circus under a red big top: acrobatics, live music and a real post-war story.
Tip: Show at 8pm daily. Book online: the US$18 seats sell out and they fund the Battambang arts school.
🚇 Airport Road — 12 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapមជ្ឈមណ្ឌល APOPO · Charles de Gaulle
The giant rats that sniff out landmines, live, plus how Cambodia actually gets demined.
Tip: Hourly tours, US$10, 45 min. You get to pet a giant African rat: the best thing in town with kids.
🚇 Charles de Gaulle Rd — 10 min by tuk-tuk on the way to Angkor
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Show on mapវត្តបូព៌ · Wat Bo
One of the city's oldest pagodas: 19th-century murals painted with the Khmer Reamker epic.
Tip: Ask someone to open the main vihara: the murals are inside and the door isn't always open. Free. From 10-12 October 2026 it's Pchum Ben, the Khmer day of the dead: families bring rice offerings to the pagodas at dawn, the best scene of the year.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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A former royal palace turned monastery, now home to the Centre for Khmer Studies and its library.
Tip: The grounds are open and free: walk through at dusk when the novice monks play football. Note: during Pchum Ben (10-12 Oct 2026) half the city shuts and the pagodas fill up.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapវត្តព្រហ្មរតន៍ · Riverside · Pokambor
The downtown pagoda: a carved wooden boat holding a reclining Buddha, 200 m from Pub Street.
Tip: Come at dusk when they light up the boat: it's around the corner from Old Market and free.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapវត្តថ្មី · Charles de Gaulle
A glass stupa holding the bones of Khmer Rouge victims: Siem Reap's most honest memorial.
Tip: Free and on the road to Angkor: ask your tuk-tuk for a 15-minute stop. Cover shoulders and knees.
🚇 Charles de Gaulle Rd — 10 min by tuk-tuk on the way to Angkor
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Show on mapវត្តកេសារារាម · North Siem Reap
The 'frangipani pagoda': painted columns, a plumeria garden and almost no tourists.
Tip: At dawn the monks walk NR6 on alms round: the best street scene in Siem Reap.
🚇 North Siem Reap — 10 min by tuk-tuk toward Angkor
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Show on mapប្រាសាទវត្តអធ្វា · South of town · Sala Kamreuk
A 12th-century sandstone temple beside a living pagoda, south of town and outside the Angkor Pass.
Tip: No Angkor ticket required: perfect for arrival or departure day, 25 min by bike.
🚇 South of town — 12 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapសួនច្បារឯករាជ្យ · Riverside · Pokambor
A park of century-old figs downtown where thousands of fruit bats pour out at dusk.
Tip: Be there at 6pm and look up: the flying foxes leave the trees all at once. Free and it lasts 10 minutes.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapព្រះអង្គចេក ព្រះអង្គចម · Riverside · Pokambor
The city's most beloved shrine: two golden Buddhas locals come to for luck.
Tip: Buy jasmine and lotus from the women at the entrance (US$1) and you'll see the full ritual. Free entry.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapផ្លូវផាប់ · Pub Street
Two blocks of neon, 50-cent beer and music at full blast. Pure kitsch, and worth seeing once.
Tip: The side alleys (The Lane, Alley West) hold the better bars. The main drag is for the photo.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapសារមន្ទីរសង្គ្រាមកម្ពុជា · Airport Road · Krous
Tanks, MiGs and mines in the open air, with guides who are ex-combatants telling their own war.
Tip: The US$5 ticket includes a guide: always take one — without their story the museum is nothing.
🚇 Airport Road — 12 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapអង្គរវត្តផាត់ · South of town · Sala Kamreuk
A 14-hole mini-golf course among hand-built Khmer temple replicas. Absurd and genuinely fun.
Tip: About US$6 including a drink. Open late: the best kid plan after a day of temples.
🚇 South of town — 12 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapហ្គារ៉ាវេក · Old Market · Psar Chas
An hour of Khmer legends told in English with a live tro khmer player, for 30 people.
Tip: 7pm show, US$10, only 30 seats: book same-day on WhatsApp or you won't get in.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapរោងមហោស្រពអប្សរា · Wat Bo
Classical apsara dance in a Khmer wooden pavilion, dinner included, dancers trained at the royal school.
Tip: Book a table near the stage: the hand gestures are the whole language and get lost from the back.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapកសិដ្ឋានឈូក · South of town · Sala Kamreuk
The only factory on earth spinning silk from lotus stem fibre: you see the whole flower-to-scarf process.
Tip: Free guided visit 8am-5pm. A lotus scarf runs US$200 but watching them spin the fibre costs nothing.
🚇 South of town — 12 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapប្រាសាទ · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
Chef Joannès Rivière's market tasting menu: seasonal Khmer cooking taken as high as it goes.
Tip: US$45 menu, US$38 vegetarian. Closed Sundays, book 24 h ahead: no à la carte, tasting only.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapម៉ាលីស · Riverside · Pokambor
Royal Khmer cooking served in a garden with a pond: amok, prahok ktis and courtly curries.
Tip: Order the prahok ktis, the dish almost no tourist restaurant dares serve. Book for dinner.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapពូ · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
Modern Khmer in a wooden house: small plates, honest prices and a menu that keeps moving.
Tip: Small and it fills up: book via Facebook. Order the lok lak with fresh Kampot pepper.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapមី · North Siem Reap
Chef Pola Siv's house restaurant: Khmer with French technique in a garden north of town.
Tip: It's out of town, ~10 min by tuk-tuk: use PassApp so you don't haggle. Tasting menu is US$25.
🚇 North Siem Reap — 10 min by tuk-tuk toward Angkor
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Show on mapបន្លែ · Riverside · Pokambor
Vegetables from their own garden, meat-free Khmer cooking and a wooden deck over the plot.
Tip: Order the jackfruit amok: the best vegetarian version of the national dish you'll eat in Cambodia.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapច័ន្ទរី · Riverside · Pokambor
Contemporary Khmer in a colonial house on the river, with the best service in town.
Tip: Ask for a riverside table outside and start with the num banh chok. Dinner US$20-25 a head.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapម្រុម · Wat Bo
A Friends International training restaurant: Khmer tapas in a garden, served by young trainees.
Tip: Share 4-5 plates between two. Try the red tree ants with basil: the signature dish, US$5.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapហេវិន · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
A Swiss-Khmer training restaurant for orphaned youth: precise fusion cooking at neighbourhood prices.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Book ahead: small and always full. The fish fillet in tamarind sauce is the one.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapស្លាបព្រា · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
Another training restaurant, this one from the EGBOK foundation: creative Khmer plus morning cooking classes.
Tip: The morning cooking class (US$25) includes a market run with the chef and cooking your own amok.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapដើមត្នោត · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
The wooden house where Gordon Ramsay learned to make amok. Family Khmer cooking, no tricks.
Tip: Order the fish amok and the pork char kroeung. Closed Sundays. Go up to the first floor, it's all wood.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapសត្វល្អិត · Sivatha Boulevard
Insect tapas done properly: fried tarantula, scorpion skewers and an ant burger.
Tip: Get the Discovery Platter (US$14) on a first visit: eight different critters. Dinner only.
🚇 Sivatha Blvd — 5 min walk from Pub Street
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Show on mapចំណី · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
Khmer street food, elevated: the chef takes market-stall dishes and plates them like restaurant food.
Tip: Order the bai sach chrouk: Cambodia's street breakfast of grilled pork and rice, done seriously.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapល្មអង · East Siem Reap
Pure Khmer farm-to-table: everything comes from their farm, with zero sugar and zero MSG.
Tip: It's 15 min east: book ahead and take the 6-course tasting. No à la carte at dinner.
🚇 East Siem Reap — 15 min by tuk-tuk along NR6
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Show on mapម្ហូប · North Siem Reap
Chef Sopheak Meas's modern Khmer in a teak house with a garden: provincial ingredients, fine technique.
Tip: The three-course lunch runs ~US$12 and is the best value in town.
🚇 North Siem Reap — 10 min by tuk-tuk toward Angkor
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Show on mapវីរ៉ុត · Wat Bo
Refined Khmer beside the pool of an art deco boutique hotel: the prettiest dinner in Wat Bo.
Tip: Book a poolside table at 7:30pm when they light the candles. The honey pork curry is the dish.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapផ្ទះបាយខ្មែរ · Pub Street
The cheap Pub Street classic since 2003: amok, lok lak and curries for four dollars, always packed.
Tip: Sit upstairs on the alley terrace: same food, none of the Pub Street noise.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapបាបេគ្យូខ្មែរ · Pub Street
Table-top grill with a moat of broth: you cook crocodile, kangaroo, snake and squid yourself.
Tip: The exotic-meat set for two runs ~US$20. Ask for more broth: it's free and it's the best part.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapសាកមើល · Old Market · Psar Chas
Home-style Khmer at local prices in the heart of Old Market: the most shameless value downtown.
Tip: Everything is US$3-5. Get the lok lak and a fresh lime soda: nothing on the menu passes five dollars.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapព្យ៉ាណូក្រហម · Pub Street
The colonial corner of Pub Street where Angelina Jolie drank during Tomb Raider. They still serve her cocktail.
Tip: Order the Tomb Raider (Cointreau, lime and tonic) on the first-floor balcony: the best view of Pub Street.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapតេវី · Wat Bo
A Khmer woman cooking what she'd cook at home, in an actual home, with organic vegetables.
Tip: Get the breakfast kuy teav or the red curry. All under US$6 and Tevy greets every table.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapខ្លាក្រដាស · Pub Street
Open 24 hours on Pub Street: Khmer and French cooking, a free library and daily cooking classes.
Tip: The cooking class (US$12) includes the market visit. It's open all night, so any hour works.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapមីសវ៉ុង · Old Market · Psar Chas
A 1930s Shanghai bar hidden down an alley: red lanterns, silk and the best cocktails in Cambodia.
Tip: Order the Kaffir Lime Mojito or the Lemongrass Collins. Opens 5pm; by 9pm nobody else fits.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapឡុនឌ្រី · Old Market · Psar Chas
The alley's long-running bar: low light, vinyl, weekend DJs and zero Pub Street tourism.
Tip: After midnight on Fridays this is where the people who live here end up. Local beer US$1.50.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapអាសនៈ · Old Market · Psar Chas
The last Khmer wooden house downtown, turned into a bar: cocktails with local spirits, served on mats.
Tip: Do the cocktail class (US$15, 5pm): they teach you the Sombai sour with Cambodian liqueur.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapព្រៃ · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
Spring rolls with impossible fillings and garden-herb gin and tonics, in a hammock-strung courtyard.
Tip: Order the six-roll sampler (US$9) and the Kampot pepper gin. Closed Mondays.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapធ្យូង · Riverside · Pokambor
Everything goes over coals: Tonlé Sap fish, vegetables and meat, smoked over Khmer charcoal.
Tip: Get the whole charcoal fish with herbs: made to share, ~US$14. Book on weekends.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapអូលីវ · Old Market · Psar Chas
A seasonal Mediterranean bistro downtown: their own sourdough and a menu that turns over monthly.
Tip: The two-course lunch is US$9 and the best break from rice after three days of temples.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapហ្វេលីនី · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza in a huge courtyard strung with lights: the expats' favourite Italian.
Tip: Book the back courtyard for groups over four. Pizzas US$8-12 and they pour real Italian vermouth.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapអេលៀ · Pub Street
Proper Greek two blocks off Pub Street: souvlaki, moussaka and a tzatziki that earns the trip.
Tip: The mixed platter is US$16 and feeds three. It fills at 7:30pm — get there earlier.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapរោងស្រាបៀរ · Wat Bo
The city's first craft brewery: six house taps in a colonial-house garden.
Tip: Get the six-beer flight (US$7) and sit in the back garden. The Golden Ale is the pick.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapចង្ក្រានខ្មែរ · North Siem Reap
A full traditional wooden house, live apsara dance and Khmer cooking from the provinces.
Tip: Dance show at 7:30pm, no extra charge with dinner. Order the saraman curry, the oldest Khmer recipe on the menu.
🚇 North Siem Reap — 10 min by tuk-tuk toward Angkor
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Show on mapម្អម · North Siem Reap
Modern Khmer in the north of town: herbs from their own garden and dishes nobody else is doing.
Tip: Book ahead: eight tables only. Take the tasting menu (US$18), it includes edible flowers from their plot.
🚇 North Siem Reap — 10 min by tuk-tuk toward Angkor
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Show on mapរលក · North Siem Reap
Contemporary Cambodian in a minimalist concrete space: the most ambitious opening of 2025.
Tip: Dinner only, reservation only. The five-course tasting is US$30 and worth every dollar.
🚇 North Siem Reap — 10 min by tuk-tuk toward Angkor
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Show on mapព្យីហ្សា · Taphul Street
Textbook Neapolitan: wood oven, Italian flour and an actual Neapolitan stretching dough in front of you.
Tip: Dinner only and it's small: arrive 6:30pm or book. The marinara is US$7 and perfect.
🚇 Taphul Street — 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapព្យីហ្សា · Old Market · Psar Chas
Pizzas with impossible toppings and one Texas BBQ night a week. Run by a Texan in Cambodia.
Tip: BBQ night is Wednesday and it sells out: message ahead. Pizzas US$8-11.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapម៉ាម៉ា · Kandal Village
A family Italian trattoria in Kandal Village: fresh pasta hand-rolled daily, no exceptions.
Tip: Order the tagliatelle al ragù: made that morning. It's tiny, eight tables — book for dinner.
🚇 Kandal Village — 8 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapអង្គរវ៉ត់ · Pub Street
Pub Street's oldest bar (1998): walls signed by twenty years of backpackers, and cocktail buckets.
Tip: Sign the wall, it's the tradition. Buckets are US$5 and the music kicks in hard at 10pm.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapអិចបារ · Pub Street
A rooftop with a skate half-pipe above Pub Street, open till dawn. Nothing weirder or more Cambodian.
Tip: Open till 6am. Go up to the roof and watch dawn break over the Siem Reap rooftops.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapសម្ពស្សខ្មែរ · Old Market · Psar Chas
Family-run, unpretentious and with the longest Khmer menu in Old Market: 80 dishes, all under US$6.
Tip: Order the num banh chok: rice noodles in green fish curry, Cambodia's national breakfast.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapសម្បូរ · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
A family house cooking Khmer and Thai, Tonlé Sap fish, and the owners working every table.
Tip: Order the whole steamed fish with lime. Five minutes' walk from Pub Street and not one tourist.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapកាសាមេតា · North Siem Reap
Italian food and patisserie in a farmhouse north of town: focaccia, tiramisu and a huge vine.
Tip: Worth the 10-min tuk-tuk. The focaccia comes out at 11am and is gone before 1pm.
🚇 North Siem Reap — 10 min by tuk-tuk toward Angkor
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Show on mapមេសា · Old Market · Psar Chas
Chef-driven brunch downtown: eggs, sourdough and plates that could sit in Melbourne.
Tip: Opens 7am. Sourdough with avocado and poached egg is US$6 and sells out on Sundays.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapក្រយា · Riverside · Pokambor
High Khmer cuisine at Shinta Mani Angkor: recovered court recipes served in a Bensley-designed room.
Tip: The royal court tasting (US$38) recovers palace recipes. Book ahead.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapតូច · North Siem Reap
A hidden garden down a residential lane, no sign: home Khmer cooking only locals know about.
Tip: Hard to find: send the pin to your PassApp driver. Order the honey ribs.
🚇 North Siem Reap — 10 min by tuk-tuk toward Angkor
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Show on mapម៉ាដាមបាតធើហ្វ្លាយ · Airport Road · Krous
A teak Khmer house full of silk and candles on the airport road: the most romantic dining room in town.
Tip: Book for 7pm when they light every candle. The prawn and pineapple curry is the dish.
🚇 Airport Road — 12 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapពីកាសូ · Old Market · Psar Chas
A twelve-seat Spanish horseshoe bar down the alley: tapas, jamón and vermouth.
Tip: No tables, only the bar: come early or stand and wait. Tapas run US$3-5.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapនំបញ្ចុក · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
The national breakfast stall: fermented rice noodles in green fish curry with a plate of raw herbs.
Tip: Opens 6am and sells out before 10. Costs US$1. Load it yourself with every herb on the tray.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapម្លប់វត្តដំណាក់ · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
A Khmer canteen under a vine facing the monastery: this is where people who work at Wat Damnak eat.
Tip: Everything US$2-3. Get the morning kuy teav or bai sach chrouk: the real Cambodian breakfast.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapកន្លែងលាក់ខ្លួន · Kandal Village
A neighbourhood bar in Kandal Village: Cambodian craft beer, burgers and a two-storey terrace.
Tip: They pour Cerevisia and Riel on tap. Happy hour 5-7pm, pints at US$2.
🚇 Kandal Village — 8 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapចុងភៅប៉ាន់ · Street 60 · Slor Kram
A Street 60 Khmer grill where Cambodian families eat at weekends. Zero tourism.
Tip: Go on a Sunday night with the Street 60 night market next door: the most local plan in Siem Reap.
🚇 Street 60 — 12 min by tuk-tuk from town (PassApp/Grab)
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Show on mapស៊ីស្ទ័រស្រី · Riverside · Pokambor
The cafe that put Siem Reap on the brunch map: on the river, with Khmer students training behind the bar.
Tip: Opens 7am. Get the Big Brekkie and a cold brew. Profits fund the APOPO demining programme.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapខេត្តកណ្ដាល · Kandal Village
The espresso bar that invented Kandal Village: Cambodia-roasted beans, art on the walls, zero pose.
Tip: Order the iced coconut-milk latte. Closed Mondays. The shop next door sells the beans.
🚇 Kandal Village — 8 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapហ្វូតព្រីន · Wat Bo
A cafe-library and coworking space in Wat Bo: secondhand books, good wifi and all profit to local projects.
Tip: The best place in town to work through the rain: fast wifi, plugs at every table, US$2 coffee.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapដង្កូវ · Kandal Village
Australian brunch in Kandal Village: eggs benedict, açaí bowls and the most correct flat white in Cambodia.
Tip: Opens 7am and fills by 9 on weekends. The double flat white is US$3.
🚇 Kandal Village — 8 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapបងប្រុស · Wat Bo
A Cambodian roastery on Street 20 with an award-winning barista and Mondulkiri beans roasted in-house.
Tip: Order the V60 with Mondulkiri beans: the only place in town serving high-altitude Cambodian coffee.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapប្រាសាទ · Pub Street
A three-floor bakery and cafe right on Pub Street: croissants, a view terrace and air conditioning.
Tip: Go to the third floor: the only shaded terrace over Pub Street, and coffee is US$2.
🚇 Pub Street — 2 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapក្លរៀជីន · Sivatha Boulevard
The Australian chain turned local meeting point: hard air-con and plugs at every table.
Tip: The emergency plan when the afternoon downpour lands: open till 10pm, frappe US$3.50.
🚇 Sivatha Blvd — 5 min walk from Pub Street
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Show on mapរោងចក្រផ្លែឈើ · Sivatha Boulevard
Ice creams and sorbets made with same-day Cambodian fruit: durian, mango, tamarind and lotus flower.
Tip: Try the tamarind sorbet or the durian ice cream (US$1.50 a scoop). Open till 10pm.
🚇 Sivatha Blvd — 5 min walk from Pub Street
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Show on mapស្លឹកថ្មី · Old Market · Psar Chas
A cafe-bookshop off Old Market where 100% of profit goes to local education. Secondhand books in five languages.
Tip: Buy a secondhand book (US$2-4) and read it over coffee. The best rainy-afternoon plan downtown.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapកន្លែងរួម · Kandal Village
Kandal Village's big cafe: two floors, wifi, homemade cakes and training for young Khmer staff.
Tip: The biggest in the area, always a free table. The carrot cake is US$2.50 and enormous.
🚇 Kandal Village — 8 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapសន្តិភាព · Wat Bo
A vegetarian garden with yoga classes, free meditation and fair trade, east of the river.
Tip: Yoga at 7:30am and 5:30pm (US$5), free meditation on Sundays. Veg curry US$4.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapប្រភព · Taphul Street
A raw vegan and gluten-free cafe on Taphul: bowls, house kombucha and raw cakes that don't taste healthy.
Tip: The cacao-coconut raw cake (US$3) is the best thing on the menu. Tamarind kombucha on tap.
🚇 Taphul Street — 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapប្រោន · Riverside · Pokambor
The Cambodian chain that beat Starbucks at home: its own roastery and serious design.
Tip: Order the iced Khmer coffee with condensed milk: Cambodia's take on iced coffee, US$2.20.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapសាលានំបុ័ង · Taphul Street
A pastry school for vulnerable Khmer girls: croissants, éclairs and tarts at school prices.
Tip: Open weekday mornings. The almond croissant is US$1 and funds a student's scholarship.
🚇 Taphul Street — 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapល្ពៅខៀវ · Old Market · Psar Chas
The white Old Market classic: white daybeds upstairs, artisan ice cream and air conditioning since 2001.
Tip: Go upstairs and sprawl on a white daybed. The ginger-cardamom ice cream is the house flavour.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapខ្លែង · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
A design cafe-gallery south of the centre: local ceramics, own merch and a properly pulled cortado.
Tip: They sell the ceramics they serve in. The cold brew and tonic is the house drink.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapវត្តអ្វីទៀត · Taphul Street
A plant-filled courtyard cafe with brunch and the best pun in Siem Reap on the sign.
Tip: The back courtyard is shaded all day. Order the eggs on sourdough (US$5).
🚇 Taphul Street — 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapសូកូឡា · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
A bean-to-bar chocolate shop using Mondulkiri cacao: bars, bonbons and hot chocolate with Kampot pepper.
Tip: Try the Kampot pepper bar (US$4): the best edible souvenir you can take home.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapសាយស្ត · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
Hardline specialty south of the centre: scales, timers and baristas who ask which bean you want.
Tip: Take the three-origin flight (US$5): Cambodian, Ethiopian and Colombian beans side by side as filter.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on map៣០/៥០ · Sivatha Boulevard
A local roastery with the drum in full view: they buy direct from Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri growers.
Tip: Buy 250 g of freshly roasted Cambodian beans (US$8): they grind to order and it makes a great gift.
🚇 Sivatha Blvd — 5 min walk from Pub Street
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Show on mapសូវ៉ត់ · Charles de Gaulle
A roastery with a garden on the Angkor road: the coffee stop before starting the temple circuit.
Tip: Opens 6:30am, perfect before Angkor Wat sunrise. Get the cold brew to take in the tuk-tuk.
🚇 Charles de Gaulle Rd — 10 min by tuk-tuk on the way to Angkor
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Show on mapអាស្ត្រូ · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
A design cafe with a terrace south of the centre: good espresso, bowls and the sort of place Instagram loves.
Tip: The first-floor terrace is shaded from 3pm. Espresso tonic US$3.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on map១៩៦១ · Wat Bo
A contemporary Cambodian art gallery with coffee and coworking, in a Sihanouk-era house.
Tip: The gallery is free and changes monthly: it's where Cambodia's young artists show.
🚇 Wat Bo Road — 5 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapទំព័រ · Old Market · Psar Chas
A courtyard cafe and boutique hotel downtown: parasols, plants, good coffee and improbable quiet.
Tip: It's 100 m from Pub Street and you hear nothing. Order the full Khmer breakfast (US$5).
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapផ្ទះកញ្ចក់ · Sivatha Boulevard
A French patisserie behind glass at the Park Hyatt: macarons, tarts and the coldest air-con downtown.
Tip: The chocolate éclair is US$3, macarons US$1.50. Open 6:30am, before temple sunrise.
🚇 Sivatha Blvd — 5 min walk from Pub Street
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Show on mapគ្រួសារ · Wat Damnak · Sala Kamreuk
'Family' in Khmer: a courtyard cafe run by a Cambodian family, with a real Khmer breakfast.
Tip: Get the bai sach chrouk with iced Khmer coffee: the full Cambodian breakfast for US$3.
🚇 Wat Damnak — 7 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapកាហ្វេសារមន្ទីរ · Slor Kram
The Angkor National Museum cafe: a terrace over the pond, air conditioning and nobody rushing you.
Tip: You can go in without a museum ticket. The pond terrace is the coolest spot in Slor Kram.
🚇 Slor Kram — 10 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market (PassApp/Grab)
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Show on mapសិប្បករអង្គរ · South of town · Sala Kamreuk
The workshop-school that revived Khmer crafts: stone carving, lacquer and silk, with a free guided tour.
Tip: The workshop tour is free, 7:30am-6:30pm, and you watch the carvers work. The showroom comes after.
🚇 South of town — 12 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapផ្ទះធាម · Charles de Gaulle
Artist Lim Muy Theam's house-gallery: lacquer, sculpture and gardens in a private universe open to visitors.
Tip: Free entry, 8am-7pm. Hidden down an unsigned lane: send the pin to your tuk-tuk driver.
🚇 Charles de Gaulle Rd — 10 min by tuk-tuk on the way to Angkor
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Show on mapផ្សារចាស់ · Old Market · Psar Chas
The old market: spices, dried fish, cotton kramas and souvenirs, all down the same damp aisle.
Tip: Enter from the river side at 7am to catch the food section working. Haggle to half, settle at 60%.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapផ្សារយប់ · Old Market · Psar Chas
The riverside night market: handicraft, linen clothes, paper lanterns and US$3 foot massages.
Tip: Open 4pm-midnight. The back stalls by the bridge are the ones selling real handicraft.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapផលិតនៅកម្ពុជា · Riverside · Pokambor
A curated market of Cambodian makers: nothing imported, everything made in-country, live music at dusk.
Tip: Open 4-10pm. The only market in town where everything is genuinely Cambodian-made: fixed prices, no haggling.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapក្លិនអង្គរ · Old Market · Psar Chas
Cambodian soaps, oils, spices and teas, all hand-made in their workshop outside town.
Tip: The Kampot pepper trio (red, black, white) is US$12 and the best gift you'll take home from Cambodia.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapរោងចក្រ · Airport Road · Krous
The workshop where it's all made: oil pressing, spice grinding, bag stitching. Free to visit.
Tip: Free visit 7am-6:30pm and they serve tea and fruit at the end. Prices beat the downtown shop.
🚇 Airport Road — 12 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapខេត្តកណ្ដាល · Kandal Village
The boutique that defined Kandal Village's look: Cambodian ceramics, textiles and objects with a European eye.
Tip: Pricey but the best-curated shop in town. The Kampong Chhnang ceramics are the thing to take.
🚇 Kandal Village — 8 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapសួនបំណង · Old Market · Psar Chas
Hand-made silver and Cambodian stone jewellery, designed and made in their own workshop.
Tip: They make custom pieces in 48 h. Silver rings with Pailin sapphire start at US$45.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapស្មាតេរៀ · Old Market · Psar Chas
Bags and backpacks made from fishing nets and recycled plastic, sewn by Cambodian women.
Tip: The fishing-net backpack (US$28) is indestructible and weighs nothing: the best travel bag you'll buy here.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapអេរិក រ៉ៃស៊ីណា · Taphul Street
The atelier of the Malagasy-French designer making couture from Cambodian silk.
Tip: You can visit the atelier and watch the seamstresses work. Silk-fur scarves start at US$80.
🚇 Taphul Street — 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapមេគង្គ · Old Market · Psar Chas
Quilts, bags and toys hand-stitched by women from rural Mekong areas. Genuine fair trade.
Tip: The silk quilts take 300 hours of work: US$200, each one signed by the woman who sewed it.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapសូត្រមេគង្គ · Kandal Village
Silk scarves hand-woven on Banteay Chhmar looms, run by a French NGO.
Tip: Each scarf has the weaver's name stitched into the label. From US$40.
🚇 Kandal Village — 8 min walk from Old Market
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Show on mapសៀវភៅ · Old Market · Psar Chas
Cambodia's best bookshop: Khmer history, Angkor art, guidebooks and literature in English and French.
Tip: Buy Freeman and Jacques's Ancient Angkor (US$20) before the temples: it's THE park guide.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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A two-floor secondhand bookshop: novels in ten languages, book swaps and backpacker prices.
Tip: Bring a finished book and swap it, paying the difference. Novels from US$3.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapវិទ្យាស្ថានវាយនភណ្ឌ · South of town · Sala Kamreuk
The institute that saved Khmer ikat from extinction: they grow mulberry, raise silkworms and weave by hand.
Tip: The workshop visit is free: you see the whole silk cycle, from worm to finished hol (ikat).
🚇 South of town — 12 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapសុំបី · South of town · Sala Kamreuk
Rice spirits infused with Cambodian spices, in bottles hand-painted one by one.
Tip: The tasting is free and covers all eight varieties. Star anise and coffee is the pick. Bottle US$15.
🚇 South of town — 12 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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Show on mapក្រមា · Old Market · Psar Chas
Everything you can make from a krama, the Khmer checked scarf: bags, clothes, hammocks, hats.
Tip: A real cotton krama is US$5. Learn the twenty ways to tie it — they'll show you in store.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Cambodian-designed linen and cotton clothing, loose cuts built for 35 degrees of humidity.
Tip: The linen shirts (US$25) are the best thing you can wear walking temples in this heat.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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A boutique of fashion and accessories from emerging Cambodian designers, in the Old Market alley.
Tip: This is where Phnom Penh's young designers sell before they have their own shop.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapហេរីធីជវ៉ក · Riverside · Pokambor
The city's modern mall: air conditioning, a cinema, a supermarket and international brands.
Tip: When the afternoon deluge hits, it's the only big covered space downtown: cinema and food court.
🚇 Riverside (Pokambor Ave) — walk the promenade
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Show on mapផ្សារលើ · East Siem Reap
The market Cambodians actually shop at: no souvenirs, no tourists, everything the province eats.
Tip: Go 6-8am to see it at full tilt. Try the num krok (coconut cakes) from the stalls.
🚇 East Siem Reap — 15 min by tuk-tuk along NR6
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Show on mapផ្សារផ្លូវ៦០ · Street 60 · Slor Kram
The Cambodians' night market: grills, kids' rides and not one souvenir stall.
Tip: Saturday and Sunday nights are when it explodes. Go hungry: nothing costs over US$2.
🚇 Street 60 — 12 min by tuk-tuk from town (PassApp/Grab)
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Protected-origin Kampot pepper straight from the farm: red, black, white and brined.
Tip: Ask to taste the red pepper: the world's most expensive, and here they let you chew a corn first.
🚇 Old Market (Psar Chas) — on foot · 5 min by tuk-tuk from town
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Show on mapសមាគមសិប្បកម្ម · Charles de Gaulle
A village of fair-trade workshops: 30 artisans working live and selling with no middleman.
Tip: Free entry. Wood carving, lacquer and silk weaving all in one compound: better than any shop.
🚇 Charles de Gaulle Rd — 10 min by tuk-tuk on the way to Angkor
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Show on mapមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលក្or · South of town · Sala Kamreuk
A Khmer ceramics centre where you can throw your own piece with a Cambodian master potter.
Tip: The wheel class runs an hour, costs ~US$15, and you collect the fired piece next day.
🚇 South of town — 12 min by tuk-tuk from Old Market
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