Cluster · Siem Reap
Old Market & Pub Street
Evening and early-morning cluster: Old Market food and shopping, the Pub Street lanes after 17:00, Wat Damnak in the quiet hour; flat, hot, and full of tuk-tuk touts.Evening and early-morning cluster: Old Market food and shopping, the Pub Street lanes after 5:00 PM, Wat Damnak in the quiet hour; flat, hot, and full of tuk-tuk touts.
Key facts
- 28″ bags
- painful
- Time budget
- half
- Rescue coverage
- 99% ≤7′
- max p90 6.8′
- Places
- 3
- 2 sleep areas in reach
Rules in force · 8Drug trafficking can carry the death penalty in Singapore…Angkor temples enforce a dress code
- Southeast Asia ↗Drug trafficking can carry the death penalty in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Brunei and Myanmar; never carry a bag or parcel for anyone.
- Southeast Asia ↗Carry a passport valid for at least six months from entry with two blank pages; airlines refuse boarding on less.
- Cambodia ↗Apply for the e-visa only on the official government portal; lookalike sites charge extra. Some nationalities can also get a visa on arrival.
- Cambodia ↗Angkor Wat and other active temples enforce a dress code: shoulders and knees covered, or you are turned away at the gate.
- Cambodia ↗US dollars are used for most tourist prices; carry clean, undamaged small notes and some riel for change under one dollar.
- Northwest Cambodia ↗Shoulders and knees covered at every Angkor temple; guards check at the main gates.
- Siem Reap ↗Angkor temples enforce a dress code: shoulders and knees covered; carry a scarf or light shirt in your day pack.
- Siem Reap ↗Buy the Angkor pass only at the official ticket office in town, not from touts or at the temple gates; carry it and your ID, it is checked at every temple.
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Plan
How the ground walks, and what is here
Bound and physics
Old Market (Psar Chas) and the lanes around it, the river and Wat Damnak to the south-east (approximate box).
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- None
- Shade
- low
- Surface
- paved streets, broken edges
- Sleep here or visit
- both
Eat and drink here
A sit-down Khmer dinner in the centre: fish amok, lok lak and a curry; book a table on a weekend and arrive by 19:00.A sit-down Khmer dinner in the centre: fish amok, lok lak and a curry; book a table on a weekend and arrive by 7:00 PM.
Evening grazing among the stalls: go after 18:00 when it is cooler, eat where it is busy, and carry small notes.Evening grazing among the stalls: go after 6:00 PM when it is cooler, eat where it is busy, and carry small notes.
Walk-in Khmer rice and noodle dishes at the market stalls: go before 11:30 or after 14:00 to avoid the heat and the tour groups.Walk-in Khmer rice and noodle dishes at the market stalls: go before 11:30 AM or after 2:00 PM to avoid the heat and the tour groups.
On the ground
Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby
Rescue anchors
A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.
Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor. Drag to move; click the map, then scroll to zoom.
Old Market covered hall (WC, shade)
Shelter from rain · Food & drink · Toilet · works in any conditions
Pub Street café row (AC, field-verify)
ac · Food & drink · Place to sit · Toilet · works in any conditions
Wat Damnak courtyard
Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions
River path bench, north
Place to sit · works in any conditions
Convenience store west
Food & drink · ac · works in any conditions
Café row north-west
Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions
Café south-east
Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions
99% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 7.3 min) · 99% on hot days
Nodes in this cluster
- Sunrise or late afternoon, not midday: buy the Angkor pass at the official office the day before, dress covered, allow two hours, and leave by 09:30.Sunrise or late afternoon, not midday: buy the Angkor pass at the official office the day before, dress covered, allow two hours, and leave by 9:30 AM.
- Go at first light or after 15:30: the carved faces work best in low sun; 60 minutes on the terraces, then the Baphuon on foot.
- A working pagoda compound ten minutes from Pub Street: go in the cool early morning or the late afternoon for a quiet courtyard and monks.
Edges out
| To | How | p50 | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Gardens & Angkor National Museum | Tuk-tuk north | ~8 min | flat |
| Angkor Wat | Tuk-tuk north | ~22 min | flat |
Sleep within reach
- Old Market & Pub Street — 3–6 min
- Wat Damnak & the river's east bank — 8–12 min
Red lines here
- Old Market: keep bags in front of you; snatching happens on the lanes.
Deep dive
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.
- EatOld Market food stalls50 m · 1 min walk
- EatKhmer restaurant for fish amok (confirm locally)90 m · 1 min walk
- Sleep areaOld Market & Pub Street180 m · 3 min walk
- PlaceWat Damnak400 m · 6 min walk
- Sleep areaWat Damnak & the river's east bank500 m · 8 min walk
- EatNight market street food520 m · 8 min walk