Pub Street, Old Market & Nightlife

While Siem Reap is still growing gradually, the booming of bars, restaurants and night markets are appearing so fast that those offer a lot of choices for tourists to stroll around, bargain and do shopping.  You definitely walk around pub street and may pop in a bar for relaxation after your exploration around Angkor temples. Some of bars are generally closed until 4.00am in the early morning while night market stores and restaurants are closed until mid-night. As you’re walking neat the pub street, you can hear loud disco music, see street cocktail carts with reasonable prices for all choices of the cocktails and street food is also nice that you may want to try.

Old market and Angkor night market are good options for shopping, prices are fairly ok but don’t forget to bargain to get a better price. Remember that there are a lot of night markets around town. However old market is still a better choice for shopping, unfortunately it is not open after 6.00pm.

Old Market (Phsar Chas)
Old market is very popular for tourists to wander around for shopping as well as there are chances to see locals exchange or trade their local productions such as vegetables, meats, grocery etc and there are a lot of boutique stores selling antique furniture, statues, painting, handicraft and various souvenirs. There are food stores you may want to try, serve different types of local food with reasonable prices.

Angkor Night Market
Was the first night market in Siem Reap, provides great stroll in the evening until late at night, where you can bargain and shopping for your favorite souvenirs. There are a lot of souvenir stores selling various local handicrafts, stylish clothes, caps, hats, colorful handbags and so on. At there, you can also find fish massage or general head & foot massage and small bar serving local beer, shakes and other spirits. It is a nice place for tourists to experience and see nightlife.

Street Alley West
Alley west is the suitable street for those who are looking for gorgeous, boutique stores where there are with plenty of various good quality of artifacts, Buddha statues, beautiful well-designed clothes, silk products including bags, crafts & clothes, paintings as well as art galleries.

Cheer Bar & Temple Bar
After the hot day of exploration at Angkor temples, there are few famous disco-hip hop bars where you can chill up and relax. Enjoy cool cocktails on the comfortable sofa while the music is vibrating your feeling. There are small stages where you can enjoy dancing followed by the music under the colorful disco-lights.