Temples of a Siem Reap – Bayon

Perhaps the best of the Siem Reap temples is Bayon, with it’s fascinating collection of carved faces.

Temples of Siem Reap – Angkor Wat at Sunrise

Don’t missing the opportunity to get up early for sunrise at Angkor Wat.

Take a packed breakfast and buy some hot coffee.

Siem Reap Countryside Cooking Class

Beyond Unique Escapes Cooking Classes in Siem Reap are excellent and highly recommended for a hands on, delicious experience in a gorgeous rural setting.

The teachers are patient, knowledgeable and helpful. The equipment and resources are excellent.

But the real highlights are the sunset and dining together, with wine!!! on what you have prepared yourself.

Good wine for $5 a glass US Khmer mango salad

Some classes operate in town, but try to book into the classes with a rural setting in Kamphem Village.

Fish Amok Sticky Rice Flour Balls with Palm Sugar topped with Grated Young Coconut Flesh

Claremont Hotel – Siem Reap

The Claremont Hotel in Siem Reap has good sized rooms, a nice pool, a good breakfast buffet with plenty of hot and cold options in the roof top restaurant and a convenient central location in Wat Bo.

Balcony area at the end of corridor and view towards river.

It also has some very quirky art !!!

However, it’s also worth also worth investigating the Frangipani Villa nearby.

Pub Street, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Pub street in Siem Reap is near the Old Market is a great spot to head to find lots of great restaurant options in the one place like Cambodian BBQ, Red Piano, Amok, Khmer Kitchen Restaurant, Chamkar, and Blue Pumpkin for icecream.

Red Piano

Khmer Kitchen Restaurant

Fireworks for the Water Festival Blue pumpkin coconut, durian and black sesame and ginger (yum) ice-cream

Sister Srey Cafe is a bit further away, but also worth checking out.

The Cambodian Circus/ Phare in Siem Reap

The Cambodian Circus/ Phare in Siem Reap is well presented with an upmarket theatre/creative arts feel. It’s a mix of impressive acrobatics, clowning and traditional story telling and supports training for disadvantaged youth in these creative arts.

There’s Blue Pumpkin icecream, alcoholic drinks and some good meal choices available at the entrance.

It’s fun and well worth a visit ($18 US per ticket).

Night Market – Siem Reap, Cambodia

The Night Market in Siem Reap seems to go on forever and is popular with locals for street food and fair style games. Well worth a visit.

Old Market – Siem Reap, Cambodia

Psar Chaa (the Old Market) in Siem Reap is good for buying jewellery, clothes, handicrafts and gifts for home and while not as good as the Central Market in Phnom Penh for seeing local produce, still well worth a visit. It’s also close to Pub street if you want to combine a visit with a meal.

Siem Reap – Street Food, Cambodia

It’s fun to try the street food in Cambodia and Siem Reap is a good spot to do it. Team up with an organised tour like Intrepid’s Siem Reap Street Food By Night Tour Urban Adventure or do it yourself, just keeping a few tips in mind.

‘Don’t miss’ Marum Restaurant – Siem Reap, Cambodia

Like Romdeng (and Friends) in Phnom Penh and Makphet in Vietianne, Marum is a Friends International training restaurant. Like the others, it has a lovely setting, creative, beautifully presented and delicious dishes that innovatively blend Cambodian cuisine with western expectations. Do not miss eating here if you are in Siem Reap. (Tip – the desserts look beautiful, but the drinks are more amazing!)