Cambodia — Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia
Not a real night market
September 2015
Siem Reap has a Night Market — or so it claims.
![Photo by Author — Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210421.jpg)
On the night I visited, I found it not to be a night market but a tourist market. It was more of a tourist trap than a market. I saw nothing on sale a local would buy — no food, no household goods etc. The market was full of tourist souvenirs such as T-shirts, paintings, watches (all genuine!), scarves and mementoes.
The market was covered and well-organised. It was not on the street.
![Photo by Author — inside Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210421-1.jpg)
The market was also very quiet, and I was one of a handful of tourists wandering around.
![Photo by Author — inside Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210419.jpg)
![Photo by Author — watches on sale at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210419-1.jpg)
![Photo by Author — paintings at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210419-2.jpg)
![Photo by Author — more paintings at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210419-3.jpg)
![Photo by Author — more paintings at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210420.jpg)
![Photo by Author — more paintings at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210420-1.jpg)
![Photo by Author — and even more paintings at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210420-2.jpg)
![Photo by Author — tourist souvenirs at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210419-4.jpg)
![Photo by Author — carved mementoes Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210419-5.jpg)
![Photo by Author — tourist souvenirs at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210420-3.jpg)
![Photo by Author — scarves at Siem Reap Night Market, Cambodia](https://www.nickswanderings.com/content/images/2024/07/Evernote-Camera-Roll-20150917-210420-4.jpg)
As with Pub Street, I had the same problem of ‘offers’ — tuk-tuks, drugs, “special massage”, and a “girl for the night?".
My advice on Siem Reap Night Market? Avoid it.
If you want a real market experience in Siem Reap, the best market to visit is the Old Market | Psar Chaa on the corner of Street 11 and Hospital Street.
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