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.
Rules in force · 6Angkor temples enforce a dress code
- 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.
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
Rescue anchors
A — Old Market covered hall (WC, shade)
shelter · food · toilet · valid: always
B — Pub Street café row (AC, field-verify)
ac · food · seated_rest · toilet · valid: always
C — Wat Damnak courtyard
seated_rest · shelter · valid: always
D — River path bench, north (field-verify)
seated_rest · valid: always
E — Convenience store west (field-verify)
food · ac · valid: always
F — Café row north-west (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
G — Café south-east (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
always: 99% covered, max p90 6.8′, worst cell 7.3′ · heat: 99%
Nodes in this cluster
- Angkor Wat — 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.
- Bayon — 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.
Edges out (directed)
- Royal Gardens & Angkor National Museum
- Tuk-tuk north · ~8 min
- Angkor Wat
- Tuk-tuk north · ~22 min
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.