15 Market Tours in Siem Reap Worth Planning a Day Around

1.Morning Bike Tours with Local Market & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 52 reviews · from $19Our pick

Start with hotel pickup by tuk-tuk and a visit to a southern Siem Reap market, where guide Sayeoun explains local ingredients and you can sample Khmer treats. Visit a Buddhist temple for a monk’s blessing, then cycle past rice fields and villages before a home-style lunch. The group is limited to 12, and non-cycling transport is available at no extra cost.

“What a wonderful day with Sayeoun! From our hotel, we went to a nearby villlage and toured the local market. Sayeoun pointed out a variety of meats and vegetables, explaining how they are used in cooking. He helped us order delicious fooRead more”

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2.3-Hour Siem Reap Guided Cooking Class and Market with Pick up

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 26 reviews · from $32

Start with pickup by tuk tuk or minivan, then visit a local market with a guide to see and gather ingredients for Cambodian cooking. Back at the kitchen, a Khmer chef leads you step by step through a starter, main course and dessert. Dee is named as the instructor in many accounts of the class; group size is capped at 15.

“Dee we love you.This was the highlight of our trip after the temples.Learning to cook in an open kitchen with its own incredible garden to source ingredients and local market.We laughed and learnt and Dee respected our wish to use bottlRead more”

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3.Morning Cooking Class and Market Tour in Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · from $35

Start with a 9:30 am hotel pickup and tuk-tuk ride to a Siem Reap market, where your chef introduces local produce and food. Then head to Village Cooking Class for a demonstration and hands-on preparation of dishes you choose. The roughly four-hour outing may also include visits to farms or a mushroom-growing site.

“Great tour and great service, truly local supporting the local community. Food was good and the experience was worth it”

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4.Siem Reap Cambodian Buddhist Water Blessing and Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · 2 - 5 hours · from $19

Travel by tuk-tuk from Siem Reap to a countryside pagoda for a choice of two Buddhist water blessings, then visit a local market with a guide. The longer ritual pours blessed water over your head, and a sarong is provided. Guide Seila has led the experience, though guide assignments may vary. Price: $19 per person.

“Just wonderful! Beautiful experience, I can’t stop smiling!”

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5.Siem Reap Cambodian Buddhist Water Blessing and Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 11 reviews · from $54

Ride by tuk-tuk from Siem Reap to Wat Arang Pagoda for a monk-led blessing, choosing a light water sprinkling or a longer ceremony with water poured over your head. Your English-speaking guide also takes you to a local market. Guides named Borey, Mr Lucky, and Seila have led this tour.

“I had the most amazing time on this tour! It was a little expensive but worth every penny because it was just me on the tour and my guide Borey was so knowledgeable and nice. I learned so much about Buddhism and got a great tour of a local market where I was the only tourist. My water blessing was really lovely as well. Thank you Borey!”

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6.FREE Siem Reap Market & Local Temple Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $5

Meet at Spean Dek Market at 9:00 am for a 90-minute walk with an English-speaking local guide. Browse a community market, visit an active pagoda monastery, then finish with a cold drink and tour swag. The tour itself is free, but advance booking costs $5 per person.

“Fun little tour great time to buy local food and ask lots of questions I recommend to get there a bit early grab a coffee or drink and sit down by water over road from market”

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7.The Cambodian Circus Show and Pub Street Night Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · from $50

Spend an evening at Phare, the Cambodian Circus, where theater, dance, live music, acrobatics, and contortion tell a story on stage. This private outing includes a Tuk Tuk or car, hotel pickup and drop-off, water, and a Seat C ticket. After the roughly two-hour show, you can continue to the night market and Pub Street, though you should confirm those stops with Bayon Tabi Tour.

“Driver took us to and from the phare Cambodian circus but did take us to pub street or night market as in itinerary. Cambodian Circus was very enjoyable and entertaining worth a look if your every in siem reap”

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8.Angkor Wat Sunrise and Market Tour by Jeep

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $80

Start before dawn with a guide and driver, watch sunrise at Angkor Wat, then visit Pre Rup, Ta Prohm, Ta Nei and Angkor Thom by Jeep. A village breakfast includes rice noodles, palm cake, fruit and fresh coconut. The tour lasts about seven to eight hours; the $37 Angkor pass is extra.

“I had an amazing time on this tour. I had a great guide called Jan and the driver was really friendly too. Both went out of their way to make sure I was comfortable and had lots of great photos taken. It’s a busy and tiring morning and the he jeRead more”

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9.Morning Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 5 hours · from $35

Spend five hours traveling by tuk-tuk from your hotel to a local market and rural cooking school. An English-speaking guide and chef lead the outing, which may include vegetable and mushroom farm visits. Choose two main dishes and a dessert, cook them step by step, then enjoy the meal and take home the recipes.

“This was a very relaxed and informative tour. We enjoyed going to the vegetable farm, mushroom farm and market before the cooking lesson. Our guide Bopha was awesome 🤩 She was very clear, knowledgeable and kind- we appreciated her company a lot. She also assisted us at the market when we wanted to try different fruits/local snacks. The instructions during the cooking session was very clear and easy to follow.”

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10.Angkor Wat Sunrise and Market Tour by Jeep

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 8 hours · from $109

Start with hotel pickup and sunrise at Angkor Wat, then explore Ta Prohm, Ta Nei, Bayon and Victory Gate by jeep. Your English-speaking guide leads a private group, with a Cambodian noodle breakfast, traditional sweets, fresh fruit, coconut, water and towels included. The $37 Angkor pass and market food cost extra.

“This is so far one of the best experiences of my life. Your is spotless: driver and guide are on time. All as described and even beyond. Thank you for the experience! Recommended with no hesitation!”

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11.Siem Reap Khmer Cooking Class and Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $39

From Krong Siem Reap, a tuk-tuk takes you to a village market and a local family home for an English-led Khmer cooking class. You’ll learn about regional ingredients, prepare traditional dishes, then sit down to a three-course homemade meal. The four-hour outing includes hotel transfers, water, and local tax.

“Super attività per fare una cosa “diversa”. Ci è piaciuto particolarmente il giro al mercato locale dove eravamo gli unici turisti e la passeggiata nel villaggio. Corso di cucina simpatico e divertente con le ricette stampate alla fine. Ci siamo divertiti un sacco. Grazie al nostro accompagnatore e alla nostra cuoca.”

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12.Siem Reap Cambodian Buddhist Water Blessing and Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 3 reviews · 2 hours · from $45

Travel by tuk-tuk from Siem Reap to a countryside pagoda for a Buddhist water blessing, then visit a local market. Choose a light sprinkling or a longer blessing with water poured over your head. An English-speaking guide, sarong and pagoda donation are included. One guide is named as Mia Jorge Mia in a booking note.

“This was a fabulous experience and I highly recommend it. Very interesting and very informative.”

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13.FREE Market & Local Temple Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 3 reviews · 1h 30m · from $1Cheapest here

Spend 90 minutes at a local market about 2 km north of Pub Street, sample a rice-flour snack with pork and herbs, then visit an active monastery and pagoda. An English-speaking local guide leads the walk. Guide Sivhong has led this route, though your guide may differ. The $1 signup fee goes to the booking platform.

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14.Phnom Penh: Morning Foodie, Market Walking & Street Art Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 5.5 hours · from $33

Spend 5.5 hours with an English-speaking guide, visiting Phnom Penh breakfast spots, markets and street art areas by tuk-tuk or Vespa. Try noodle soup or pork rice, market sweets, Banh Chaev rice crepes and local coffee. Guides Kim and Lyna have shared Cambodian history and pepper tasting along the way.

“Kim was our guide for the day, and we had an amazing time exploring markets, food and street art. The food was excellent, giving us a different perspective to dining in Cambodia. Kim was very knowledgeable and was able to connect the street art to Cambodian history giving us a unique insight we couldn’t have read for ourselves. As an extra bonus we got to do a pepper tasting, learning the difference between the various peppers. Highly recommend going on this tour with Kim for a flavorful and insightful afternoon or morning.”

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15.Apsara Show Dinner and Night Market Pub street

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 3 reviews · from $44

Spend about three hours seeing an Apsara dance performance over dinner, then visit Siem Reap’s night market and Pub Street by tuk-tuk or car. Pickup, drop-off, mineral water, and dinner are included. One guide named Marin has been praised for taking care of the evening, though guides are not guaranteed by name.

“There is nothing special except the costumes & make-up. Even the food served was average though the price is too high. Most of the tourists were busy with food only after 1 or 2 dances.”

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