Siem Reap: Evening Vespa Food Tour & Night Market Ride

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1/11

Duration4h 30m

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Siem Reap’s night markets by Vespa tasting noodles, BBQ & local brews

You’ll ride through Siem Reap’s lively streets on a vintage Vespa, tasting stir-fried noodles at Lort Cha’s house, exploring local markets full of crafts and snacks, sampling BBQ snails and curry noodles, then winding down with cold drinks at a street market and Long’s Bar—all with hotel pickup and an easygoing guide who makes you feel right at home.

4h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Evening Vespa food tour in Siem Reap

Pickup from your hotel
Visit Lort Cha’s house for stir-fried rice noodles
Explore Made in Cambodia Market
Taste fruits, spring rolls, tofu, and BBQ snails
Try Cambodian noodles with chicken curry and fish soup
Enjoy bugs and barbecued chicken at night market
Relax with draft beers at Long's Bar
Return to your hotel

The Experience

The first thing that happened? My helmet kept sliding down over my eyes. I was sitting on the back of this old Vespa outside my hotel in Siem Reap, fumbling with the strap while our guide Dara grinned and told me not to worry—he’d seen worse. The air was sticky-sweet, a mix of rain from earlier and the smell of grilled meat somewhere nearby. I could hear tuk tuks sputtering past as we finally set off into the evening traffic, me still adjusting my helmet every few minutes.

Dara took us straight to Lort Cha’s house for our first bite—Cambodian stir-fried rice pin noodles. He showed us how they toss everything together in this giant wok, flames licking up around the edges. I tried to copy his wrist flick but mostly just splattered sauce everywhere. The noodles were chewy and smoky, with a little crunch from bean sprouts. There was this older woman at the next table who smiled at me when I coughed on a chili—she must’ve seen it happen before. After that we zipped over to Made in Cambodia Market, which was a blur of colors: silk scarves hanging like flags and jewelry catching the neon lights.

I didn’t expect to eat snails that night. At one of the stops—a tiny restaurant tucked between motorbikes—we got plates of BBQ snails alongside spring rolls and tofu. The snails were actually good (I know!) once you got past thinking about it. Then came Phum Num Banh Chok for Cambodian noodles with chicken curry; that broth was rich and yellow, smelled like lemongrass and something earthy I still can’t name. The guide explained how each noodle soup has its own story depending on where you’re from in Cambodia.

The last market stop was noisier—kids running around barefoot, vendors calling out prices, smoke curling up from chicken skewers grilling right there on the sidewalk. Dara dared us to try fried bugs (I chickened out after one bite), but washing it down with an ice-cold drink while sitting on a mattress by the road felt weirdly perfect. We ended at Long’s Bar for draft beers; Dara answered all our random questions about Siem Reap life until it was time to head back through the city lights. Sometimes I still think about those noodles or just that feeling of riding through warm night air with nowhere else to be.

What’s included

Your evening includes hotel pickup in Siem Reap plus private transportation by vintage Vespa (with helmet), all street food tastings across five stops—from stir-fried noodles to BBQ snails—cold beverages including beer at Long’s Bar, plus water and soft drinks throughout; all entry fees and taxes are taken care of before you return to your hotel at night.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

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