Phnom Penh International Airport 30 min
Wat Phnom (8 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (16 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. Royal Palace (14 min) Richly ornamented 1866 palace complex, home to Cambodian kings & example of Khmer architecture. Wat Ounalom Monastery (16 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture Independence Monument (14 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. Koh Pich (11 min) Phnom Penh Night Market (7 min) Central Market (13 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Botumvatey Pagoda (15 min) This famous, ornate 15th-century Buddhist pagoda was established by King Ponhea Yat. Orussey Market (9 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (19 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (14 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (34 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. National Museum of Cambodia (11 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (9 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. |