upgraded rooms add bose sound systems, plus complimentary stocked minibars and mobile phones with data plans (on request). amenities include a rooftop restaurant/bar, rooftop jacuzzi, a gym and a warm lobby with sofas, plus meeting rooms with city views. check in time: 2:00 pmcheck out time: 12:00 pm. set in a bustling commercial area, this refined hotel set along the mekong river is 2 km from the cambodia railway station. its a 13 minute walk from the silver pagoda, and an 18 minute walk from the royal palace. breakfast is free. polished rooms feature free wi fi, flat screen tvs and tea and coffeemaking facilities, plus designer mattresses and floor to ceiling windows offering city views Phnom Penh International Airport 33 min
Wat Phnom (9 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. Orussey Market (14 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Central Market (18 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (34 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (13 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Independence Monument (10 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. Koh Pich (10 min) Phnom Penh Night Market (8 min) Botumvatey Pagoda (12 min) This famous, ornate 15th-century Buddhist pagoda was established by King Ponhea Yat. Royal Palace (18 min) Richly ornamented 1866 palace complex, home to Cambodian kings & example of Khmer architecture. Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (13 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. Wat Ounalom Monastery (7 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (8 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (16 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. National Museum of Cambodia (16 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. |