Phnom Penh International Airport 31 min
Orussey Market (12 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (9 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Koh Pich (13 min) Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (13 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. National Museum of Cambodia (15 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Phnom Penh Night Market (18 min) Wat Phnom (19 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. Botumvatey Pagoda (13 min) This famous, ornate 15th-century Buddhist pagoda was established by King Ponhea Yat. Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (28 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (14 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. Central Market (14 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Independence Monument (11 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. Royal Palace (15 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 (17 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture |