there's a laid back restaurant with a bar and a terrace overlooking the garden. upgraded rooms add terraces; some have glass enclosed bathrooms. free amenities include a continental breakfast buffet, use of the dvd library, and parking. this relaxed downtown hotel in a bright building is a 12 minute walk from the silver pagoda and 2 km from the royal palace. other amenities include an outdoor pool. suites have living rooms, and there's room service. the streamlined rooms offer free wi fi, flat screen tvs, dvd players and desks, as well as safes, and tea and coffeemakers. massages and beauty treatments are available Phnom Penh International Airport 34 min
Central Market (9 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (12 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. National Museum of Cambodia (19 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (14 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (33 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (9 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (6 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. Phnom Penh Night Market (7 min) Orussey Market (10 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Botumvatey Pagoda (8 min) This famous, ornate 15th-century Buddhist pagoda was established by King Ponhea Yat. Koh Pich (7 min) Royal Palace (14 min) Richly ornamented 1866 palace complex, home to Cambodian kings & example of Khmer architecture. Wat Ounalom Monastery (20 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture Independence Monument (6 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. Wat Phnom (11 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. |