Phnom Penh International Airport 33 min
Wat Ounalom Monastery (7 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture Royal Palace (6 min) Richly ornamented 1866 palace complex, home to Cambodian kings & example of Khmer architecture. National Museum of Cambodia (5 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Independence Monument (3 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (31 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Orussey Market (8 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Phnom Penh Night Market (8 min) Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (13 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (12 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Central Market (8 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (16 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. Wat Phnom (9 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (7 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. Botumvatey Pagoda (12 min) This famous, ornate 15th-century Buddhist pagoda was established by King Ponhea Yat. Koh Pich (8 min) |