Phnom Penh International Airport 31 min
Independence Monument (18 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. Botumvatey Pagoda (9 min) This famous, ornate 15th-century Buddhist pagoda was established by King Ponhea Yat. National Museum of Cambodia (9 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (9 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. Koh Pich (14 min) Central Market (8 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Orussey Market (8 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (12 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (10 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Phnom Penh Night Market (12 min) Wat Ounalom Monastery (11 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (33 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (9 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. Wat Phnom (13 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. Royal Palace (11 min) Richly ornamented 1866 palace complex, home to Cambodian kings & example of Khmer architecture. |