Phnom Penh International Airport 2 hr 29
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (10 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. Wat Phnom (10 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m tallest religious structure in city. Koh Pich (14 min) Convention center Central Market (10 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. National Museum Of Cambodia (6 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Orussey Market (11 min) Sprawling buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food housewares clothing & electronics. Phnom Penh Night Market (7 min) Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (19 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. Kandal Market (7 min) Independence Monument (16 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia s independence from France. Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (13 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (32 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Wat Ounalom Monastery (6 min) Temple buddhism and monastery Russian Market / (13 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs clothing & other goods plus food. |