Phnom Penh International Airport 48 min
Wat Phnom (37 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. Koh Pich (30 min) Royal Palace (33 min) Richly ornamented 1866 palace complex, home to Cambodian kings & example of Khmer architecture. Central Market (35 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Phnom Penh Night Market (36 min) Independence Monument (29 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. National Museum of Cambodia (33 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Wat Ounalom Monastery (35 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture Orussey Market (35 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (30 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (31 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (18 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (30 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (31 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. Tonle Bati (59 min) Bamboo picnic shelters line this modest lake known for fishing & historic temple structures. |