Phnom Penh International Airport 41 min
National Museum of Cambodia (19 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Wat Ounalom Monastery (20 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture Royal Palace (19 min) Richly ornamented 1866 palace complex, home to Cambodian kings & example of Khmer architecture. Wat Phnom (23 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. Orussey Market (21 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (17 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (15 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Phnom Penh Night Market (22 min) Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (27 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Independence Monument (15 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. Central Market (21 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (16 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. Botumvatey Pagoda (17 min) This famous, ornate 15th-century Buddhist pagoda was established by King Ponhea Yat. Koh Pich (16 min) Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (16 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. |