Phnom Penh International Airport 13 min
Phnom Penh Night Market (20 min) Central Market (18 min) Huge indoor mall built in 1937 with an art deco–style dome & 4 shop-filled hallways branching out. Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (30 min) Execution & burial site of victims of the Khmer Rouge, with a glass-walled stupa full of skulls. Cambodia-Vietnam Monument (27 min) Concrete monument celebrating the alliance between Vietnam & Cambodia after the war in the 1970s. Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. (25 min) Temple in Royal Palace complex named for its floor of silver tiles & home to bejeweled Buddhas. Russian Market / ផ្សារទួលទំពូង (22 min) Bustling market with vendors selling a wide array of souvenirs, clothing & other goods, plus food. Orussey Market (21 min) Sprawling, buzzing indoor market with stalls selling food, housewares, clothing & electronics. Botumvatey Pagoda (26 min) This famous, ornate 15th-century Buddhist pagoda was established by King Ponhea Yat. Royal Palace (25 min) Richly ornamented 1866 palace complex, home to Cambodian kings & example of Khmer architecture. Wat Ounalom Monastery (23 min) Temple, monastery, buddhism, and architecture Wat Phnom (19 min) Buddhist temple built on site of 14th-century pagoda & at 27 m, tallest religious structure in city. National Museum of Cambodia (23 min) Traditional Khmer art & religious artifacts in a 1920s building inspired by temple architecture. Koh Pich (32 min) Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (24 min) Grim museum of the Cambodian genocide housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison & interrogation center. Independence Monument (24 min) Landmark 20-m tower built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia's independence from France. |