THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Phnom Penh

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Phnom Penh

• Royal Palace — The Royal Palace of Phnom Penh is the residence of the King of Cambodia, built in 1866 with Khmer-style architecture. The complex includes the Throne Hall, Silver Pagoda (with a floor of 5,000 silver tiles and an emerald Buddha), and royal gardens.
• Silver Pagoda — The Silver Pagoda is located on the south side of the Royal Palace in Chey Chumneas, Phnom Penh. The official name is Wat Ubaosoth Ratanaram, also known as Wat Preah Keo Morakot which is commonly shortened to Wat Preah Keo in Khmer.
• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum — Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21) is a former high school turned prison by the Khmer Rouge, where 14,000 people were tortured and killed between 1975-1979. Now a museum documenting the genocide, with photographs, cells, and exhibits.
• Killing Fields — The Killing Fields are a network of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were executed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime during the period of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. The killings formed part of the Cambodian genocide, in which an estimated 1.7 to 2.2
• National Museum — The National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh houses the world's largest collection of Khmer art, with over 14,000 items including Angkor-era sculptures, bronzes, and ceramics, in a traditional red sandstone building from 1920.
• Wat Phnom — Wat Phnom is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Doun Penh, Phnom Penh. The site features a pagoda, a stupa symbolizing the name of Phnom Penh, and a historical site that is part of the Khmer national identity. Wat Phnom has a total height of 46 meters (150 ft). The pagoda is named after Lady Penh from the story of the discovery of the five statues: four Buddha statues and one Vishnu statue.
• Independence Monument — The Independence Monument is a 20m lotus-shaped stupa in central Phnom Penh, built in 1958 to mark Cambodia's independence from France. Lit up at night and the focal point of national celebrations.
• Central Market — Central Market (Phsar Thmei) is a 1936 Art Deco market in a domed yellow building in central Phnom Penh, selling jewelry, electronics, clothing, and souvenirs, one of the city's most recognizable landmarks.
• Russian Market — Russian Market (Phsar Toul Tom Poung) is a popular market in southern Phnom Penh, known for souvenirs, silk, carvings, DVDs, and cheap clothing, named for the Russians who shopped here in the 1980s.
• Riverfront — The Phnom Penh Riverfront (Sisowath Quay) is a 3km promenade along the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, with cafes, restaurants, hotels, and views of the Royal Palace and Chroy Changvar peninsula, lively at sunset.
• Sisowath Quay — is a 3-kilometre riverfront strip along the Tonlé Sap River in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• Choeung Ek — A notable landmark in Phnom Penh, worth visiting for its historical significance, architectural character, and cultural interest.
• Wat Ounalom — Wat Ounalom is a wat located on Sisowath Quay in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, near the Chaktomuk Royal Palace. As the former seat of Cambodia's Mahanikaya Order, it is regarded as the most important wat in Phnom Penh and the central institution of Cambodian Buddhism. It was established in 1443 and consists of 44 structures.
• Koh Pich — is a 100-hectare island and a mixed-use estate and central business district in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It lies in the Tonlé Bassac River near Chaktomuk, where the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers meet and the Bassac River branches off; it forms part of Chamkar Mon District and
• Kandal Market — Kandal Market is a busy local market near the riverfront in central Phnom Penh, selling fresh produce, meat, fish, and household goods, a vivid slice of daily Cambodian life.
• Mekong River — The Mekong or Mekong River is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) and a drainage area of 795,000 km2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km3 (114 cu mi) of water annually. From its headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau, the river runs through Southwest China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and southern Vietnam. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult, though the river remains a major trade route between Tibet and Southeast Asia. The construction of hydroelectric dams along the Mekong in the 2000s through the 2020s has caused serious problems for the river's ecosystem, including the exacerbation of drought.
• Olympic Stadium — The Olympic Stadium is a 1963 sports complex in Phnom Penh designed by architect Vann Molyvann, with a 50,000-seat stadium, now used for football, concerts, and morning exercise by locals.