Full-Day Phnom Penh Trip

Silver Pagoda

The Royal Palace

Mekong

Highlights

The Royal Palace And The Silver Pagoda

The Russian Market

Sunset From Moat Mekong

Phnom Penh

archaeological, historical, sightseeing

Group Tour

1 Day

Easy

English

Description

Explore Cambodia’s busy capital - Phnom Penh, sitting at the junction of the two rivers, Mekong and Tonlé Sap, this place being a hub for both the Khmer Empire and French colonialists. The key highlight being its walkable riverfront, lined with parks, restaurants and bars, presence of the ornate Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and the National Museum, displaying artifacts from around the country.

Itinerary

Phnom Penh Highlights

With the Phnom Penh guide, visit:
- Royal Palace - a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the King of Cambodia.
- Silver Pagoda - a notable wat (Buddhist temple) in Phnom Penh being used for various national and royal ceremonies.
- S21, Killing Field.
- Russian Market, so called by foreigners because the predominantly Russian expat population shopped here in the 1980s.
- Sunset View From The Moat Mekong, the world's twelfth longest river and the sixth longest in Asia. It is also the fastest growing large river basin in the world in terms of hydropower.