Get to the top of a tree-covered knoll 27 m high. Wat Phnom is the only hill in town. According to legend, the first pagoda on this site was erected in 1373 to house four statues of Buddha.

Explore the Royal Palace that contains some spectacular buildings. Not least of which is the Throne Hall, situated to the left of the main entrance. The Royal Treasury and the Napoleon II villa lie south of the Royal Throne Hall.

Reach Wat Preah Keo Morakot (Silver Pagoda) located in the southern portion of the Royal Palace complex. The pagoda was formerly known as Wat Uborsoth Rotannaram.

See the Independence Monument, an Angkorian style tower, the inimitable place in the whole city, located in the heart of the capital. It was built in 1958.

Learn how in 1975, Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security force and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It soon became the largest centre of detention and torture in the country. S-21 has been turned into the Tuol Sleng Museum, which serves as a testament to the crimes of the Khmer Rouge.

Enter the haunting Killing Fields of Cheung Ek that is situated 15 kilometres south-west of Phnom Penh and made famous by the film of the same name "Killing Field". It was a place where more than 17,000 civilians were killed and buried in mass graves. In the centre of the area is a 17 story glass stupa that houses 8000 skulls exhumed from mass graves (open daily).