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PHNOM PENH
Things to do-
Things to do in Phnom Penh covers breathtaking temples, royal buildings, and interesting museums. In a country where history was all but erased, The Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, and National Museum of Cambodia in the city centre display unique artefacts and historical items that managed to survive the Khmer Rouge regime.
Phnom Penh is the biggest and wealthiest city in Cambodia. It's also the cultural, commercial and political centre of the country.
Covering an area of 345 sq km, Phnom Penh is located in the south-central region of Cambodia, at the confluence of the Tonle Sap, Mekong and Bassac rivers.
SISOWATH QUAY- RIVERSIDE
Leisure-
Sisowath Quay is a striking 3-km-long boulevard located along the intersection of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers. This is perhaps the most bustling area in the city, with a row of boutiques, bars, cafes, restaurants and luxury hotels.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
History & Culture-
National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh is the country’s largest archaeological and cultural history museum. The museum shows you the cultural side of Cambodian history, which dates back to the 4th century. Inaugurated in 1920 as the Musée Albert Sarraut during the French colonial period, the museum's reopening was initiated by George Groslier, a famed author, historian and architect, who also served as the museum's first curator.
WAT OUNALOM
History & Culture-
A visit to Wat Ounalom in Phnom Penh gives you an insight into the spiritual teachings, philosophies and history of Buddhism. Perhaps the most prominent and oldest of 5 pagodas in Cambodia. Wat Ounalom is the centre of Cambodian Buddhism and serves as the abode of the Patriarch of the Mahanikai School of Buddhism.
Location: Tonle Sap riverfront. It's also close to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Cambodia-Open Daily from 8am-5pm
THE ROYAL PALACE
History & Culture-
The Phnom Penh Royal Palace is a Khmer-style Throne Hall that was built in 1866 to serve as the residence of the King of Cambodia and his family. It also hosted foreign dignitaries and served as a venue for the performance of court ceremonies and rituals. Most importantly, the palace is a symbol of the Kingdom. South of the Throne Hall are the Royal Treasury and the Villa of Napoleon III, built in Egypt in 1866 for the opening of the Suez Canal and later presented to the Cambodian king as a gift.
Location: Samdech Sothearos Boulevard (between 184th Street and 240th Street), Phnom Penh, Cambodia -Open: Monday–Thursday and Saturday from 8am to 5pm, Fridays from 8am to 6pm, Sundays from 8am to 5.30pm
THE SILVER PAGODA
History & Culture-
The famous Silver Pagoda, originally constructed of wood in 1866, was expanded in 1962 by King Sihanouk, who had the floor inlaid with 5,329 solid silver tiles – hence its name. Inside the palace grounds, traffic noise is thankfully blocked off by the high walls and the various royal buildings sit in tranquillity amid the manicured tropical gardens.
Location: Samdech Sothearos Boulevard (between 184th Street and 240th Street), Phnom Penh, Cambodia-Open: Monday–Thursday and Saturday from 8am to 5pm, Fridays from 8am to 6pm, Sundays from 8am to 5.30pm
THE GENOCIDE MUSEUM
History-
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh memorialises the crimes of the Khmer Rouge regime. It is open to the public, attracting those who are bizarrely attracted to the testimony of man’s inhumanity to man. It was originally a secondary school called Tuol Svay Prey High School in 1960, during the reign of Preah Bat Norodom Sihanouk.
Location: St 113, Phnom Penh, Cambodia-Open: Daily from 8am to 5PM
THE KILLING FIELDS
History-
In the early 1970's a single-minded revolutionary lay concealed in the Cambodian jungle, as American bombs exploded around him he remained obsessed with his secret plan to destroy his own culture in the name of utopia. In building his perfect society his regime wreaked chaos, two million people died, nearly one in every four Cambodians.
The Choeung Ek Killing Fields (Choeung Ek Genocidal Center) is where you can see Cambodia's tragic past less painfully through the perspective of time and its war museum. Even if it isn't the most cheerful place in the world, it can be instructive in terms of coming to grips with what actually happened during those terrible years. The site features burial and execution grounds at Choeng Ek where thousands of exhumed skulls are on display.
Location: Roluos Village, Sangkat Cheung Aek, Phnom Penh, Cambodia-Open: Daily from 7.30am to 5.30pm
HOW TO GET AROUND
PHNOM PENH
Information-
Getting around Phnom Penh could'nt be any easier or affordable with a Tuk-Tuk which are plentiful and the main mode of transport in downtown Phnom Penh, any central location is just a $1 -2 USD away the same applies for motorbike taci. To and from the airport take a taxi expect to pay $12-15 USD.
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