DV8 Guesthouse Phnom Penh - Local Attractions Information

The major attractions in or near Phnom Penh are:

To visit them really only takes about 2-3 days, but there are other things to do.

• The Royal Palace.
• The National Museum
• Wat Phnom
• The Killing Fields or if you're in Battambang look into the killing caves.
• Toul Sleng (S21)

Minor attractions include:

• Independence Monument / Victory Monument
• Oudong
• Friendship / Liberation Monument.
• Hun Sen Park

Shopping Attractions:

• Psar Thmei (New Market or better known as the central market
• Psar Toul Tom Pong / The Russian Market
• Psar O Russei
• Psar Olympic
• Psar Dang Kor
• Psar Char

Other attractions:

• Dining in one of the small stilted restaurants that line route 6a
• Fishing in one of the fish farms located south on route 1.
• River cruises. If you can, get a midnight cruise on a small boat through the semi-submerged trees along the banks of the Mekong on a moonlit cloudless night. You can only do this in the rainy season though.
• Go Karting
• The Rifle Range
• Mini Golf
• The Water Park

For more information look at www.canbypublications.com they are a good source of information about Cambodia or check out some of the other web sites listed on the links page.

There will be some photos later, once I get over my Cambodianitis - My wife thinks I'm lazy but really I've just adapted to the culture.