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There are 8 attractions listed in Phnom Penh on this site, each with its location, how long to allow and what it costs to get in where we have verified the figure. Use it to build a day rather than to collect a list - most of these sit close enough together to combine two or three before lunch.

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September 2026

Phnom Penh

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21)

Tuol Sleng was a secondary school in Phnom Penh that the Khmer Rouge converted into Security Prison 21, where thousands were detained and interrogated between 1975…

Where
Boeung Keng Kang, central Phnom Penh
Time needed
Two hours, and you will want the audio guide
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Memorial site

Choeung Ek Killing Fields

Choeung Ek, about 15 km south of Phnom Penh, is the best known of the sites where prisoners from S-21 were executed and buried in mass…

Where
About 15 km south of Phnom Penh, 30 to 40 minutes by road
Time needed
90 minutes to two hours
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Phnom Penh

National Museum of Cambodia

The National Museum of Cambodia holds the largest collection of Khmer sculpture in the world, housed in a terracotta-red pavilion built in the French period beside…

Where
Street 13, beside the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
Time needed
90 minutes
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Phnom Penh

Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda

The Royal Palace has been the residence of Cambodia’s monarch since the 1860s, and the public can visit its throne hall, gardens and the adjoining Silver…

Where
Sothearos Boulevard, on the riverfront, Phnom Penh
Time needed
90 minutes
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Phnom Penh

Wat Phnom

Wat Phnom is the temple on the small wooded hill that gives Phnom Penh its name - literally the hill of Penh, after the woman the…

Where
Northern end of central Phnom Penh
Time needed
30 to 45 minutes
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Art Deco, 1937

Central Market (Phsar Thmei)

Central Market, or Phsar Thmei, is the domed Art Deco hall completed in 1937 at the heart of Phnom Penh, with four arms radiating from a…

Where
Central Phnom Penh
Built
1937
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Phnom Penh

Russian Market (Phsar Toul Tom Poung)

The Russian Market earned its name in the 1980s, when Soviet expatriates were among its main foreign customers. It is a dense, low-ceilinged warren south of…

Where
Toul Tom Poung, south of central Phnom Penh
Time needed
An hour or two
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Phnom Penh

Silk Island (Koh Dach)

Koh Dach is a Mekong island a short ferry ride from Phnom Penh, known for household silk weaving still done on wooden looms under the houses.…

Where
Mekong island north-east of Phnom Penh, reached by ferry
Time needed
Half a day
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