Serving as the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh is a common stop for any tourists visiting this nation. These 10 Best Places  visit in Phnom Penh Cambodia  are the ones you should add in any Cambodia Package Tours with our beautiful Phnom Penh city!

This article is done by our Cambodia Local Tour Operator

1ST ROYAL PALACE

Eestablished in 1866 and it is a comparatively recent event in the history of the Khmer and Cambodia. The Royal Palace is on the top of Best Places to visit in Phnom Penh as it serves for the residence of the King of Cambodia. In the Khmer language, its full name is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk Serei Mongkol. The palace was built after King Norodom moved the Royal Capital from Outdong to Phnom Penh in the mid of 19th Century. It was constructed atop a citadel named Banteay Kev. Is locates at the Western Bank of Tonle Sap River and the Mekong.

The complex includes four sides: on the south side is the Silver Pagoda, to the North side is the Khemarin Palace and the center contains the Throne Hall and to the West is the private sector or the Inner Court. The Royal Palace of Cambodia is a great instance of Khmer architecture with a slightly French featuring its layout of the defensive wall, throne hall, Temple of the Emerald Buddha, stupas, towering spires, and mural paintings.

The palace has always attracted many visitors in Phnom Penh. Travelers can wander around the Silver Pagoda and the Centre contains the Throne Hall and Chan Chhaya Pavilion. The King's area takes half of the total palace ground area, includes Khemarin Palace, Villa Kantha Bopha, Serey Mongkol Pavilion, Royal gardens, and a number of other buildings and pavilions is closed to the public.

2ND SILVER PAGODA

The Silver Pagoda is situated on the South side of the Royal palace. Before that, it named Wat Ubosoth Ratanaram. The official name of the temple is Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot. The vihara house includes gold and jeweled Buddha statues.

It is a famous wat (Buddhist temple) in Phnom Penh. It is used for various national and royal ceremonies. The cremated remains of Norodom Sihanouk are interred in the stupa of Kantha Bopha. For most travelers visiting Phnom Penh will visit this special pagoda leading to its 2nd position in Best places to visit in Phnom Penh Cambodia.

3RD TUOL SLENG GENOCIDE MUSEUM

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom Penh, chronicling the Cambodian genocide. The site is a former high school used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. The buildings at Tuol Sleng are still preserved when the Khmer Rouge driven out in 1979. Several rooms of the museum are covered with black and white photographs estimated 17000 prisoners who passed though the prison. The side includes four main buildings: Building A, B, C, and D. Building A holds the large cells in which the bodies of the last victims were discovered. Building B holds galleries of photographs. Building C holds the rooms sub-divided into small cells for prisoners. Building D holds other memorabilia including instruments of torture.

The museum is opened to the public. It is knows as one of the Places to visit in Phnom Penh that you should add to the Must list. It not only rules as an important educational part, but also is a memory to the Cambodians.

4TH CHOEUNG EK

Choeung Ek is known as a former orchard and mass grave of victims of the Khmer Rouge who be killed between 1975 and 1979. Mass graves contains 8895 bodies were discovered at Choeung Ek after the Khmer Rouge regime fail. Many of dead were former political prisoners.

Nowadays, Choeung Ek is an important ruin, marked by a Buddhist stupa and the Cambodian Government encouraged the tourists to visit Choeung Ek. Human bones still litter this place. This place is also a filming place for the famous "Killing Fields".

5TH WAT PHNOM

Wat Phnom is a mountain pagoda as well as a Buddhist temple located in Phnom Penh.  It was constructed in 1373 and is the tallest religious structure in the city. The pagoda named Wat  Preah Chedey Borapaut - the charming centre of Phnom Penh. This place is a sacred site and sanctuary where people would make blessings and pray.

The sanctuary itself was rebuilt many times in the 19th century and again in 1926. The interior has a central altar complex with a large bronze seated Buddha surrounded by other statues, flowers, candles and items of devotion and worship. The walls are covered with murals, especially of stories of the Buddha's earlier reincarnations before his enlightenment. There are also murals depicting stories from Reamker - the Khmer version of the Ramayana. The newer murals in the bottom tiers are somewhat balanced, traditional and modern.

6TH INDEPENDENCE MONUMENT

The independence Monument in Phnom Penh was built in 1958 for Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. It is situated on the intersection of Norodom Boulevard and Sihanouk Boulevard in the centre of the city. It was designed by the influential Cambodian modern architect Vann Molyvann.

In the national celebrations, it is the center of activities even a parade and every year, many foreigners and local visitors visited the Independence Monument.

7TH WAT OUNALOM

Wat Ounalom is a located on Sisowath Quay in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, near the Royal Palace of Cambodia. It is the most important pagoda of Phnom Penh and the Center of Cambodian Buddhism. It was constructed in 1443 and includes 44 structures. During the Khmer Rouge, it was damaged but it has been restored.

8TH CAMBODIA VIETNAM FRIENDSHIP MONUMENT

The Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh is a big monument commemorating the former alliance between Vietnam and Cambodia. It was constructed in the late 1970s. The monument is located at the Botum Park near the centre of Phnom Penh. It features heroic statues of Vietnamese and Cambodian soldiers in the "Socialist realist" style developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, together with images of a woman and baby representing Cambodian civilians. It is a famous park in the centre of the city.

The monument is on the Top places to visit in Phnom Penh if you are a Vietnamese tourist visiting this capital.

9TH WAT BOTUM

Wat Botum (Temple of the Lotus Blossoms) is a located at Oknha Suor Srun Street 7, Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh. It is located to the south of the Royal Palace on the western side of Wat Botum Park The temple was Established by King Ponhea Yat in 1442 and it was renamed Botum Wathei after a former lotus pond on the site. Numerous politician and eminent persons of the city are buried here. Also, many prominent Cambodian bhikkhus have been ordained at the wat. You Bo and the Khmer Writers' Association have their headquarters at the wat. 

10TH NATIONAL MUSEUM 

To be in the last position of the Best places to visit in Phnom Penh Cambodia, the National Museum of Cambodia is the largest museum of cultural history and the country's leading historical and archaeological museum. This museum includes sculptural, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects. There are over 14,000 items, from prehistoric times to periods before, during, and after the Khmer Empire.

Cambodia National Museum is located on Street 13 in central Phnom Penh, to the north of the Royal Palace and on the west side of Veal Preah Man square. The Royal University of Fine Arts is situated on the west side of the museum. The museum is under the authority of Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. The museum is under the authority of Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. The Museum buildings, inspired by Khmer temple architecture, were constructed between 1917 and 1924; the museum was officially inaugurated in 1920, and renovated in 1968.

We do hope that the Best Places To Visit in Phnom Penh will be helpful to customize your Cambodia Package Tours! We can simply customize your Phnom Penh Private Day Tour to see almost ALL of them! Phnom Penh is just simply a beautiful city and a city which is rich in culture and history. Have a great time to visit Phnom Penh!