Royal Palace and Khmer history. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Phnom Penh

Best months: January, February, November and December.

What to see in Phnom Penh

1. Palais royal & Pagode d'argent
   Home of the King of Cambodia, the palace raises its gilded spired roofs beside the Tonlé Sap, in a quiet setting of paved courtyards and tended gardens.
2. Musée national
   The museum holds the country's most important collection of Khmer art, which makes it the best place to understand what you will see later at Angkor.
3. Tuol Sleng (S-21)
   This former high school, turned by the Khmer Rouge into a security prison known as S-21, has been kept close to the state in which it was abandoned.
4. Choeung Ek (Killing Fields)
   A former orchard about fifteen kilometres from the city centre, Choeung Ek became an execution site and mass grave under the Khmer Rouge.
5. Wat Phnom
   Legend places the birth of Phnom Penh on this modest wooded hill, set in the middle of a city that keeps moving around it.
6. Marché central (Psar Thmei)
   Under a large yellow Art Deco dome, the market gathers the everyday life of Phnom Penh: jewelry, fabrics, clothes and goods of every kind.
7. Marché russe (Toul Tom Poung)
   This covered market, nicknamed after the Soviet expatriates who shopped here in the 1980s, is a maze of narrow aisles where you can find almost anything.
8. Quais de Sisowath
   Sisowath Quay is Phnom Penh's main riverside promenade on the Tonlé Sap, the place where the city faces its river.

A sample itinerary for Phnom Penh, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €46 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Phnom Penh itinerary, hour by hour

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