Must-Visit Landmarks & Attractions

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Cambodia has a diverse range of attractions that will engage both adults and children alike. Here are the attractions in major Cambodian cities that you don’t want to miss.

Kampot

• Bokor Hill Station
• Kampong Trach
• Kampot Provincial Museum
• Kampot Traditional Music School
• Kep Thmey
• Old Catholic Church (Bokor Mountain)
• Phnom Chhnork
• Phnom K’Chnor
• Phnom Seda Orn
• Phnom Sla Ta’aun
• Phnom Sorsia
• Rabbit Island

Koh Ker

• Koh Ker Temple
• Prasat Thom

Phnom Penh

• Central Market (Phsar Thmei)
• Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre
• Independence Monument
• National Museum of Cambodia

The National Museum of Cambodia is home to one of the world’s finest collections of Khmer cultural artefacts including sculpture, ceramics and ethnographic objects from the pre-historic, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian and post-Angkorian periods
Photo: Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia

• Russian Market
• Sisowath Quay
• The Royal Palace
• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

Toul Sleng Genocide Museum is the memorial site of the S-21 interrogation and detention centre of the Khmer Rouge regime

• Wat Ounalom
• Wat Phnom

Set on top of a 27m-high tree-covered knoll, Wat Phnom is on the only “hill” in town
Photo: Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia

Preah Vihear Province

• Preah Vihear Temple

An outstanding masterpiece of Khmer architecture, Preah Vihear Temple has a unique architectural complex of a series of sanctuaries linked by a system of pavements and staircases on an 800m-long axis
Photo: Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia

Siem Reap

• Angkor Archaelogical Park
• Angkor National Museum
• Angkor Silk Farm

Learn about the different stages involved in silk production – from the mulberry tree orchards and silkworm breeding to the spinning mills, and the dying and weaving processes – at the Angkor Silk Farm
Photo: Artisans Angkor

• Bean Mealea
• Cambodian Landmine Museum (Angkor National Park)
• Kbal Spean
• Khmer Ceramics & Fine Arts Centre
• Phnom Kulen National Park
• Srok Yeung
• Tonle Sap Lake

Sihanoukville

• Golden Lions Roundabout
• Independence Beach
• Kbal Chhay Waterfall
• Koh Pos Beach
• Ochheuteal Beach
• Otres Beach
• Phnom Leu
• Prek Treng Beach
• Ream Beach
• Serendipity Beach
• Sokha Beach
• Victory Beach
• Wat Krom

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