Phnom Penh is the national Capital of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's economic, industrial, and cultural center. Once known as the "Pearl of Asia," it was considered one of the loveliest French-built Cities in Indochina in the 1920s.
The Tour Guide and a Driver will pick you up from your hotel to visit the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda. We’ll move to the National Museum and then you’ll wander Wat Phnom. Wat Phnom is a Buddhist temple in Phnom Penh. It is a Buddhist pagoda, that symbolizes the name of Phnom Penh, and a historical site that is part of the Khmer national identity.
Then you’ll visit The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, It was the Security Prison 21 by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979.
Next up, We’ll visit the Choeung Ek is a former orchard, in Phnom Penh, it was used as a Killing Field between 1975 to 1979 by the Khmer Rouge in perpetrating the Cambodian genocide. It was attached to the Tuol Sleng detention center.
Pickup included
The Royal Palace is a complex of building which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia. The Kings of Cambodia have occupied it since it was built in the 1860s, with a period of absence when the country came into turmoil during and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge. The palace was constructed between 1866 and 1870.
The Royal Palace and the famous Silver Pagoda, lined with a tiled floor of 5,000 silver tablets. The Silver Pagoda, originally built in 1892, was largely spared sacking by the Khmer Rouge and houses a revered ‘Emerald Buddha’ – akin to the Emerald Buddha held in Bangkok’s Grand Palace – as well as a ‘Golden Buddha’ encrusted with more than 9,000 diamonds.
The National Museum of Cambodia is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum. It an appreciation of the splendour of Khmer history and art. Many of the sculptures there were made before construction of the Angkor ruins began. The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of Khmer art, including sculptural, Khmer ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects. Its collection includes over 14,000 items, from prehistoric times to periods before, during and after the Khmer Empire, which at its height stretched from Thailand, across present-day Cambodia, to southern Vietnam.
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Please arrive at the pick up point 5 minutes before departure time.
You will be picked up from your accommodation to begin the tour by your Tour Guide and a Driver.
No need red sign tickets