PHNOM PENH & ITS SURROUNDING
An Admirable Small Historic City
Phnom Penh, Capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia that was founded since 1434, it is a small city with a population of approximately one million people. Explore this bustling city that full of commercial and entertainment. There are varieties of hotels and restaurants to choose from, so you can just lay back and relax with the excellent accommodation, superb restaurants with top chief in Khmer cuisine, Asian and European. It's all waiting for you !
The Royal Palace is home to his Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen. Within the compound is the Silver Pagoda, its floor elegantly covered by 5,000 silver tiles. On display are also hundreds of gifts presented to the Royal family over the years, including a solid gold Buddha weighing 90 kg and encrusted with 9,584 diamonds. The compound also houses Wat Phnom Mondap, which contains Buddha's footprint.
Wat Phnom is the name of a pagoda. It was built by lady Penh in 1372 on a little hill that is located right in the heart of the city. Behind the pagoda, there is a big stupa that is believed to contain the ashes of King Ponhea Yat, the first founder of the Capital Phnom Penh. The Royal Palace stands just opposite the four branches of the Mekong river. It was originally built in 1866, and reconstructed later in 1913, with numerous buildings of remarkable Khmer architecture.
Silver pagoda, so called because of the 5,329 silver tiles that cover the floor, South of the Throne Hall. It is known by Cambodian as the Emerald Pagoda. It was built in 1892 and reconstructed in 1962. Inside, there are hundreds of royal gifts received by the Royal family over the years put on display. There you also can find a solid golf Buddha encrusted with over 9,500 diamonds and weighing 90 kg.
The National Museum, a great red and elegant building that is stood highly to the North of Royal Palace, it was constructed in 1917, this Museum shows the fascinating of Cambodian arts archaeology.
Phnom Chiso, a prehistoric temple of Angkorian - area situates on a hilltop somewhere about 50 km to the South of the Capital. It was built by Soryavarman with extensive views from the top of the hill.
Oudong, 40 km in the North-West, the former capital in the 16th - 18th century before Phnom Penh.
Choeung Ek, the killing field, this memorial is dedicated to the Cambodian executed and buried during the crucial period between 1975-1979.
Tonle Bati, some 30 km in the South of Phnom Penh where there are two famous temples of Angkorian period.
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