PHNOM PENH IS THE VIBRANT BUSTLING CAPITAL OF CAMBODIA. SITUATED AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THREE RIVERS, THE MIGHTY MEKONG, THE BASSAC AND THE GREAT TONLE SAP, WHAT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE ‘GEM’ OF INDOCHINA. THE CAPITAL CITY STILL MAINTAINS CONSIDERABLE CHARM WITH PLENTY TO SEE. IT EXUDES A SORT OF PROVINCIAL CHARM AND TRANQUILLITY WITH FRENCH COLONIAL MANSIONS AND TREE-LINED BOULEVARDS AMIDST MONUMENTAL ANGKORIAN ARCHITECTURE.

 

HERE IN THE CAPITAL, ARE MANY INTERESTING TOURISTY SITES. BESIDES THE ROYAL PALACE, THERE IS ALSO THE SILVER PAGODA, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, WAT PHNOM AND MANY OTHERS. THERE ARE SEVERAL MARKET PLACES SELLING CARVINGS, PAINTINGS, SILK, SILVER, GEMS AND EVEN ANTIQUES.

 

INDEED, PHNOM PENH IS AN IDEAL DESTINATION FOR A LEISURELY DAY TOUR. THE WHOLE AREA INCLUDING THE OUTSKIRTS OF PHNOM PENH IS ABOUT 376 SQUARE KILOMETRES BIG. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 2,009,264 PEOPLE LIVING IN PHNOM PENH.

 

 

 

PHNOM PENH, LIKE OTHER ASIAN-CITY TOURIST DESTINATIONS, IS IN THE MIDST OF RAPID CHANGE. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THE NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS HAVE GROWN CONSIDERABLY AND IN THE LAST YEAR THERE HAD BEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VISITORS. COME AND SEE A REAL ORIGINAL AS IT WON’T BE THE SAME IN A FEW YEARS. THE COUNTRY HAS A TROPICAL CLIMATE – WARM AND HUMID. IN THE MONSOON SEASON, ABUNDANT RAIN ALLOWS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF A WIDE VARIETY OF CROPS. THIS YEAR-ROUND TROPICAL CLIMATE MAKES CAMBODIA IDEAL FOR DEVELOPING TOURISM.

BELOW ARE UNFORGETTABLE LOCATIONS IN PHNOM THAT YOU MUST NOT MISS :-