Visit the majestic Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda complex and learn more about the dark days of Cambodian history.
Meet your guide and head to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda complex. Admire the elaborately constructed palace buildings, some of the 5,000 silver floor tiles that give the Silver Pagoda its name, as well as spectacular gold and bejeweled Buddha statues that are considered national treasures.
Explore the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a former secondary school that was converted by the Khmer Rouge into one of the regime's largest detention and torture centers, Security Prison 21. Learn about the Cambodian genocide and the atrocities that occurred within its walls. Please note that images on display are graphic and can be unsettling. In the afternoon, drive to Choeung Ek, one of the mass grave sites of the Killing Fields, where the Khmer Rouge executed over a million men, women, and children between the years 1975 and 1979. Discover the site that today is a memorial with a Buddhist stupa filled with skulls and bones to honor the victims.
End the tour at the Russian Market, the most popular market among tourists and ex-pats and probably the best place to pick up souvenirs. Go inside and find everything you can wish for, from beautifully hand-carved statues, colorful lanterns, and handmade silk scarves to printed T-shirts and DVDs.
Entrance fees
Additional food and drinks
