Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, sits at the junction of the Mekong and Tonlé Sap Rivers. It is a city on the edge of everything, bringing together Khmer, Chinese and French influences in a vibrant mash.
Once known as the "Pearl of Asia”, Phnom Penh was considered one of the loveliest French-built cities in Indochina in the 1920s. A city tour in Phnom Penh includes the Royal Palace complex - home of solid silver tiles on the floor of the Silver Pagoda, and the National Museum of Cambodia housing the world’s premier collection of Khmer art, as well as the infamous “Killing Fields” of Choeung Ek and the Tuol Sleng Museum, memorializing the victims of the infamous “S-21” prison operated at the site.
