One day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A day through Phnom Penh’s best-known sights that lie close together: Tuol Sleng torture center, Independence Monument, Phnom Penh and Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument. 3 stops, about 2 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Tuol Sleng torture centerMuseum · On the map
- Independence Monument, Phnom PenhMonument · 1.4 km on from Tuol Sleng torture center · On the map
- Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship MonumentMonument · 0.6 km on from Independence Monument, Phnom Penh · On the map
3 stops, 3 km on foot along the streets: about 36 min of walking.
More for Phnom Penh
- Things to do in Phnom Penh, Cambodia · 12 places to see, led by Tuol Sleng torture center and Royal Palace
Photo credits
- Tuol Sleng torture center: Michael Gruijters, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Independence Monument, Phnom Penh: Szajci, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument: Marcin Konsek, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.