Popular Cultural Attractions

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Cambodia is steeped in history and culture, and these attractions are a testament to its rich legacy.

Angkor Archaeological Park

• Kbal Spean (River of Thousand Lingas)

Battambang

• Battambang Provincial Museum
• Khor Sang House
• Mrs Bun Roeung’s Ancient House

Kampong Chhnang

• Phnom Santouch
• Wat Phnom Rabbat
• Wat Sahn-dtoot

Kompong Thom Province

• Sambor Prei Kuk (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sambor Prei Kuk had been identified as Ishanapura, the capital of the ancient Chenla Empire that flourished in the late 6th and early 7th centuries
Photo: Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia

Kampot

• Kampot Provincial Museum
• Kampot Traditional Music School
• Old Catholic Church (Bokor Mountain)

Kratie

• 100 Pillar Pagoda
• Wat Roka Kandal

Mondulkiri

• Pou Lung Village

Phnom Penh

• Independence Monument
• National Museum of Cambodia

The National Museum of Cambodia is home to one of the world’s finest collections of Khmer cultural artefacts including sculpture, ceramics and ethnographic objects from the pre-historic, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian and post-Angkorian periods
Photo: Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia


• The Royal Palace

The golden roof Royal Palace is the official residence of King Sihamoni

• The Killing Fields Museum of Cambodia

• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (Choeung Ek Memorial)

Toul Sleng Genocide Museum is the memorial site of the S-21 interrogation and detention centre of the Khmer Rouge regime

Siem Reap

• Angkor National Museum
• Cambodian Landmine Museum (Angkor National Park)
• Khmer Ceramics & Fine Arts Centre

Takeo

• Angkor Borie
• Phnom Da

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