Visit National Museum is also called Muse des Beaux-Arts. The distinctive rust-red National Museum next to the Royal Palace was dedicated by King Sisowath in 1920. Over 5000 objects are on display including Angkorian era statu, lingas and other artifacts. Though the emphasis is on Angkorian artifacts, there is also a good collection of pieces from later periods, including a special exhibition of post-Angkorian.

Then visit Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda are located within the same walled grounds. The Royal Palace was built in 1866 under French protectorate and King Norodom, though many of the buildings in the complex were added over the following decades. The Royal Palace is a royal residence now where His Majesty, the King of Cambodia, and the royal families live. In a common word, it is like a small town of royal dynasties.

Continue to Silver Pagoda (so named for the silver tiled floor of the Vihara) was constructed at the end of the 19th century and renovated in 1962. A collection of priceless historical objects is on display in the Vihara. The Vihara serves less as a functioning temple than a repository for cultural treasures such as 90 kg golden Buddha encrusted with 2086 diamonds, the Emerald Buddha, innumerable statu and objects of art donated to the pagoda.

Finally visit Wat Phnom Temple where you can enjoy views of the city. Wat Phnom is tied to the beginning of Phnom Penh. Legend has it that in 1372 Lady Penh (Yea Penh) fished a floating Koki tree out from the river. Inside the tree were four Buddha statues. She built a hill and a small temple at what is now the site of what is known as Wat Phnom. The current temple was last rebuilt in 1926. The large stupa contains the remains of King Ponhea Yat (1405-1467) who moved the Khmer capital from Angkor to Phnom Penh in 1422.

Note: National Museum, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda are open every day. However, the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda may be closed without prior notice while H.M. the King is in the residence.

Lunch at local restaurant.

Visit the Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21 prison). This former school was used as a prison by Pol Pots security forces. It became the largest center for detention and torture during the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge. More than 17,000 people held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeng Ek to be executed. Detainees who died during torture were buried in mass graves in the prison ground.

Then drive to the The Killing Fields of Choeng Ek (15 km south of Phnom Penh). Between 1975 and 1978 about 17,000 men, women, children and infants (including nine westerners) were detained and tortured at the S-21 prison and transported to extermination camp of Choeng Ek. They were often bludgeoned to death to avoid wasting precious bullets. Fragments of human bone and bits of cloth are scattered around the disinterred pits. Over 8,000 skulls, arranged by sex and age, are visible behind the clear glass panels of the Memorial Stupa, which was erected in 1988.

Fast Fact
     Tour departure: Daily
     Duration (approximate): 08:00-18:00hrs
     Transfer from/to hotel included : YES
     Private tour : Minimum 1 person
     Language : English speaking local guides. Other guides are subject to availability at the time of the booking and may be
      subject to supplements.