City: Phnom Penh
Top Things to do in Phnom Penh
What to do and see in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The Best Flea & Street Markets
Budget-minded travelers will appreciate Phnom Penh's reasonably priced hotel rooms (several top-rated hotels on TripAdvisor offer rooms around $40/night). Explore the city's temples, palaces, and the remnants of its French colonial history. Just outside the city, the The Killing Fields (Choeung Ek) are a reminder of Cambodia's tragic past-- a somber contrast to the booming city of today.
Restaurants in Phnom Penh
1. Flower Market Riverside
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Central Market
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 6,189 reviews
Housed in a 1937 Art Deco building, this market is a city landmark.
Reviewed By BendigoAngel
close to our Mito Hotel, we bargained with some of the local stall holders and got some great pineapple with chilli sugar and coconut water.
3. Phsar Chas
4. Russian Market
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3.5 based on 2,463 reviews
Reviewed By 9purplestars - London, United Kingdom
So many stalls selling everything from live fish to tyres to jewellery to gifts to clothes to food. Very confined and quite warm!
5. Phnom Penh's Night Market
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3.5 based on 786 reviews
Reviewed By Wsea3h
After walking whole day, sitting on the floor mats here to eat with shoes off felt so good to my legs and feet. There're table and chairs nearer to the shops for those who need. On the mats they provide paper tissue and bottles of chili and sauces and trash boxes. I bought a fruit shake and a mixed colorful sweet soup (she put 7 or 8 types in it, I love it) from Top Tea and it cost me 1 USD each I think. At first I thought Night Market were another tourist trap but what I bought were not expensive. I also bought boiled corns for 1,000 Riel each at the riverside not far from the Night Market signage, sold by a shy lady on bicycle. I booked De Art Hotel next to this place to stay for the convenience of visiting it and the riverside. I didn't buy clothes or souvenirs so I don't know the price. They had a stage to perform something when I stayed there. I didn't watch but walked back to hotel to sleep.
6. Orussey Market
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3.5 based on 85 reviews
Reviewed By Sherpa591575 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
My visits to Orussey Market, Phnom Penh Sandwiched between streets 182-141-166 and 111, this is my favourite large covered market in Phnom Penh. Not really a touristy place but excellent to visit if you want to experience the comings and goings of a traditional Khmer market. It can get quite hot as you traverse the myriad passageways and the aroma of spices, dried fish, live fish squirming in a bowl awaiting someone’s dinner plate, dead pigs, live ducks and chickens, can certainly challenge your nostrils as you try to find your bearings. You could quite easily spend two or three hours here exploring all the floors but be wary of the many workers pushing sack barrows, delivering goods to the traders and out to purchasers ‘vehicles parked in the chaotic surrounding streets. This is where locals purchase in bulk from a vast array of products including food, hardware, kitchenware, bedding, toys, fruit, vegetables, electronics, bracelets, lipsticks and ducks sold by the kilo. Unless you are buying in bulk, bargaining is not really too common here, but a good knowledge of Khmer might facilitate some discounting. Not too many speak anything other than Khmer so have a pencil and paper at the ready for a quick drawing of what you need, better still, pull up an image on your smart phone. Be patient and you will find most people helpful and quite charming. There are places to eat in Orussey but if you prefer western fare, a twenty-minute walk heading north-east will take you to the Sorya Center Point Shopping Mall.
