Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital at the Chaktomuk confluence of the Mekong, Tonle Sap, and Bassac rivers, runs about $25-40 a day on a genuine shoestring: hostel bed, street-food meals, tuk-tuks, and a run of sights that cost $1-10 apiece.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. A full week in Phnom Penh, honestly stretched past what the city alone needs Days 1-6 here are the exact plan in the 6-day itinerary : the Royal Palace and National Museum, Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek, Central Market and the Night Market, Koh Dach, Tonle Bati, and Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Six days is the core plus three real day trips Days 1-5 here are the exact plan in the 5-day itinerary : the Royal Palace and National Museum, Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek, Central Market and the Night Market, Koh Dach’s silk villages, and Tonle Bati’s lakeside temple.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Five days is the city core plus two real day trips Days 1-4 here are the exact plan in the 4-day itinerary : the Royal Palace and National Museum, Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek, Central Market and the Night Market, then Koh Dach’s silk villages.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Four days adds one real day trip to the city core Days 1-3 here are the exact plan in the 3-day itinerary : the Royal Palace and National Museum, Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek, then Central Market and the Night Market.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Three days covers the royal core, the memorial day, and the free half of the city Days 1 and 2 here are the exact plan in the 2-day itinerary : the Royal Palace and National Museum, then Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Two days is enough for the royal core and the honest weight of the memorials Two days covers Phnom Penh’s marquee run: the Royal Palace and National Museum on Day 1, then a sober memorial morning at Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek on Day 2, closing at the Russian Market.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Phnom Penh runs on US dollars, and most of its best sights cost $10 or less Cambodia prices its capital in US dollars, and the honest number is that a full day of sightseeing here rarely clears $15: Wat Phnom is $1, the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda together are $10, and the National Museum next door is another $10 ($5 for youth).