The Riverfront area from Street 104 to the Royal Palace is popular with locals
and tourists alike. In addition to harboring several of the city’s most popular sights including
the Royal Palace and the the National Museum, the riverfront road, Sisowath Quay, is
lined with restaurants and bars, hotels, souvenir shops, spas, travel agents and more.
68 riverfront area
The riverfront is particularly popular in the early evening but it’s a great place to stroll any time
of day. Have a drink or a meal, relax at a streetside cafe and watch the passing scene, and
make sure to explore the side streets. The best shopping streets adjoining the riverfront are
Street 178 and Street 240 on either side of the Royal Palace and
National Museum. A few of the city’s busier bar streets also stretch off the riverfront, including
Street 104, 110 and 136. For something a bit more cultural, check out the traditional markets
of Phsar Chas and Phsar Kandal as well as the Wat Ounalom pagoda.
Street 178 is known as ‘Art
Street’ for the sculpture shops and art
galleries that line the road near the National
Museum. A bit further north on 178 stone
masons work streetside next to Wat Sarawan.
Many of the galleries on 178 focus on commercial
and popular Cambodian art, but there
are also high quality handicraft and silk boutiques
as well as a few good restaurants, bars
and hotels. Toward the river end of the street
several eateries dot the road including the
famous FCC at the corner of Sisowath Quay
overlooking the riverfront (pages 68-69.)
Nearby 178: Check out the cluster of interesting
little local curio shops on Sothearos just off
Street 178. And Street 172, a block north of
178 behind Wat Ounalom, has turned into a
busy and popular traveler/backpacker street
with several bars, restaurants and inexpensive
guesthouses.
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