Tuol Sleng Museum
In 1975, Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot’s security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). This soon became the largest centre of detention and torture in the country. Between 1975 and 1978 more than 17,000 people held at S-21 were taken to the killing fields of Choeung Ek.
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Silver Pagoda
The Silver Pagoda is named in honour of the floor, which is covered with more than 5000 silver tiles weighing 1kg each, adding up to five tonnes of gleaming silver. You can sneak a peek at some of the 5000 tiles near the entrance – most are covered for their protection.
Royal Palace
With its classic Khmer roofs and ornate gilding, the Royal Palace dominates the diminutive skyline of Phnom Penh. It is a striking structure near the riverfront, bearing a remarkable likeness to its counterpart in Bangkok.
Koh Tonsay Island
Just off Kep, Koh Tonsay (Rabbit Island; population 25 families) has the nicest beaches of any Kep-area island – except Phu Quoc, whose loss to Vietnam is still bitterly resented. It’s so named because locals say it resembles a rabbit, an example of what too much local brew can do to your imagination
Kep National Park
The interior of Kep peninsula is occupied by Kep National Park, degraded in recent years by illegal logging but finally guarded by a complement of rangers. An 8km circuit around the park, navigable by foot or mountain bike, starts at the park entrance behind Veranda Natural Resort.
Phnom Santuk
About 10 kilometres south of town off National Road 6. This hilltop pagoda with an active monastery embodies both the good and bad of modern Cambodian culture.
Kompong Thom
Kompong Thom is really only known for two things -- Pol Pot and Sambor Prei Kuk. The latter is the main tourist attraction in the province today and is a pleasant half-day trip from Kompong Thom town centre. The ruins are much older than the more famous Angkor to the northwest
Wat Nokor
The original fusion temple, Wat Nokor is a modern Theravada Buddhist pagoda squeezed into the walls of an 11th-century Mahayana Buddhist shrine of sandstone and laterite. It is a kitsch kind of place and many of the older building’s archways have been incorporated into the new building as shrines for worship
Battambang Museum
Opened in 1968, this small museum is well worth a visit as it contains a small collection of Angkorian items and a Tonle Sap display.
Kep general activities
Aside from eating crab, the few points of minor interest in and around Kep are sufficient to fill one long day or two slow-moving ones.
