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Cambodia from Phnom to Angor

7 days 6 nights

Code: CAM_04_B

Itinerary:

Day 1 - Phnom Penh.
Arrival and after immigration and customs formalities, meeting with the guide. Transfer
and accommodation with check in at 14:00 or earlier if rooms are available. Beginning of
the introductory tour of the lively capital of Cambodia passing through the colonial
quarters near the Independence Monument and continuing with a walk near the area
where the three rivers flow almost in front of the Royal Palace. Visit to Wat Unalom, the
famous pagoda where the great Venerable of Buddhist monks lives. We then go to the
famous Russian market, formed by a series of intricate corridors between them and
towards which a myriad of stalls and sellers overlook, where all kinds of merchandise are
shown to possible buyers.
Lunch in a local restaurant and free dinner - Overnight.

Day 2 - Phnom Penh.
Breakfast at the hotel. Beginning of the visits with the temple that gives its name to the city, Wat Phnom:
located on top of a hill, frequented by the faithful who go here to pray and
be predicted by the many fortune tellers, fortune tellers and fortune tellers.
We then go to the complex of the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda,
so called for the more than five thousand silver tiles from which the floor
is made, all embellished with gifts offered to the royal family from all over
the world. We will then visit the National Museum, built around 1918 and
entirely dedicated to Khmer art. There are splendid finds from both
Angkorian and pre-Angkorian times on display, including important
statuary from Angkor itself and several everyday objects found in various
areas and historical periods. Continue to the Toul Sleng, a tragic prison museum testimony of the bloody
regime of the Khmer Rouge and the genocide perpetrated against the Cambodian population itself, guilty
of being able to read and write, wear glasses, be teachers, doctors, professionals, speak foreign languages,
it is estimated that about three out of twelve million people were tortured and killed over the four-year period
up to 1979.
Lunch in a local restaurant and free dinner - Overnight

Day 3 - Phnom Penh – Battambang.
Breakfast in hotel.
Departure for Battabang, the second largest city in Cambodia, also called the Capital of the West. You can
see, at one of the villages along the road, how the technique of silver
working has been handed down for generations. At Kampong Chnang
you will travel along a stretch of the river that leads to Tonle Sap, seeing
how life unfolds in the floating villages formed by countless boats, houses
and various floating structures. Continuation to Battambang, and arrival
in the afternoon. The city still has its very provincial atmosphere and is
characterized by a mixed architecture between the colonial and the local,
where people still live according to the customs of the traditional peasant
culture.Situation permitting, sometimes the visit is not possible for
reasons technicians, you will be able to try a singular form of local
transport, the Bamboo Train, or Bamboo Train, climbing aboard a small platform, precisely formed by
bamboo and anchored to wheels that allow it to travel on the rails of what was once a railway line, now
disused, all driven by a small but powerful engine. If time permits, we proceed to Ek Phnom, an evocative

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