Phnom Penh
Independent hotel guides, travel articles, and travel videos for Phnom Penh.
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World Wild Hearts is a YouTube travel channel by Zac and Ine, focused on destination videos and travel guides.
This guide video highlights eight things to do in and around Phnom Penh, making it a helpful two- to three-day planning resource across cultural, historical, food, cruise, and tour-related options.
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Joel and Emilia is a YouTube travel channel by Joel Friend and Emilia Beattie documenting their travels together.
This travel video covers 24 hours in Phnom Penh, balancing major historical sites such as S21 Prison and the Killing Fields with additional city activities.
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Away Together w/ Nik and Allie is a YouTube travel channel by U.S.-based couple Nik and Allie.
This Cambodia travel vlog follows a 2022 visit to Phnom Penh, using city walking, travel-vlog context, and discussion of Cambodia's history to frame the capital thoughtfully.
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The Endless Adventure is a YouTube travel channel from Eric and Allison, focused on travel and food.
This travel video explores Phnom Penh through local markets, Cambodian street food, Khmer noodles, and a short hostel-based vlog sequence, giving food-focused context to the city.
Travel articles & blogs
Lonely Planet is a major professionally edited travel guide site covering destinations, planning advice, articles, and guidebooks. Their Phnom Penh destination guide gives travelers a broad, useful introduction to palaces, riverside markets, nightlife, temples, cuisine, and culture.
Explore Phnom Penh holidays and discover the best time and places to visit.
lonelyplanet.com/destinations/cambodia/phnom-penh
Nomadic Matt is a budget-travel planning site focused on cheaper, longer, and practical independent travel. Their Phnom Penh budget guide is practical for independent travelers, covering things to do, costs, ways to save, transportation, accommodation, and core planning basics.
A comprehensive budget travel guide to Phnom Penh with tips on things to do, costs, ways to save, transportation, accommodation, and more!
nomadicmatt.com/travel-guides/cambodia-travel-tips/phnom-penh/
Y Travel Blog is a travel blog covering destination guides, family travel, practical advice, and trip inspiration. Their Phnom Penh guide is useful for general trip planning, pairing things to do with suggestions for where to stay, eat, and drink.
Looking for things to do in Phnom Penh? Learn about what to see and do, where to stay, and where to eat and drink and more in our guide!
ytravelblog.com/what-to-do-in-phnom-penh/
The Broke Backpacker is an adventure and budget-travel site for backpackers, digital nomads, and independent travelers. Their 2026 Phnom Penh itinerary offers a practical framework for planning the city across different budgets.
Read the guide at thebrokebackpacker.com/phnom-penh-itinerary/.
thebrokebackpacker.com/phnom-penh-itinerary/
Love and Road is a travel blog by Nat and Rob focused on planning, budgeting, food, and destination guides. Their one-day Phnom Penh article is a helpful short-stay guide, combining what to do with where to stay, where to eat, and a look at local life.
All you need to know to spend 24 hours in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. What to do in one day in Phnom Penh, where to stay, eat and how to enjoy the local life.
loveandroad.com/one-day-in-phnom-penh-what-to-do-where-to-stay/
Along Dusty Roads is an independent travel blog by Andrew and Emily, focused on selective, photography-led destination guidance. Their Phnom Penh airport transport guide is a practical arrival resource, comparing tuk-tuk, public bus, airport taxi, and train options into the city.
To kick-off your Cambodia trip on the right note, here’s all the transport options on how to get from Phnom Penh airport to city. Whether it’s a tuk-tuk, the public bus, a Phnom Penh airport taxi, or even the train, this is has all the key details.
alongdustyroads.com/posts/phnom-penh-airport-to-city
24 Hours Layover is a travel blog focused on short itineraries, stopovers, solo travel, and family travel. Their 24-hour Phnom Penh itinerary gives short-stay visitors a clear route through key sights, including the Royal Palace and Choeung Ek Killing Fields.
With 24 hours in Phnom Penh you have time to see all the best bits of Cambodia's capital, from The Royal Palace to Choeung Ek Killing Fields.
24hourslayover.com/24-hours-in-phnom-penh/
Migrationology is a food travel blog by Mark Wiens focused on food-led travel and city food guides. His Phnom Penh survival-tactics article brings a practical, food-aware perspective to local life, entertainment, humor, and people in the city.
Some of these survival tactics might even teach you a few lessons on how to be native in Cambodia. In any way, have an awesome time in Phnom Penh; a city that I consider to have a great mixture of entertainment, delicacies, humor, and great folks.
migrationology.com/9-survival-tactics-for-phnom-penh/
Goats On The Road is a travel guide site and travel-lifestyle resource covering destinations and remote-work travel. Their Phnom Penh article is useful for travelers seeking a less standard city perspective, drawing on contributor insight connected to life in the city.
This is a guest post from our friends Jen & Stevo over at Two Can Travel. We first met these two while teaching English in Yangzhou, China. Since then, they’ve moved their lives to Phnom Pehn, Cambodia (among other awesome things) and are here to give you the inside scoop on some of the less ... Read more
goatsontheroad.com/getting-off-the-beaten-path-in-phnom-penh-cambodia/
The World Travel Guy is a travel blog focused on practical landmark, adventure, and scenic destination guides. Their Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda guide is a helpful landmark-focused resource, covering the riverfront setting along with palace, shrine, and stupa features.
The Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh, Cambodia is near the riverfront & has more than a dozen fancy palaces, shrines, & stupas!
theworldtravelguy.com/phnom-penh-royal-palace-silver-pagoda-in-phnom-penh-cambodia/