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Central Market Phnom Penh

This exchange is the biggest in the country.


The construction has an "art deco" touch combining a periphery wet and dry market around the center hall with jewelry and silver shops, several halls to buy clothing and textile are around. 

Marvelous tropical flowers are sold at the backside of the building. The oriental bazaar is an ideal day trip within the city center, if some more modern is needed there is a new mall right across the street. Here and together with Sisowath Quay is the heart of the capital, it is for sure worth a visit. This place add a bit of a french "flair" to the city, just as some of the houses at Sisowath Quay do.

But the place slowly get tough competition such as in the middle of 2014 a Japanese company opened a huge mall similar to the shopping centers they have in Bangkok and Singapore. 

The Central Market in Phnom Penh
The Central Market in Phnom Penh

Selling tropical and temperate climate flowers


Central flower market (1)
Flower market with great colors
Cambodian flowers
Exotic flowers
Orchids and more

selling exotic flowers

tropical flowers (1)
orange orchid flowers
Orange orchid flowers
Since the climate is just made for tropical plants there are great colors and shapes at the backside of the bazaar. The strange situation is that most flowers are imported from Thailand in particular the orchids.


The main hall


Lots of jewelry items are around including some jade bangles and silver ware. Actually the jade looks treated and bleached because the colors are somehow unnatural. 

Center jade jewelry shop
Jade jewelry shop
Jade pendants shop









some bright jewelry
khmer body decoration

ruby and sapphire jewelry
Ruby and sapphire jewelry
gemstones with colors

central market vendor
central market buiness

Wet & fresh market.


beetle snacks
fresh food for sale
Fresh food for sale











wet market and sea food
Restaurant at Sisowath Quay
Restaurant at Sisowath Quay

1 comment:

  1. The biggest market in the country with a bit of an French style.

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