Shopping

Distinguished with its historic yellow dome, central market is home to several shops. It is not just a traditional landmark, but also an epitome of Khmer architecture. The central point of the market sells a beautiful range of gems and jewelry. Whereas the central entrance walk is cramped with several vendors and stalls, selling souvenirs, handicrafts, silk fabrics, karmas, cravings, statuary, and tee shirts, etc.

As the name suggests, this shop excels in the flowing silk material and designs for women over the world. They possess a wide variety of silk cushions, clothing, handbags, patchwork quilts and other miscellaneous silk products. To get a customized article made, they have tailors and designers available for facilitation.

This alluring art gallery is located opposite to the Royal Palace and features the art and paintings of Assasax, an artist. The artist’s style is contemporary and he has tried to pain landmarks of Cambodia with intricate details to please the viewers’ eyes. For jewelry lovers, the gallery features a limited collection of silver jewelry.

This shop deals in stunning Cambodian handicraft products. From flower necklaces to silk scarves and name cardholders, every gift will surprise you out of your wits with it’s detailed beauty. Personalized gifts and packaging is also available in many different designs and styles.

Bliss possess trained craftsmen who design latest fashion trends into women’s dreams. From stock furnishings to beaded and embroidered cushions and house wares, Bliss deals in everything that revolves around its fashion statement. Wearable fashions come in all varieties; from cotton to silk, nightwear to daywear, and formal to casual.

It is a modern art gallery that features paintings and contemporary furniture. It has a perfect environment and even window shopping is soothing at this place.

This considerably huge and spacious two storey boutique was started by Romyda, a graduate of Paris School of Fine Arts, in 1990. She offers stunning contemporary styled clothing for her local and International clientele with customized tailoring and designs. She launched her wedding-dress line a few years back and has been doing great! Her clothing is mainly organza, khaddi and cotton with no compromise on details, embroidery, and quality. The color combinations are an epitome of elegance and her outfits will stand out among a heap. Address: 37 Street 178 Telephone: 023 217935

This shop keeps a wide collection of modern art pieces for sale. It has the best Khmer style furniture and other house ware pieces like decoration articles and famous Asian style lamps. Also, some really creative embroidered patterns and home textiles are available at this small outlet.

Tired of moving around? It is time to sit back and watch a good movie to keep your mind off the busy schedule. You need to pay a visit to Boom Room just across the Golden gate! Not just DVDs and CDs, but they also have some really trendy tee shirts. Address: No. 1C St. 278 Telephone: 012/709-096

Lucky market is one of the oldest and most popular International markets in Phnom Penh. Not only it has an extensive variety of Western groceries and essentials but it also has imported electronics items at moderate prices for customers.

Have you just discovered that your camera broke down and you won’t be able to get memories of the vacation captured? No worries! This place fixes it for you. Not just ordinary camera repairs, but they also deal in basic photographic processing, camera sales, and printing facilities. So be it your picture for passport or the print out of traveling documents, you need to keep their contacts in handy to save yourself last minute panic attacks.

Whether your home is Tokyo, Senegal, Paris or Hawaii, Veggy’s has something for your delight! It deals in providing you with the fresh and delicious canned food from most countries. When you need your comfort food, Veggy’s is the place for you to drop by at.

The central focus of Kabas is tailored clothing at reasonable prices. They deal in both men and women wear, giving the clothes an aura of latent trends. They offer on-premisis tailors for your convenience who offer advices and take suggestions to make your customized dress a wonderful one!

It has been one of the oldest book stores in the town. They have the latest collection of books from all over the world; fiction, non-fiction, history, International, travel guides, etc! If you are interested in exploring the Khmer language and culture, then you can find some really good and primitive literature pieces and books in this store.

This store deals in the sale and exchange of used books. If you are hesitant to splurge a little too much money on brand new books and want to save money, then D’s books has a wide collection of second-hand books for you! Books for children are also available at considerably cheap prices.

This huge market was given the name ‘Russian’ after it turned into a major tourist stop. The market has shops for everything from electronics to fabrics and souvenirs. There are several vendors’ stalls and barrows selling inexpensive silk and other fabrics that can be given to the tailor with specifications suggested. The south of Russian Market is packed with stalls of traditional Khmer handicrafts, jewelry, silverworks, carvings, and other Khmer culture oriented craft pieces.

This spacious store has the best of the lot souvenirs at fairly affordable prices. Ranging from Cambodian silk art-pieces and Buddhist themed carvings to traditional Khmer checkered scarves and hand loomed fine silk, Colors of Cambodia gives it all in a cozy environment of a souvenir shop. Address: 373 Sisowath Quay

This is an ideal place for souvenir shopping. Not only it sells a variety of Cambodian silk pieces, but also ladies handbags with fine Khmer embroidery and work! All at half the prices that you would pay at gallery of a five-star hotel. Address: 13 St. 178

Once you’re in the shop, you would want to leave with empty hands. This shop is decorated with vibrant paintings of Khmer art and contemporary Cambodian art! The paintings give a relief from the other fully grieved attractions in Phnom Penh. You don’t want to miss out on this store even if it is just for window shopping, take a peek!