The unique, stunning ochre-coloured, art-deco Central Market is without doubt a Phnom Penh radical. Constructed in the 1930s the generously proportioned domed building with its four wings is an amazingly cool place to seek refuge in the average of the era, and is additionally a fascinating marketplace to wander through. The area right away under the vast ground is set on to gold and watch merchants, while the wings are fanatical to electrical goods, household appliances, women’s clothing, and men’s clothing.
Surrounding the marketplace walls is a ramshackle, expansive marketplace area with sheeting sheets making a low roof. This area is additionally well worth exploring, however it is not as cool. Here you will stumble on shoe stalls, a meat and fish marketplace, various insect type refreshments, an ample supply of flowers, as well as reminder merchants hawking everything from t-shirts and postcards to silver curios and karmas. The marketplace is famous as ‘Phsar Thmei’ in Khmer which in point of fact channel ‘New Market’, however due to its location the English ‘Central Market’ has fixed on.
