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    Psar Thmei - Grand Market Phnom Penh

    | 03 Feb 2011
    • Phnom Penh's central market
      Phnom Penh's central market

      Photo: Mark Bowyer

    • Psar Thmei grand market Phnom Penh
      Psar Thmei grand market Phnom Penh

      Photo: Mark Bowyer

    • Fruit stall at Psar Thmei market
      Fruit stall at Psar Thmei market

      Photo: Mark Bowyer


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    Psar Thmei - Grand Market Phnom Penh
    Downtown between sts. 126 and 136

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    03 Feb 2011

    Phnom Penh’s historic grand market is a visual spectacle and throbbing haven of commerce. It is one of the city’s most distinctive architectural structures.

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    Phnom Penh’s Central Market - known in Khmer as Psar Thmei - is as much an architectural and people watching adventure as it is a shopping stop. Most travellers prefer the Russian Market for shopping.

    Cambodia,Market,Phnom Penh
    Photo: Mark BowyerPsar Thmei and the Lexus - symbols of old and new in Phnom Penh.

    Designed and built by the French, it opened for business in 1937 - its scale and engineering accomplishment a first for the city. Psar Thmei is Phnom Penh’s most extravagant art-deco edifice and one of a handful of architectural landmarks in the city.

    As for the shopping, there are plenty of clothes, handicrafts, jewellery and silkwares. Be sure to bargain.

    Mark Bowyer
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