Souvenirs from Street 240

In Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, attractions are abundant. Take, for example, the Royal Palace, the Independence Monument, Sisowath Quay, the museums, and many others. The city's numbered streets, even for the horizontal ones and odd for the vertical ones, offer secrets and surprises that you must discover during your stay in Cambodia.

Your trip will almost always begin or end with a visit to Phnom Penh. It’s inevitable. Leaving the kingdom and its capital will surely leave a bittersweet feeling in your heart. The nostalgia of a few days of escape, encounters, and learning. The exotic always fascinates French travelers, and leaving abruptly can stir up that sense of longing. To help alleviate this, you can leave the kingdom with a piece of its authenticity in your luggage. Something to remind you of the country and give you something tangible when sharing your journey with loved ones.

Street 240 in Phnom Penh is the city's most famous avenue for finding beautiful souvenirs. Come take a tour with us!

Authenticity in service of Souvenirs

The great appeal of Street 240, which runs from west to east through the downtown area and the Daun Penh district, lies between its intersections with Pasteur Street and the Wat Botum Esplanade. Here, you’ll find a very original series of shops and restaurants, ranging from tea rooms to traditional establishments, silk shops, bookstores, and even furniture and interior decoration workshops. Each workshop is generally located in the back room of the shops.

Here, you can find what will remind you of your stay: fabrics and items that will bring back memories of your trip once you're home. Cambodian kramas, woven from the country’s natural silk, figurines representing the various historical schools of thought and religions you encountered during your stay: Buddhism, of course, but also Hinduism during the Angkor era, typical clothing, handmade soaps, essential oils, and many other authentic objects.

Don’t hesitate, once you’ve finished your shopping, to have a coffee, a drink, or a snack at one of the restaurants on the street. It still offers, and this is rare in the capital, some beautiful trees that blend perfectly into the surroundings. This creates an ideal setting to perhaps debrief one last time about your unforgettable stay…