ARTS & ANTIQUES
Bazar Art de Vivre 28 Sihanouk Blvd, near the Independence Monument.
Small but refined collection of Asian antiques and furniture.
Elegant furniture and home fittings shop that specialises in antique furniture, furnishings, Cambodian silks and calligraphy.
Open: 9am to 6pm (closed Sunday)
Tel. 012 776 492
Le Lezard Bleu 61, St.240.
High quality traditional and contemporary art, decor, furniture and sculptures.
Open: 9am-7pm
Tel. 023 986 978
X-EM Design Gallery 13Eo, Street 178.
Internationally acclaimed Khmer designer Em Riem is showcasing his expressive pieces of art – be it sculptures, installations or paintings.
BOOKS
Monument Books 111, Norodom Blvd.
Bookstore with a great selection of new English and French language books, newspapers, magazines and maps. There is another store in the airport at the international departure level.
Open: 10am-7pm
Tel. 023 217 617
CLOTHING BOUTIQUES
Ambre 37, Street 178 and Raffles Hotel le Royal.
Ambre is a great place to find elegant garment creations by Khmer designer Romyda Keth. The tailor-made and color-themed pieces are receiving international acclaim.
Open: 10am-6pm. Closed Sundays.
Tel. 023 217 935
Elsewhere Boutique 2, St. 278.
Casual clothes, gifts, homewares and a range of lingerie using exclusively natural fabrics.
Open: 10am-9pm.
Tel: 023 211 348
Wanderlust St 240.
Chic boutique offering unique contemporary western-style fashion, all locally made with locally sourced cotton. Also cotton pillows, and sandals and silk jewelry from a local NGO. The Siem Reap shop offers a relaxed garden café with books, fashion magazines and wifi.
MARKETS
Russian & Central market (Phsar Toul Tompong and Phsar Thmei) in Phnom Penh. Many quality souvenirs including handicrafts, silk, vegetables, clothes, shoes and silver with the possibility for bargaining.
SILK PRODUCTS
Lotus Pond 245, Street 51 (Above Banyan Restaurant)
Fine Cambodian silks, carvings and statues, spirit houses, handicraft products and home accessories. Professional interior decoration, draperies/soft furnishings made to order, custom furniture.
Open: 9am-9pm
Tel: 012-348865
Mekong Blue 9Eo Street 130.
Mekong Blue has made a name for itself as one of the finest silk products in Cambodia. The products are hand woven in the northern province of Stung Treng by disadvantaged women who are able to sustain their living by working at the Stung Treng Women's Development Center. Mekong Blue silk products are 100% handicrafted and made of 100% natural silk fibers with natural non-toxic dye. Silk Scarves, bedding, homewares, fabric and made to order clothing as well as accessories.
www.mekongblue.com
Sentosa Silk 33, Sothearos Boulevard/corner of Street 178.
Established in 2004, aiming to bring international buyers high quality Cambodian silk products produced by poor and disabled craftsmen and women from rural Cambodia who are experts in traditional forms of silk weaving. Luxury pieces made from pure Khmer silk available in a wide range of colors and sizes to suit your taste. The purchase helps support disabled craftsmen.
Tel: 023-222974
www.sentosasilk.com
SOUVENIRS
Friends & Stuff Next to Friends Restaurant, 215, St.13.
A colourful shop with unique recycling products designed by Friends students and parents of former street kids. Range includes clothes, necklaces, purses and 2nd hand goods. Also has a nail bar run by students from the beauty class.
Open: 11am-9pm
Tel: 023 426 748
Rajana Next to Russian Market, St. 450..
NGO-based Souvenir and handicraft shop selling a wide variety of items including silk products, silk paintings, silver jewelry, bamboo crafts, handicrafts, cards, drawings, iron works, hilltribe crafts and even local coffees, spices and condiments. The Rajana Association is an income generation and skills training project that produces Fair Trade products using traditional Cambodian skills with contemporary designs.
Tel: 023-364795
www.rajanacrafts.org
Trois Continents 182E0, Street 63.
Thoughtful little souvenir boutique and café. Offering Cambodian and Southeast Asian handicrafts and art and an interesting selection of Southeast Asian coffees and teas, Cambodian cookies and other local specialty products. Also a pleasant café serving coffees, teas, juices, Asian snacks and sweets.
Tel: 089-475513
OTHER
Kurata Pepper 206, Street 63
Cambodian grown black pepper has long been renowned as some of the finest pepper in the world. Kurata Pepper offers Cambodian black, white and red peppers and pepper corns grown organically on their pepper farm at the foot of the Cardamom Mountains in Koh Kong Province.
Open 8AM - 7PM. Closed Wednesdays.
Tel: 023-726480
www.ksline-cambodia.com
