Discover a characterful apartment for rent in Daun Penh, Phnom Penh’s historic heart, close to the river, markets, galleries, cafés and restaurants. This one-bedroom home is full of personality and ideal for a professional or couple wanting a central base with a difference.
The open-plan living area combines warm timber floors, exposed dark beams and a striking exposed-brick feature wall, while a large ornate mirror adds depth and light. A rattan sofa and glass coffee table complete the relaxed sitting area. Patterned cement tiles define the kitchen, which comes with generous cupboard space, a microwave and full-size refrigerator, and tall windows with decorative ironwork fill the space with natural light and fresh air.
A wooden staircase leads up to a cosy mezzanine sleeping loft, with built-in wardrobes and a desk tucked neatly below. The slate-tiled bathroom has a glass-screened shower, vanity unit and washing machine. Supermarkets, bars and the riverside promenade are all within easy reach, and tuk-tuks make getting around simple.
Apartment features:
- One bedroom with mezzanine sleeping loft
- Air-conditioning and hot water
- Refrigerator and washing machine
- Kitchen with ample storage space
- Balcony
- Exposed brick, timber beams and wooden floors
- Built-in wardrobes
- Plenty of natural light and fresh air
- Central location close to the riverside promenade
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Property ID: DP2.F3.
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Daun Penh & Riverside: Where Phnom Penh’s art scene meets its next property boom
A personal reflection on the district’s shifting identity — from gallery row to market stalls, $5 massages to 5-star hotels.
Street 172 still wears its old skin: $3 massage parlours and bars filled with weathered faces under greying hair, a holdover from a Phnom Penh that’s slowly fading.
But round the corner, Street 178 is quietly becoming the city’s most promising art gallery district — with the Royal University of Fine Arts and the National Museum of Cambodia both within walking distance, the creative pedigree is already built in.
Friends Café has planted its flag here, and the historic Mansion House sits waiting for its next chapter. With the Hyatt now welcoming Phnom Penh’s jet-set crowd, this pocket of Daun Penh may be on the verge of a full designer-district transformation.
Even the shophouses along 172 tell the story — noticeably better preserved than in most of the city, a quiet signal that this could be Daun Penh and Riverside’s next rising star.
The surrounding streets still lean heavily on hostess bars, each competing for a shrinking share of tourist and expat spend. As land values climb and rents follow, every vendor on this strip will feel the pressure to justify their square metre.
Then there’s Phsar Kandal — and the open block once occupied by Prey Sar prison — which raises the obvious question: what comes next? The land immediately west of the pagoda is shaping up to be a developer’s dream.
With both sites sitting so close to the Riverside strip and the well-known 136 and 178 “sweet spots,” there’s a real possibility something special is brewing here — a district waiting for Phnom Penh’s next wave of architects and artists to claim it.
