Sri Lanka Places to Visit

The first impression: In Kandy (150 000 Ew.) There is traffic chaos, noise, thick air. That is the most beautiful city on the island be? The second impression, with a view (from the vantage point on W...

City built on piece of the 'tree of enlightenment,' the Buddha's fig tree. This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in ...

If it is in Colombo and elsewhere in the level in July or August will be very sticky, fleeing members of the local middle and upper class here. Cooling, it is almost the whole year, sometimes even rea...

Actually only a faceless and dusty coastal town (22 000 Ew.) - If not the Swami Rock with the Hindu shrine Koneswaram would be the bay with the beautiful natural harbor, surrounded by hills (and heavi...

Statues and murals of monks over the centuries in five rock caverns worked. The temple is still inhabited by monks. If it is hot, the way on the bare rocks to the famous caves arduous. But it's worth it...

European fortiified city blending European architectural styles and South Asian traditions. Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th centur...

The former hippie Duwa, after over 20 years a synonym for mass tourism in Sri Lanka, is fresh and "ordinary" has become. Many local supply and quality have improved. The Sunday market (from the altern...

Only here, between Ahangama and Weligama (60 000 Ew.), Just 30 km from Galle away, sit the fishermen on their sticks in the sea. They decorate postcards and books and even after the tsunami present ag...

The origins of this second royal city in the dark, in pre-Christian times. Although the place was under other names already in the 4th, the 8th and in the 10th Century for each residence a short time ...