Nine arch bridge
Ella
Ella is home to some of Sri Lanka’s most breathtaking scenery. This small village, only 8 kilometers from Bandarawela, serves as a base for many trekking treks into the surrounding area. If you walk into the Garden of the Grand Ella Motel (Formerly Ella Rest House), where you seem to be standing on the edge of the world and everything around you seems to disappear at your feet, you can get a taste of Ella’s breathtaking scenery. Another great view is from the Ambiente Hotel, where the large doorway opens out to the mountains, giving a dramatic cinematic experience upon entering. The Ella Gap, Ravana Falls andLittle Adams peak are among the places you can visit in Ella.
Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura is one of Sri Lanka’s ancient capitals, known for its well-preserved ancient Lankan civilization ruins. In Hindu mythology, Anuradhapura is also known as the fabled capital of the Asura King Ravana in the Ramayana. It served as the capital of Sri Lanka from the 4th century BC until the beginning of the 11th century AD. During this time, it remained one of South Asia’s most stable and long-lasting centers of political power and urban life. The Buddhist world considers the ancient city to be sacred, and it is now surrounded by monasteries that occupy an area of over sixteen square miles (40 km2).
Bentota
Bentota is located on the southernmost tip of the Galle District in the Southern Province. It is a coastal city in Sri Lanka known for its golden beaches. The town is a well-known tourist destination. It is particularly well-known among foreign visitors. Bentota is home to a few internationally acclaimed hotels. It is the home of Aida, a well-known Sri Lankan jeweler. Ayurveda, a traditional therapeutic art, is also practiced in Bentota. Bentota is well known for its Toddy production. Coconut nectar is used to make an alcoholic beverage. The population of the city is believed to be between 25,000 and 50,000 people.
Colombo
Colombo was known to ancient traders 2,000 years ago due to its enormous harbor and strategic location along the East-West maritime trade routes. Until Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, it was made the island’s capital, and its status as such was kept when the country gained independence in 1948. Colombo was declared as a city in 1978, when administrative activities were shifted to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
Galle
Mirissa
Nuwara-eliya
Kalpitiya
Kalpitiya is a coastal town located in western region of, Puttalam District. The Kalpitiya peninsula consists of a total fourteen islands. It is developing as a tourist destination.
The Temple of the Tooth Relic
Kandy
Kandy is a large city in central Sri Lanka. It’s set on a plateau surrounded by mountains, which are home to tea plantations and biodiverse rainforest. The city’s heart is scenic Kandy Lake (Bogambara Lake), which is popular for strolling. Kandy is famed for sacred Buddhist sites, including the Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) shrine, celebrated with the grand Esala Perahera annual procession.
Adam’s peak
Sigiriya
This ancient rock fortress was once the mountaintop palace of the island’s king. Believed to have been constructed during the 4th and 5th centuries CE, the palace ruins are at the top of a 660-foot (220-meter) rock formation. The sides of the mountain had giant frescoes painted on them, and halfway up the mountain there’s a giant gateway carved in the shape of a lion. The structure’s name means lion rock in ancient Sanskrit.
Yala
Arugambay
Arugam Bay, known locally as “Arugam Kudah”, is situated on the Indian Ocean in the dry zone of Sri Lanka’s southeast coast, and a historic settlement of the ancient Batticaloa Territory.
