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Colombo Holidays – Sri Lanka’s vibrant capital city
Many visitors to Sri Lanka begin or end their holidays in Colombo, whose sophistication offers an interesting contrast to the simpler Sri Lanka beach resorts. Colombo holidays are based in a vibrant colourful cosmopolitan city on the south-west coast of Sri Lanka, 24 miles from the airport. Holidays in Colombo offer all the variety and authentic Sri Lankan street life that comes with Sri Lanka’s largest and most important city: a fascinating mix of traditional and modern styles and eastern and western attitudes.
Colombo holidays – A complement to Sri Lanka beach resorts
Holidays in Colombo are often combined with popular beach resorts to the south like Negombo, Kalutara and Bentota. Colombo holiday accommodation ranges from budget guesthouses to extremely classy luxury hotels with pools and fine gardens. Colombo holidays offer a far wider selection of shops, cafes, bars and restaurants than the Sri Lanka beach resorts. Colombo holidays can enjoy modern shopping centres in the Fort district and the chaotic colourful Pettah bazaar. Colombo holidays offer the country’s most cosmopolitan range of restaurants, from street stalls to sedate colonial style dining rooms and clubs. Colombo holidays also offer casinos and a choice of bars and nightclubs.
Holidays in Colombo – A city of contrasts
Colombo holidays should include a look at the major Colombo museums and galleries and the city’s Buddhist and Hindu temples and mosques. Holidays in Colombo feature contrasting neighbourhoods like the colonial district of Cinnamon Gardens with its mansions and tree-lined avenues and the Fort district with its modern buildings alongside constant reminders of Sri Lanka’s colonial past. Colombo holidays should include a visit to the zoo for its elephant show, a stroll in colourful Viharamahadevi Park and a walk along the atmospheric Galle Face Green seafront promenade. Nearest beaches to Colombo are at Mt Lavinia to the south and at Hendala to the north.
Colombo Holidays & Destinations
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