Colombo

Bere Lake overlooking the Twin Towers

Seema malaka meditation center

Welcome to Colombo. Colombo is located on the west of the island. It has grown from a small Sinhalese villages, transformed during the colonial period to the main support base of the European colonizers of the island. In our time - is one of the busiest international ports as well as Sri Lanka is the second largest exporter in the world of tea, natural rubber and gems, the quality of which greatly exceeds the quality of stones mined in other countries.

Galle face green and the Twin Towers

Colombo wonderfully combines past and present - the old town and business center, where limousines and rickshaws "tuk tuks" overwhelm the street. This mixture of cultures of the West-in the form of modern shopping complexes and the East with its wonderful Buddhist temples. The central part of Colombo, an unusually lively and crowded, great interest is the architecture of the original old city. Here is the commercial center of the city, numerous restaurants and handicraft shops.

Colombo National Nuseum

During the tour you can visit the numerous temples of the capital: Hindu (Kochchikade, Kottahena, Petty Bambalapittiyya), Buddhist (Vaydzhyaramara, Dipaddutaramayya, Goths Vihara), mosques (Davatagaha, Afar Jumma), Christian Church (St. Peter, St. Lucia , St. Andrew). Arts and Crafts Center, a center of gems, you will see the Presidential Palace, the International Conference Hall. Bandaranaike, the residence of the Colonial Zone "Cinnamon Garden" with its magnificent mansions, embassies, representative offices, visit the commercial center of the fort and the bazaar in Petty.