Tourism in Colombo

Colombo

 Colombo is one of the largest in Sri Lanka economic capital with the cities, they are located on the west coast of Sri Lanka, with a population of 647 million people living on an area of ​​about 642 square kilometers, and is characterized by the presence of many tourist places, which attract large numbers of tourists from different around the world.

Tourism in Colombo

There are many attractions that are characterized by Colombo, namely:

National Museum in Colombo: The construction of this museum at the beginning of the nineteenth century, characterized by the presence of many ancient manuscripts and furniture of an archaeological nature, in addition to sculpture and porcelain outstanding, and many of the masks and clothes dating back old royal family, and receives visitors in all days of the week except on Friday, national holidays, and is opened at nine am to five pm.

The temple of the Hindu oldest in Colombo: This is the temple of the oldest of the Hindu temples, a reality in the region following the railway station, Hindus believe that this temple dates back to the god of war Skanda, is this museum is the beginning of an elephant festival, which is held annually by Hindus.

Gardens animals Colombo: These gardens feature different types of animals such as birds, reptiles and fish, as well as a daily special elephants exhibition, and receives visitors at five o'clock and quarter pm every day, and tourist can practice many activities such as taking tours pony, elephants, and enjoy spending time in these gardens.

Mount Lavinia Beach: This is characterized by the beach that overlooks the many scenic and beautiful in the city of Colombo, in addition to the distance from the city of Colombo for the center is estimated at about twenty minutes.

Gal Vis Jrien Promenade: This area is located in the Indian Ocean, comes to visit a lot of tourists who want to get rest and relax, and enjoy the sunset beautiful, when war broke out was hard to people up to this place, because of the security-intensive and aggravating it, but after gaining independence and stability, it has become easy to access and navigate it with all the freedom and comfort, and habits followed in this place to celebrate independence and National day day, in addition to the kites spread in their own times, where the sky becomes filled with airplanes paper With its different colors and shapes.

Sabumal Foundation: This institution to feature on all materials related to art, in addition to a studio Harry Berbs, an artist renowned artists on the level of Sri Lanka, and graciously in this institution a lot of images belonging to local artists.