The medieval capital of Sri Lanka, from the 11th to 13th centuries, with palaces, temples and stupas spread over a large park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The highlight is the Gal Vihara, four huge Buddha statues carved into a granite rock.
Hire a bicycle. Anuradhapura, the older capital, has giant stupas and a sacred bodhi tree grown from the tree of the Buddha's enlightenment.
A 5th-century palace built on top of a 200 m rock rising from the jungle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Five caves under a huge rock, used as Buddhist shrines for over 2,000 years, filled with 153 Buddha statues and ceilings covered in murals, a UNESCO …
Sri Lanka's most sacred Buddhist temple, in the royal palace complex beside Kandy Lake, housing a relic of the Buddha's tooth.
One of the world's most scenic train rides, about 7 hours through the hill country, past tea plantations, waterfalls and mountains.
A sacred mountain, 2,243 m, with a 'footprint' on the summit held holy by Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and Christians.
Sri Lanka's most famous wildlife park, with one of the highest densities of leopards in the world, as well as elephants, sloth bears, crocodiles and …
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