Colombo has evolved as a hot tourist spot among most of the travelers. Being on the coastline of the Indian Ocean and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo displays the best of its art and rich cultural heritage in both traditional and glamorous manner.
The city is renowned as a port city which also comprises of people of varied races, religions, and cultures, all united at a single place. The city manifests itself in a beautifully distinct manner, the city is an amalgamation of sites such as luxurious villas, scrumptious beaches, exotic apartments, lush green gardens, perfect dining and shopping marts; all crammed together. Also, you can spot religious temples, regalia of ancient days craved in beautiful museums.
So, depending on the amount of money and time you are willing to spend at this wonderful location, we have figured out some of the major must-try activities just for you:
Play Golf:
If you have taken out enough time for touring this city of gardens, why not try your hands on Golf? Though it might fall big on your pockets, then golf itself is a game of the Royals, isn’t it? Moreover, the spotlessly lush greens of the Royal Colombo Golf Club has all it takes to bring out the golfer in you. Attracting golfers for past 129 years, visiting this historical yet sporting place is something you should include in your travel bucket.
The price for playing golf here varies from USD 70 on weekdays for a day to USD 275 for an entire week. The Caddy fee is framed at LKR 800.
What's more, the clubhouse also offers an airy and relaxing atmosphere for all the budding and experienced golfers to relax and get rid of their tiredness. The clubhouse also stocks café, locker room, fitness center, function room and a bar. What else is required for a perfect day?
City Tour Adventure:
While most of you would not like to spend a day on your trip playing golf, so the next thing you might be more interested in doing would probably be going on a city tour. All you need to do is simply jump into the open deck double decker or the Colombo City Tour to sense the charm of the city.
You get to choose the time and opt for the type of tour from the varied touring options offered by the Colombo City Tour. Tour packages include three city tour options:
- A glimpse of the city: tickets vary from USD 12 for children to USD 25 for adults and this is basically toured on weekdays from 4 pm 6:30 pm.
- Heritage places of Colombo: The decker runs from 08:30 am till 12 noon on weekends. Tickets would cost you USD 15 for children and USD 30 for adults.
- Colombo at night: Prices of tickets are USD 15 for children and USD 30 for adults. Decker runs on weekends from 04:30 pm till 07:30 pm.
So, simply chose from these three options and hop on for an exciting and adventurous journey to allure the beauty of Colombo. For more information on the sights covered in all three, you should visit their website.
Taste Seafood at Mt Lavinia Beach:
One of the best place to give rest to your seafood cravings. Colombo or for that matter, Sri Lanka is well known for its seafood delicacies. Visiting Colombo and not tasting seafood is highly blasphemous.
Mt. Lavinia is renowned for having a large array of seafood restaurants that offer lip-smacking seafood delicacies. If you are a foodie and want to try most delectable seafood dishes, you have to be at Mt. Lavinia. Here you will find nice restaurants offering seafood, built on the golden beach. Another major attraction of the place is the dancing gypsy girl, something you should not miss.
Some of the famous seafood restaurants that you will find here include The Lagoon, Ministry of Crab, Seafood Cove, The Ocean Seafood Restaurant, The Manhattan Fish Market Sri Lanka, Curry Leaf and the list is non-ending.
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Step into a spa and relax:
After getting exhausted by touring to various places in this sumptuous city, one really needs time to relax and rejuvenate. The capital city of Sri Lanka has large and well-equipped massage parlors and spas that will beautify you to immense levels.
Clean surroundings and professionals with ample amount of expertise will give you a break from all your worries and tensions or rather end them. These trainers are trained in everything from Swedish to Shiatsu.
Time for some art and craft:
Now, this is typically based on your choice and genre. If you are a person who would stand in front of a wall or statue for hours appreciating the beauty of a particular wall painting or an art piece, this one is definitely for you.
Colombo inhibits various museums and art galleries that are worth spending your time on. The Colombo National Museum is a classic example of one such place.
The museum houses some enormous instances of ancient canvases, statuaries and sketches. The point worth noting is that these pieces of artwork can even be dated back to the 4th century BC.
However, if you are looking for something modern, you may find a lot of creative painters in the local galleries that display some terrific arts scene.
Go religious:
Colombo is a culmination of both historical, religious and contemporary places. So while you are on a tour to this historically-modern city, you may want to visit a few temples along with flocking at the beaches as well.
The Gangarama Vihara, Pettah Hindu temple, Pettah Mosques, Sri Ponnambalam Vanesar Kovil temple, Temple trees are just to name a few. While you may find plenty other in this beautiful sacred city. You may also wish to visit the beautiful stone carvings, Buddhist art, gorgeous brass work and much more while tripping to these temples.
Leisure at amusement parks:
Sri Lanks’s first amusement and water park are here in Colombia. While you are on a family trip to this exotic destination, you may definitely want to go wet and wild in this leisure world.
The park features tremendous thrill rides, family rides, kids rides; all packed under the same roof. In fact, the water rides will actually take out the kid in you as well. From kiddie’s pool, aqua trail, multi-lane, wave pool, octopus and much more, the water park has it all. In fact, there is separate ladies pool as well to avoid any unfortunate incident to take place.
Taste the Nightlife:
The bustling city along with offering vivid religious, scared, leisure, beaches and shopping places also has a bustling nightlife, especially for the night owls. If you need time to enjoy, dance and get high, Colombo is not lagging behind compared to any other high city across the globe.
You will find lively bars and resort bars where you can chill out with your friends or loved ones. Moreover, in case you want to try your luck in gambling, casinos are also available up till late night. Definitely, you would want to try your fortune at one of those roulette, baccarat or cool clubs where you can become a party animal until dawn.
In a nutshell, I would say a trip to Colombo is incomplete if you have not experienced these and many other varying attractions that the city offers despite its small geographical area.
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