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Of Colombo

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Colombo is Sri Lanka’s bustling commercial hub located on the west coast of the island. The city is rich with culture, heritage and religions and one place you can witness the contrast of best and worst Sri Lanka has to offer.

While Colombo offers an array of luxury, hotels, restaurants, Nightclubs, Casinos and shopping malls bearing famous brands to satisfy the luxury living standards it also carries a maze of small shops selling wholesale and retail in cramped-up dusty, noisy streets and traffic jams that are so crazy, enough to make locals cringe.

A jarring mix of old and new, the city of Colombo is a cluster of high rise office blocks and hotels overshadowing red tiled colonial era buildings and sprawling street markets which overflow with high piled fruits and vegetables, deliciously fragrant traditional Sri Lankan spices and colorful silks and cottons. The places of worship and symbolic of Sri Lanka’s multi ethnic heritage such as Buddhist temples, extravagant temples encrusted with Hindu statuary can be found in the crowded streets of Colombo, along with Islamic mosques with minarets scattered along the busy streets.

Tourist Attractions in Colombo

Gangaramaya 2

Gangarama Temple

Red Mosque   
(Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque)

Lotus Tower

Dutch Hospital

Pettah Market

Colombo Museum 

Independence Square 

Kelaniya Temple

Shopping in Colombo

Shopping malls in Colombo

  1. Colombo City Centre Mall – 137 Sir James Pieris Mawatha, Colombo 02
  2. Marino Mall – 590 Colombo – Galle Main Rd, Colombo 03
  3. Crescat Boulevard –  89 Colombo – Galle Main Rd, Colombo 03
  4. One Galle Face Mall – LK 1A, Central Road, Colombo 002
  5. Liberty Plaza – 300 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 03
  6. Majestic City –  10 Station Rd, Colombo 004

 

Clothing stores in Colombo

  1. Odel – 5, Alexandra Place, Colombo 007
  2. Cotton Collection – 143 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 007
  3. House of Fashions – 28 R. A. De Mel Mawatha, Colombo 005
  4. Beverly Street – 772 Galle Rd, Colombo 004
  5. Barefoot ( For Designer Clothes ) – 704 Galle Road, Colombo 03

Tea Centers in Colombo

  1. Mlesna Tea Centre – 1a Galle Face Center Rd, Colombo 002
  2. Ceylon Tea Supermarket –  Fountain House Complex, 326 Deans Road, Colombo 01
  3. Raxawa Tea Lounge – 532/3J Marine Drive, Colombo 003
  4. Sri Lanka Tea Board – No 574 Galle Rd, Colombo 003
  5. Blue Field Tea Center – 1st Floor, Liberty Plaza, Colombo 003

Souvenirs & Other shops in Colombo

Souvenirs

  1. Lakpahana Handcraft – 14 Philip Gunewardena Mawatha, Colombo 007
  2. Cottage Craft – 40 Stratford Ave, Colombo
  3. Paradise Road – 213 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 007
  4. Noritake Lanka Porcelain Showroom – 399 R. A. De Mel Mawatha, Colombo 003
  5. Plâté Limited – 580 Galle Rd, Colombo 003

Casinos 

1. Bally’s Casino – 34 D. R. Wijewardena Mawatha – Colombo

2. Bellagio Entertainment, Colombo – 430 R A De Mel Mawatha  Colombo

3. Casino Marina – 30, Marine drive, Colombo

4. Stardust Casino – 9 15th Lane, Galle Road, Colombo

Ayurveda & Massage 

  1. Kemara – 14 Reid Ave, Colombo 007
  2. Spa Ceylon – Park Street Mews, Colombo 012
  3. Angsana City Club & Spa – 75B Galle Rd, Colombo
  4. Siddhalepa Ayurveda Spa – 106A Templers Rd, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
  5. Thusare Talking Hands – 7, 103/12 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 007c