CityRest Fort ligger i Colombo sentrum, og tilbyr sovesaler, privatrom og gratis Wi-Fi overalt. Frokost med vestlige retter serveres hver morgen. På CityRest Fort kan du koble ut på takterrassen og i kaféen. Vandrerhjemmet tilbyr også klimaanlegg overalt og en gjestestue med sofaer, bibliotek og flatskjerm-TV. Jernbanestasjonen Secretariat ligger 400 meter unna, og Katunayake internasjonale lufthavn ligger en 30-minutters kjøretur fra CityRest Fort. Gjester som reiser alene, anbefaler beliggenheten til alle som reiser i eget selskap. De har gitt beliggenheten 9,3 i score.
Polonnaruwa var en by på Sri Lanka som lå omkring 140 km nord for Kandy. Den ble gjort til hovedstad i landet av kong Vijayabahu I på slutten av 1000-tallet. Polonnaruwa overtok dermed rollen som hovedstad etter Anuradhapura. Wikipedia
Anuradhapura is a sacred ancient city in Sri Lanka the remains of which are UNESCO-listed.
Jaffna Jaffna is the capital of Northern Province of Sri Lanka and the former home of the Tamil Tigers. The city is now emerging from isolation after the recent civil war, which lasted for thirty years. Jaffna identifies more closely with Southern India than Colombo, which has resulted in a wonderful mix of Sri Lankan Buddhist and Indian Hindu influences and architecture. With a population of over 88,000 people, it’s very different to the rest of Sri Lanka.
Trinco has undoubtedly one of the best beaches in Sri Lanka
Kalpitiya, situated nearly 130 km away from Colombo in the Puttlam district, is a fishing town based around the peninsula of Kalpitiya. With the country’s largest coral reef of 307 km 2, 14 off shore islands, saltpans, mangroves swamps, salt marshes and vast sand dune beaches Kalpitiyais identifiedfor the large pods of Spinner Dolphins who could be found within a just one hour boat ride from Kalpitiya harbour. The dolphins with nearly hundreds of members leap and jump in an aerial display in a movement known as Dolphin’s dance attracting thousands of tourists to the shallow water s of the Kalpitiya reef. Other than the most common, the spinner dolphins, other species including Risso’s Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin and Striped Dolphin too makes appearance although not as frequently or in such large numbers. The sighting of sperm whales too is a common site in Kalpitiya. From November to Mid-April sperm whales gather in pods of 20-30 further West from the location of the dolphins and nearly seven nautical miles away from the land, where the depth of the ocean shows a sudden increase from hundred meters to thousand meters. These giants are not found alone as few Blue Whales, pilot whales and a pod of Pygmy Sperm Whales are often observed in the immediate area.
