The Bandaranaike Memorial international Conference Hall is an outright gift from the People’s Republic of China to Sri Lanka. This had been gifted in memory of late S.W.R.D.Bandaranayake, the third (...)

The Colombo Port City project was said to be the largest Foreign Direct Investment in Sri Lanka in recent history. The purpose of the Port City is to be an alternative to the highly congested and unp (...)

This is a well known place where people visit in the evenings to relax or to jog. The weekends are full with families and you can see many stalls offering exotic food. Most people who visit Colombo fr (...)

Nelum Pokuna is a five storey building comprising a main theatre with a seating capacity of 1288 seats, and an open air theatre on the top floor. The theatre houses a three tier movable stage, two exh (...)

The Old Dutch Hospital building was converted to a shopping precinct with six shopping stalls including a restaurant, leisure and relaxation area. This is occupied by a number of outlets of high end (...)

There are wide varieties of shopping complexes within the Colombo city. If you are looking for goods for cheaper prices Pettah bazaar is the ideal location. Pettah bazaar is always busy and crowded, (...)

On the south of Fort, is a long narrow island-where the slaves had their night quarters - called Slave island. Today this area is surrounded by the remains of the former Beira Lake and is home to many (...)

The Royal Colombo Golf Club is a 18 hole course, situated in the heart of Colombo (Model Farm Road, Colombo 08. adjoining road of Borella cemetery) surrounded by residential areas, This was founded o (...)

This is a massive white building with a huge dome facing the Vihara Maha Devi Park. It was built in 1927 and houses various offices of the Colombo Municipality. This was originally meant to house the (...)

This the largest park in central Colombo and is located next to the Town Hall. The name Victoria Park was changed after independence in 1948,but is still used occasionally. Viharamahadevi was the moth (...)

Geoffrey Bawa (1919 -2003) is considered to be one of the most important Asian architects of the 20th century Born to wealthy Burgher parents, Bawa read English at Cambridge University and followed (...)

Bere Lake is located in the middle of Colombo. This lake was built by Portuguese and the lake was connected with many water ways. The Portuguese used theses water ways as their transportation routes (...)

Sri Lanka has a rich heritage of traditional dance that is said to date back to the 4th century BC. The three main styles of classical dance are Kandyan dance, low country dance and Sabaragamuwa dan (...)

Kandy Lake is a manmade lake created in 1807 by the last King of Kandy. King Sri Wikrena Rajasinha. A decorative wall, called the Walakul wall, runs for 2060 feet along the banks of the lake . In the (...)