Sri Lanka HandbookThe 1600km of Sri Lankan coastline lined with fine sandy beaches, coral reefs and lagoons still offers a wonderful chance to 'get away from it all'. But Sri Lanka's interior offers more: Kandy, home of the Temple of the Buddha's tooth relic and the gateway to the higher hills and tea plantations; the Horton Plains, a high altitude wilderness; and the cultural triangle of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Sigiriya at the heart of Sri Lanka's history. |
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a/c rm airport Anuradhapura Area code Arugam Bay attached bath attached hot bath Badulla Bandarawela Bank Batticaloa Beach Bentota Buddha Buddhist Budget hotels built buses cave Central Highlands centre century Ceylon clean rm coast coconut Colombo dagoba Dambulla Dry Zone Dutch east elephants forest Galle Rd Ganga garden Guest House Habarana Hambantota Handbook Haputale Hikkaduwa hills Hindu India island Kandy Kandyan Kataragama King Kurunegala lagoon lake Lavinia Maha Mahaweli Mahaweli Ganga Main St Matara Mawatha Mid-price hotels Mihintale Mt Lavinia Museum Muslim Nanu Oya Negombo Nuwara Eliya palm Park Places to eat pleasant Polonnaruwa pool Puttalam railway Ratnapura Rest House restaurant river road rock rooms ROUTES Sanctuary Sigiriya Sinhalese South-west Sri Lanka Tamil tank temple Tissa Tooth tour Tourist town tree Trincomalee Veediya Vihara visitors Wewa