Colombo

Attractions

  • National Museum

    Sri Lanka's oldest museum was established in 1877 and today boasts a massive collection of antiques and objects d'art, e...
  • Zoological Gardens

    Colombo's zoo has a fine collection of animals, birds, reptiles and fish from all over the world, but in particular show...

Colombo Travel Guide

  • Colombo is the largest city and the financial and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, it is the commercial and financial capital of Sri Lanka after the administrative capital was moved to Sri Jayewardenepura-Kotte, a suburb east of the city. Colombo is a bustling, noisy and somewhat schizophrenic city:...

New Blogs

  • David Copperfield

    Adventures in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    We went to Sri Lanka just before the Tsunami of 20 Feb. 2010. (And that is why the tsunami affected us more than it normally would have done. We could picture exactly the sports stadium in Galle as we...[ Read More] [02-25-2010]

  • Laura Searcy

    My sri lanka

    We took an air con bus to Colombo and figured we should spend a couple of days here. It took almost 4 hours, we left our bags at the train station as it's close to where the bus stops and set off in s...[ Read More] [02-25-2010]