All activities in Colombo
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What you can visit without a tour in Colombo, with the gate price.
22 activities
Thilina Alagiyawanna · PexelsGalle Face Green
must-seeFreeHalf a kilometre of lawn facing the ocean, where Colombo comes to eat and fly kites.
The isso vadai stalls — prawn fritters — set up in late afternoon. It is the cheapest dinner in the city.
the promenade is public and free
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Thilina Alagiyawanna · PexelsPettah
must-seeFreeA market where each street sells one thing: hardware here, cloth there, spices at the end.
The red-and-white Jami Ul-Alfar mosque sits in the middle, and can be visited outside prayer times.
public streets, you pay for what you buy
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Price unconfirmedA Buddhist temple that hoards everything: relics, vintage cars, watches and ivory elephants.
The entry donation is yours to set: the figure quoted at the desk is not a price, a few hundred rupees is enough. Seema Malaka, the temple on stilts out on Beira lake, is five minutes away and covered by the same gesture — the quieter of the two, and the finer.
an entry donation is asked, the amount left to the visitor
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Pixel Bloom
Price unconfirmed320 McCallum Rd, Colombo 01000, Sri Lanka · 4.3/5 · 93 Google reviews
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Excel World Entertainment Park
Price unconfirmed338 T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 01000, Sri Lanka · 4.0/5 · 8,707 Google reviews
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Crow Island Beach Park
Price unconfirmedCrow Island Rd, Colombo, Sri Lanka · 4.2/5 · 3,378 Google reviews
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Escape The Room Sri Lanka
must-seePrice unconfirmed216 Thimbirigasyaya Rd, Colombo 00500, Sri Lanka · 4.8/5 · 356 Google reviews
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Sri Lanka Planetarium
Price unconfirmedProf Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka · 4.2/5 · 642 Google reviews
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Floating Market - Pettah
Price unconfirmedWVM4+344, W E Bastian Mawatha, Colombo 01000, Sri Lanka · 3.7/5 · 18,897 Google reviews
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Water World Kelaniya
Price unconfirmed95 Biyagama Rd, Gonawala, Sri Lanka · 4.2/5 · 6,047 Google reviews
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LeisureWorld Water Park
Price unconfirmedAvissawella Rd, Hanwalla, Sri Lanka · 4.2/5 · 4,283 Google reviews
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Dehiwala Zoological Gardens
Price unconfirmed120 Galvihara Rd, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka · 4.2/5 · 17,330 Google reviews
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Diyatha Uyana Park
must-seePrice unconfirmedWW35+RWG, B240, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka · 4.5/5 · 29,018 Google reviews
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SpeedBay Circuit, Port City Colombo
must-seePrice unconfirmedPort City Colombo, Chaithya Road, Colombo 00100, Sri Lanka · 4.6/5 · 365 Google reviews
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Colombo National Museum
Price unconfirmedWV56+X9V, Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka · 4.4/5 · 6,775 Google reviews
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Sri Ponnambalavaneswarar Kovil
must-seePrice unconfirmed38 Srimath Ramanathan Mawatha, Colombo 01300, Sri Lanka · 4.8/5 · 1,943 Google reviews
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Independence Square
must-seePrice unconfirmed7 Independence Ave, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka · 4.6/5 · 10,934 Google reviews
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Viharamahadevi Park
Price unconfirmedColombo 00700, Sri Lanka · 4.4/5 · 14,558 Google reviews
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One Galle Face Mall
must-seePrice unconfirmed1A Centre Road, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka · 4.6/5 · 26,954 Google reviews
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Gangarama Temple
must-seePrice unconfirmed61 Sri Jinarathana Rd, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka · 4.6/5 · 14,065 Google reviews
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Colombo Lotus Tower
must-seePrice unconfirmed320 McCallum Rd, Colombo 01000, Sri Lanka · 4.5/5 · 12,607 Google reviews
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Arcade Independence Square
Price unconfirmedIndependence Square, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka · 4.4/5 · 11,061 Google reviews
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