- Galle Face Green - Your tour will start at either 9:00 am or 3:30 pm on a weekday depending on your booking. A tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Colombo in a red city tour bus.He will explain your itinerary and start by traveling alongside Galle Face Promenade where a number of World War II cannons are placed on display. Your tour will also pass by the following attractions. The tour guide will also stop the bus and take you to some of them for a closer look.
Galle Face Promenade - a five hectare ocean-side urban park
Southern Expansion of Colombo Harbor
Colombo Lighthouse opened in 1952 by the first Prime Minister of Ceylon
Kingsbury hotel - formerly Ceylon Continental, the first five star hotel in the island
The Old Lighthouse and the Clock Tower - a Victorian landmark designed by Lady Ward and built two years prior to the Big Ben of Westminster, London
The Prison Cell of the last Sri Lankan King
The Old Dutch Hospital - the oldest building in the Colombo Fort area
The remnants of British Colonial architecture overlooking the harbor area
The historical Cargills and Millers and Caves buildings.
Khan clock tower
Slave Island - where the colonials kept African slaves in imprisonment
The Lake House complex
Air Force Headquarters
Sri Murugan Hindu Temple
Beira Lake
Gangarama Buddhist Temple
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- Live commentary in English by professional Guide
- Open Deck tour as per Itinerary
- 500 ml bottle of mineral water
- Food and Drinks
- Expenses of Personal Nature
- Gratuities (Optional)
(SKU: LK61010600) Travel on an open-topped double-decker tour bus around the city watching the most important locations that are steeped in local or old colonial history, or are unique and beautifully built by famous architects, or even the best shopping precincts to visit. This tour gives you an overview of them all to the busy traveler in Sri Lanka who is very short on time. A very appropriate tour for a flight stopover or first day in Sri Lanka.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
