Ciudad de Colombo

Colombo, la capital de Sri Lanka, es una ciudad dinámica que combina tradición y modernidad. Luce arquitectura colonial, mercados animados y tranquilos templos budistas. Con una gastronomía diversa, un horizonte en crecimiento y hermosas playas, es un vibrante centro de negocios, cultura y turismo, ofreciendo una puerta de entrada para explorar las maravillas de Sri Lanka.

Cosas que hacer desde Colombo

Ciudad de Colombo de Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Capital Colombo, a port city, with a rich colonial heritage, on the Western coast is a potpourri of races, religions and cultures. Colombo displays the best and worst the country has to offer. The city is a contrast itself, with mansions, lush gardens, fine dining options, shopping malls packed with expensive designer brands standing next to urban slums; diesel fumed congested roads and street markets.

Despite its small size just 37.31 km² Colombo offers a varying selection of experience ranging from taking a tuk tuk ride, a visit to Pettah market and eating Kottu to playing a round of golf and having high tea at one of the colonial style hotels overlooking the Indian Ocean.With many boutiques filled with international brands and local art and fabrics Colombo is the best place to do the last minute shopping and then it’s best to retire to Galle face, Colombo's playground for some Kottu or Wade.

About Colombo City

Colombo City, the capital of Sri Lanka is an intense, vibrant and dynamic commercial city with a population of 3 million. Colombo, with its seaport and its international airport located 35km north of the heart of city, is Sri Lanka's prime hub of transportation: main motor roads and railway lines to all four corners of the island begin herein. Among the accommodation options in Colombo which, sports an array of international class hotels, boutique hotels, villas is Hilton Colombo.

Galadari Hotel, Ceylon Continental, Cinnamon Grand Colombo, Cinnamon Lakeside, Taj Samudra Colombo, Hotel Holiday Inn and Galle face Hotel are among the hotels of International standing in Colombo.The heart of the city called "Fort" (Colombo Portuguese fort doesn't exist today) is home to Colonial buildings which, house department stores and government offices together with modern high rise buildings which, house Trade Centers and Commercial Banks. Fort with its Central Bank, the Banker to the State; Bank of Ceylon run by the state-the banker to the nation; Peoples Bank operated by the state; multinational banks-Hongkong and Shanghai bank, Chartered Bank etc; local banks help drive the commerce of Sri Lanka.

Fort's Galle Face Green, the perfect seafront promenade, running parallel to the Indian Ocean to the west with its sea-spray of crashing waves and bordering Colombo-Galle main road immediately to the west takes you by surprise, coming from airport, while taking the fountain round- about at Hotel Galadari at the heart of the city.

In the last second you were passing Hotel Galadari and Hilton Colombo. In another second you will be at Galle face Hotel to your right and Hotel Taj Samudra and Hotel Holiday Inn to the left. Colombo-Galle coastal road takes you 160 km to Matara, now hugging the coast and now parallel to the southern railway line. From Wadduwa (36km) to Matara (160km), you will be traveling along the fascinating south western and southern coastal belt replete with pristine palm fringed beaches well supported by international class hotels all along. Stay the night, tonight at Bentota Bay Beach (64km).

Why Colombo?

Colombo is the capital, the emporium, the main harbor and the principal transportation hub of Sri Lanka Holidays. So why not? Why not begin Sri Lanka Holidays at Colombo?
hen again to say so is to miss the main point. Staying in Colombo affords the opportunity to witness the modern murals at Kaleniya Royal Temple. The famous murals depict the major milestones of Sinhalese Buddhist civilization of Sri Lanka. The murals build up a brief pictorial narrative of the unbroken chronicled history of Sri Lanka since 543 BC. Kaleniya Buddhist Temple is a mini encyclopedic springboard to the exploration of the historical, cultural and archeological destinations of Sri Lanka Holidays.
Furthermore staying in Colombo is to grab the opportunity to enlighten you of Colombo vis-a-vis other main cities of Sri Lanka. Colombo has no rivals in Sri Lanka: it's a metropolitan city with Colonial Heritage; it is home to the finest city hotels of Sri Lanka; its accommodation options ranges from Hilton Colombo to Home stay.
Most of all, Colombo is the principal transportation hub of Sri Lanka.

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Acerca del Distrito de Colombo

Colombo es la ciudad más grande y capital comercial de Sri Lanka. Se encuentra en la costa oeste de la isla, junto a Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, la capital del país. Colombo es una ciudad vibrante y dinámica, con una mezcla de vida moderna y edificios y ruinas coloniales, y una población de 647.100 habitantes. La Región Metropolitana de Colombo, definida por los distritos de Colombo, Gampaha y Kalutara, tiene una población estimada de 5.648.000 habitantes y abarca una superficie de 3.694,20 km². Colombo es una ciudad multiétnica y multicultural. Es la ciudad más poblada de Sri Lanka, con 642.163 habitantes. La población de Colombo es una mezcla de numerosos grupos étnicos, principalmente cingaleses, moros y tamiles. También hay pequeñas comunidades de personas de origen chino, portugués, neerlandés, malayo e indio que viven en la ciudad, así como numerosos expatriados europeos. La gran mayoría de las empresas de Sri Lanka tienen su sede en Colombo. Algunas de las industrias incluyen productos químicos, textiles, vidrio, cemento, artículos de cuero, muebles y joyería. En el centro de la ciudad se encuentra el segundo edificio más alto del sur de Asia: el World Trade Centre.

Acerca de la Provincia Occidental

La Provincia Occidental es la más poblada de Sri Lanka. Alberga la capital legislativa, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, así como Colombo, el centro administrativo y comercial del país. Se divide en tres distritos principales: Colombo (642 km²), Gampaha (1386,6 km²) y Kalutara (1606 km²). Como centro económico de Sri Lanka, todas las grandes corporaciones locales e internacionales tienen presencia en la ciudad, al igual que las principales tiendas de diseño y comercios tradicionales. Prepárese para disfrutar de las compras en la Provincia Occidental. Con la mayor población de todas las provincias, casi todas las instituciones educativas de primer nivel de la isla se encuentran en la Provincia Occidental. Las universidades de la provincia incluyen la Universidad de Colombo, la Universidad de Sri Jayewardenepura, la Universidad de Kelaniya, la Universidad Abierta de Sri Lanka, la Universidad Budista y Pali de Sri Lanka, la Universidad de Defensa General Sir John Kotelawala y la Universidad de Moratuwa. La provincia occidental tiene la mayor cantidad de escuelas del país, que incluye escuelas nacionales, provinciales, privadas e internacionales.

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