Located 2 hours away from Dambulla, Polonnaruwa depicts history of SriLanka. It depicts how SriLanka evolved through the years under 3 main Kings. You can visit ruins showing Buddha in different form…Full review by saurabhdeora
Mar 5, 2025
Super impressive. You go back in time in the history of Srilanka to the old kingdoms and you see a beautiful example of athe main city of POLONNRUWA amazing!!!Full review by kaseem s
Mar 1, 2025
Good place for see traditional ruins. Also we can see natural lot of areas and past peoples homes and other things, highly recommendedFull review by Travel44526887778
I have a car booked for my Sri Lanka trip.However my travel agent informs me that the driver/guide we are getting for the trip is not allowed to drive within Polonnaruwa, thus we will need to hire tuk tuk to move around. Does anyone here has any experience hiring a tuk tuk? Biking is not an option as most of my party members are elderly who cant cycle.
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Hi, my wife and I have been in Polonnaruwa on November 5th, 2017. We were self driving in a hired car. It was no problem to enter and to explore the archaeological site by car.
depends how thorough you want to be and your tolerance to heat.. are you renting peddle bikes or a private car? on bikes in moderate heat and 70% of sites taking photos we spent …
depends how thorough you want to be and your tolerance to heat.. are you renting peddle bikes or a private car? on bikes in moderate heat and 70% of sites taking photos we spent just over 2 hours.
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