Historic places in Colombo

Historic places in Colombo

1. Eat

   168 Seafood Palace

   Serves excellent Chinese food and seafood dishes. Prices start at Rs 250. but some prices depend on weight (e.g. crabs). The service is very good.

2. See

   Central Bank Currency Museum

   Established on 20 April 1982 at the Central Bank Head Office in Colombo Fort. The Central Bank Currency Museum traces the history of the usage of coins and notes in Sri Lanka since 3 BCE and has on display a large number of old coins and notes.

   Mon-Fri 8:30AM-4PM except public and bank holidays·free

3. See

   Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque

   This historic mosque is a popular tourist site. Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque was built in 1909 by the Pettah Muslim community to fulfill their required five-times-daily prayer and Jummah on Fridays. It is one of the oldest mosques in Colombo.

4. See

   St Lucia's Cathedral

   The seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka.

5. See

   St Luke's Anglican Church

   The church plays an important role within the history of the Church Missionary Society on the island.

6. See

   The Natural History Museum

   This museum features Sri Lanka's floral and fauna in dioramas.

   Sat-Thu 9AM-5PM. Closed all public holidays·Child Rs 150, adult Rs 300

7. See

   Sri Ponnambalam-Vaneswaram temple

   In Koch-chikade, 3 km north of Fort.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Colombo (CC BY-SA 4.0).