Cyril Tours - KANDY CITY TOUR

KANDY CITY TOUR

Kandy is located at the center of Sri Lanka and is generally recognized as the island nation's cultural capital. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage. This is the last kingdom of the country. Since it was conquered by the British only around 1815. Kandy is the old capital of Ceylon and the seat of the last Sinhalese Kingdom. It is a charming city with the most important Buddhist temple in the country and is set around an ancient official lake amongst rolling hills that are covered by forests and tea plantations. Set in the mountainous area of the island, there is fantastic view from above the lake where you can see the whole city of Kandy. Wandering about in Kandy is a fun experience, with cross roads and interconnecting byroads – all forming an intertwined complex. Most pavements are dominated by the town vendors who are frequented often for their array of fresh fruits, vegetables, fish and meat stalls, sweets, cloths, fancy goods and what not ……!

Kandy is a great place to buy gemstones, Sapphires of all colures, rubies, tourmalines and many precious and semiprecious stones can all be found here. Visitors are also invited to have a look around their workshop, where they will be able to see the design, cutting, polishing and setting processes.

In the Evening there is a local dance performance which you will enjoy in the town in the late afternoon, which perform Kandyan traditional dances, after cultural show visit the Sacred Tooth temple - The temple is open from dawn to dusk. It houses a tooth relic of the Lord Buddha, and is consequently considered one of Sri Lanka's most holy shrines. The best time to view this ornate casket is around.

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