Anuradhapura is the administrative center of North-Central Province of Sri Lanka and one of the most ancient cities of the island of Ceylon. For a long time, Anaradhapura, located in a strategically important location - at the intersection of two port zones - and hidden in the depths of the jungle, was the capital of the state - until 1017, when the city was seriously destroyed by invaders from South India and abandoned by residents.
Today, Anuradhapura is mainly restored and divided into two parts: the Old Town, which is a non-residential security zone, and the New Town, where the entire population of Anuradhapura is living (about 50,000 people) and there is a tourist area with hotels, restaurants and shops.
The city is located quite far from the coastline, therefore tourists in Anuradhapura are attracted primarily world-famous monuments of culture and history of Sri Lanka, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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How to get here
Anuradhapura is located 200 km from the capital of the island - Colombo. You can get to the city by train (there are two railway stations here), as well as by bus for 5 hours (he arrives at a bus station in the New Town) or on a rented car on the A9 highway for 4 hours
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Transport
There are buses and tuk-tuki on the New city, but the need for them is small - this small area can be safely passed from one end to the other in half an hour. But the security zone on the other bank of the Malvatu-Oia River is very large in territory - and without fat-tuk there can not be avoided. However, in many places in the Old City, the movement of any transport, even tuk-tukov, is prohibited.
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Excursions, entertainment and attractions of Anuradhapura
As already mentioned above, most tourists come to see the monuments of the Old Town .Among them are the so-called Dagobah (Buddhist religious buildings intended for the storage of relics) of Thumaparam, Ruaneli with the famous stone Buddha statues, Jetavanarama considered one of the highest brick buildings in the Ancient World, as well as the statue of Buddha Aukana and the sacred Bodhi tree, considered the oldest from famous trees, with the Mahabodhi temple built around it .And this is only a small part of those monuments that are waiting for travelers in the Old City of Anuradhapura .
In the new city there are many hotels, restaurants and shops, there is also a market where you can buy souvenirs.