Polonnaruwa Ancient City

Polonnaruwa

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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
Feb 23, 2025
Valentine was the best guide yet in Sri Lanka. The extent if the site and buildings is extraordinary as was his knowledge of the history. In addition he gave us an insight into Bhuddism. We highly re…Full review by Peter F

Questions & answers

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how much is the cost to rent a bike?
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If I remember rightly we paid LKR400 per bike for the day
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I have a car booked for my Sri Lanka trip.However my travel agent informs me that the driver/guide we are getting for …
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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.
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how much time will it take to visit polonnaruwa ruins? can the vehicle go to every site?
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thnx Grader07. which places to be visited? are all the places to visit in polonnaruwa, mentioned on the ticket itself?
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What is the average time spent at Polonnaruwa?
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3-4 hrs to do the ancient city and museum (by bike)
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