Polonnaruwa Ancient City

Polonnaruwa

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Mar 17, 2025
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

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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PS: We saw other cars and even mini-buses in the park, but no tuk-tuks!
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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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There are several parking areas. I’m not sure if vehicles can stop at every ruin. I rented a bicycle so I could stop at every one.
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What is the average time spent at Polonnaruwa?
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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 …
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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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