Galu Kotuwa

The capital of south Sri Lanka, ancient & cultural oldest landmark of the island Galle would be a totally different experience for every visitor. Do visit this beautiful town in during your Sri Lanka tour. The seaside town of Galle is 116 Km from Colombo, down the southwest coast. Today’s town has grown greatly and spreads into the hinterland but the Fort is the slow-beating heart of Galle’s history

• Portuguese and Dutch fort
• Sea Museum
• Kustaraja Ancient Temple
• Galle city shopping
• Tea factory visiting
• Fishing on sticks by Weligama

The walled city has stood since the early sixteenth century, through the Colonial periods of the Portuguese, Dutch and British and in our present times is proclaimed as an Archaeological Reserve and been identified as a World Heritage site.
The Portuguese took Galle from the Sinhala kings in 1587 and erected the first fortifications, a single wall fronted by a moat which extended from the sea to the harbor. The Dutch landed in 1640 with 12 ships and 2,000 men under the command of Wilhelm Jacobsz Coster who defeated the Portuguese after severe fighting and captured Galle city. Through the rolling streams of time and change, Galle still retains as few other towns in Sri Lanka; an atmosphere of the past. The town was graced with considerable civic amenities and military features.
A peep into the old houses reveals them to be spacious and airy, with large, ornamental doors and windows, pillared verandahs and cool inner courtyards and gardens. Galle is the sort of place from which one must take away a souvenir. You may make a pick of Galle lace, -handmade, like the Brussels or the Hinton types. Where but in Galle may you plunge your hands into a bucketful of limpid moonstones or the more precious and rarer of gems, the blue sapphire or the ruby! These can be beautifully set according to your whim or wish!


TOUR DISCRIPTION

• From Dickwella Resort this is a full day Excursion starting in the morning just after breakfast.
• You will be provided transport for whole the tour by A/C, high roof comfortable coach with a professional English speaking driver and a guide,
• You can visit all the important places of Galle city, Lunch time, shopping tour in the city, Historical temple & the Tea factory
• One the way back Weligama fisheries village
• You will be fully insured during the whole tour and our service is always for you to give the maximum advantage and the joy of your tour,
• However while your beach holiday at Dickwella Resort it is a one day tour of getting to know a bit of Sri Lankan culture, civilization, past and today.
• You will be back to Dickwella Resort before get dark.