HERITAGE
Ancient City
Walk among enormous stupas, ancient monasteries and the remains of one of Asia's great early cities.
Ancient heartland · Sri Lanka
ANURADHAPURA
Where the ancient world still breathes.
Sacred monuments, ancient engineering and a landscape shaped by centuries of civilisation.
First impressions
This is
history at scale.
Anuradhapura was once a great centre of civilisation. Today its ruins, sacred places and water systems reveal the ambition and sophistication of the world that came before.
Experience Anuradhapura
Walk through
an ancient world.
SPIRITUALITY
Sacred Tree
Experience the quiet devotion surrounding one of the world's oldest historically documented trees.
ENGINEERING
The Reservoirs
Discover the remarkable ancient water systems that transformed the dry zone.
SLOW TRAVEL
Sacred Landscapes
Cycle or walk through vast archaeological landscapes where history and nature coexist.
Ancient Sri Lanka
GREAT
CIVILISATIONS
LEAVE TRACES.
Places to
begin.
01Sri Maha Bodhi
↗02Ruwanwelisaya
↗03Jetavanaramaya
↗04Abhayagiri
↗05Isurumuniya
↗06Tissa Wewa
↗LOOK AT
WHAT PEOPLE
BUILT
HERE.
The story of Anuradhapura is also a story of water, agriculture, architecture and an extraordinary understanding of landscape.