Colombo City Tour With Your Own Plans & Professional Driver

This is the only clock tower in the world with a lighthouse in the middle of a capital city which works even up to date. The tower was constructed as a clock tower in 1856-57 and completed on 25 February 1857. The tower was designed by Emily Elizabeth Ward.

commonly known as the Currency Museum or Money Museum Construction of the building commenced in 1911, with the laying of its foundation stone. The National Mutual Building was opened in 1914, as the Colombo head office of a global insurance company, National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited. At the time of its opening, it was the tallest building in Colombo The museum has a collection of currency that dates back to the 3rd century BC. It includes coins from the Anuradhapura era (3 BC to 107 AD), Polonnaruwa to Kotte Kingdoms era (1017 AD - 1597 AD), coins used during the Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial eras through to the modern era, and commemorative coins and notes.

In the Fort district, many of the old colonial buildings still stand, in glorious contrast to the rest of Colombo's modern skyline.

At the floating markets in Pettah Market, explore an incredible variety of local wares, interact with locals, and find unique souvenirs before concluding the tour and returning to your hotel

The mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Colombo and a popular tourist site in the city Commenced in 1908 and the building was completed in 1909 It is a hybrid style of architecture, that draws elements from native Indo-Islamic and Indian architecture, and combines it with the Gothic revival and Neo-classical styles The mosque was commissioned by the local Indian Muslim community, based in Pettah, to fulfill their required five-times-daily prayer and Jummah on Fridays Mosque tour by mualavi.

The foundation stone for the town hall was laid on 24 May 1924, by the Mayor of Colombo, Thomas Reid, CCS. The construction of the building was undertaken by A. A. Gammon & Co and four years later on 9 August 1928 it was formally opened by Governor Sir Herbert Stanley KCMG Now it is the headquarters of the Colombo Municipal Council and the office of the Mayor of Colombo.

It was built by the British colonial administration and is the oldest and largest park in Colombo. During World War II it was occupied by the British Army with the Australian 17th Brigade based at Victoria Park. After the war, the park was restored and open to the public in 1951.