Most reviewed Historical landmarks in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka to visit (Updated September, 2023)

Most reviewed Historical landmarks in Kurunegala

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Kurunegala through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 36 places from Historical landmark category.

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Sri Dalada Maligawa

Buddhist temple

Large temple featuring rituals & services around the sacred Tooth Relic, the canine tooth of Buddha.

4.70 (25.2K reviews) (~37.31 km from centre)

Sacred City of Kandy

Historical landmark

👍👍 The temple of the sacred tooth relic is a must visit place if you're in Kandy. It's a World heritage site, and important place of worship for the Buddhists. One tooth of Buddha is worshipped here and there is a long history how it has been moved from place to place. There is a museum within the co...

4.70 (13.6K reviews) (~37.23 km from centre)

Kurunegala Clock Tower

Historical landmark

👍👍 Great place with memories. Tribute to the soldiers who went from the Wayamba province and sacrificed their lives in the First World War. Love this clock tower.

4.40 (3.4K reviews) (~0.03 km from centre)

Embekka Dewalaya

Historical landmark

Hindu temple built between the 14th & 15th centuries, featuring ornately carved wooden pillars.

4.60 (1.4K reviews) (~37.36 km from centre)

Nalanda Gedige (Central point of Sri Lanka)

Historical landmark

Stone remains of an 8th-10th century Hindu Dravidian style temple & Sri Lanka's center point.

4.60 (1.2K reviews) (~37.04 km from centre)

Kadugannawa Ambalama

Historical place

👍👍 Kadugannawa Ambalama is a wayside rest which is situated along the Colombo – Kandy Road, a few meters before the Kadugannawa pass. Built during the British colonial rule in the early 19th century, the ambalama is a famous stopover for horsemen and merchants traveling towards ancient hill capital of...

4.30 (514 reviews) (~29.86 km from centre)

Clock Tower මාතලේ ඔරලෝසු කණුව மணிக்கூண்டு கோபுரம்

Historical landmark

👍👍 Clock tower is seems middle of the Matale city. It is sitauted nearby Matale market. There are very big crowd around this area and you can find some good retail shops to find fancy items and fast foods.

4.20 (437 reviews) (~28.51 km from centre)

Dambadeniya Raja Maliga Gala

Historical landmark

👍👍 #Visitsrilanka #kurunegala #Dambadeniya #Rajamaligagala #ancientruins #ancientkingdom #nature #hilltop Dambadeniya is the third kingdom of Sri Lanka according to the documented history. As a result of moving the kingdom to the south eastern regions after the Polonnaruwa kingdom, king Vijayabahu II e...

4.60 (345 reviews) (~26.95 km from centre)

Panduwasnuwara Kingdom

Historical landmark

👍👍 Very beautiful calm ancient place with lots of ruins of polonnaruwa era built by King Parakramabahu the Great.. anyone can admire how developed sri lankan society in 9th 10th centuries A D.. those days also toilet complexes has built in those all sets of building in palace and monastery..

4.50 (326 reviews) (~31.68 km from centre)

Nittawela Tunnel

Historical landmark

👍👍 The place where Nittawela road off from Kandy-Jafna road

3.90 (277 reviews) (~34.83 km from centre)

Kengalla Ambalama

Historical place

👍👍 A historical structure built by a south Indian businessman belonging to the Nayakkar dynasty in early 1900. The place is a resting place for travellers on the adjacent road. Now, the place stays without much attention in the heart of the Kengalla town and is being ignored most of the times.

4.20 (237 reviews) (~44.91 km from centre)

Mandandawela Junction

Historical landmark

👍👍 This two junction is where it separates from traveling to Jaffna & Rattota when traveling from Matale. Take right turn to Rattota from Matale & take left turn to Jaffna from Matale. Little congested part though. One of the best locations to start a business since it is the start of Matale town from...

4.00 (209 reviews) (~28.51 km from centre)

Dolukanda Hiking & Trekking Guide

Historical landmark

👍👍 This Rock is Known as “DOLUKANDA” This is one of the Historical Place in Srilanka. Which related to Rama-Ravana story and its full of Herbal Species. This is Situated in Kurunegala District. 𒊹︎ ROUTE : 61km from kandy. There are 2 ways to reach 1.Kandy ➪ Kurunegala ➪ Muththettugala ➪ 10th Mile Post...

4.80 (164 reviews) (~16.31 km from centre)

Anniewatta Tunnel

Historical landmark

👍👍 One of the oldest tunnel build in Colonial era.Located very close to Kandy town ( around 500M from Dodamwala Junction). There is a hight limit so very tall vehicles can't travel though the tunnel. You can walk through tunnel. It is bit dark and cool environment with drops of ice cold water dropping...

4.30 (149 reviews) (~35.97 km from centre)

Teldeniya Clock Tower තෙල්දෙණිය ඔරලෝසු කණුව

Historical landmark

4.10 (146 reviews) (~48.32 km from centre)

Maraluwawa Rajamaha Viharaya, කුරුනෑගල මරළුවාව රජමහා විහාරය.

Buddhist temple

👍👍 A serene place where one can be at complete peace in mind. A temple by its true sense of the word. I visited the place in an early morning even before the sunrise. The surrounding is peaceful; the views are heavenly. The temple premises is located on a rock formation and surrounded by a thick jungle...

4.70 (134 reviews) (~3.06 km from centre)

Udammita Ambalama

Historical landmark

👍👍 Udammita Ambalama is an ancient brick and mortar wayside rest built in 1829 on the Nittambuwa – Veyangoda road. This ambalama is a comparatively large building, size of a small house with 2 rooms. A half height wall surrounds the open area of the Ambalama. This building has been renovated in 2012....

4.00 (132 reviews) (~49.05 km from centre)

Nugawela Junction

Historical landmark

4.20 (131 reviews) (~29.57 km from centre)

Dolukanda Rajamaha Viharaya

Buddhist temple

👍👍 Great experience at hiking. Little tough for beginners. Upper view is so beautiful & amazing. Best place to enjoy natural beauty and variety of the environment. Not recommend to climb in rainy season. There's small wind path and rock cave at the top of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain Doluk...

4.70 (126 reviews) (~14.47 km from centre)

Arankele Archaeological site

Historical landmark

👍👍 A 65 acres in extent of archiological site with lot of ruins. Maliyadeva arahath Tero were stayed here. Only sakman maluwa with roof found in Sri Lanka. Calm environment. Lot of to see. Visit with your kids to show our history. As well as lot of stone work there. Unbelievable.

4.70 (104 reviews) (~18.45 km from centre)

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Most reviewed Historical landmarks in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka