Best places: Tourist attractions in Talpe, Sri Lanka

Built in the 16th century, this preserved Dutch sea fort houses a network of museums, shops & cafes.

Unique Buddhist temple with a circular deck for sweeping views of the ocean & surrounding landscape.

Simple home of a Sri Lankan author with displays on Buddhist culture, set in tree-dotted grounds.

Old Buddhist temple complex built into rock formations featuring many statues & a serene atmosphere.

Historic lighthouse at a fort with simple style & a nearby beach popular with swimmers.

Longstanding tower featuring a large clock face, built in 1883 on top of a former guard room.

👍 Located on the edge of the Iconic galle fortress. Great view point from the spot. Have to be a good diver to do diving from the spot though, but there are several areas where you can get down to enjoy the salty water 💦🏖️ Must visit place on your bucket list if you're visiting Sri lanka..

👍👍 One of the most iconic places in galle. Situated at the heart Dutch fort. A very peaceful places. A beautiful surrounding. A must visit when you are in Ducth fort in Galle.

👍👍 One of the beautiful beach. Really we enjoyed with the kids. Best place for family. No deep beach side. Very clean. There is many parking place before you enter check the exact natural pool available in which parking. We paid 2000 rupees for bus parking and including 23 people for taking shower afte...

👍👍 A place wanted to visit for long time... Great view with more tourist attraction and most specially it has an adventurous route to get the beach through a jungle... Near to the beach there's a Buddhist temple called "Japanese Peace Pagoda temple". #Diving #Swimming #Paid parking

👍👍 This Buddhist temple is situated inside the World Heritage site Galle Dutch Fort . Facing the Indian ocean it has beautiful views. A calm and tranquil place worthy of a visit if you are in Galle Dutch Fort.

This cathedral was completed in 1975 after remodeling of a 1700s church began in 1935.

👍👍 Peaceful location. Not very crowded. Next to the Araliya Beach hotel.. Having a glorious and wonderful history at this place and lots of devotees visiting during the festival period this temple .Keep clean and nice and control your self in this sacred land.

👍👍 Fantastic initiative to protect the Turtles 🐢 with a recuperation facility and a hatchery. Good explanation from the guide too.

👍👍 Calm and relaxing place

Small 18th-century structure with stained-glass windows & tiled floors made of tombstones.

👍👍 Rumassala South Beach is situated along with the Rumassala hill in Unawatuna. It is also known as Jungle Beach and is situated in close proximity to the Galle-Matara main road. The beach can be identified easily along with the hills where there is a small temple on its peak and lush greenery in the...

😠 Please, please never visit this place!!! It was so incredibly terrible that we left crying. We were there in the evening and thought it was already closed. A man came towards us and told us we could visit the reception center for 1500 LKR. We gave it to him and then he said exactly one sentence: "Th...

😠 If you read any of this review, please know that I'd highly recommend AVOIDING this venue at all costs. The main reason we went here was to try the rope swing. Note that there are several places nearby and along the coast that have rope swings -- so you have options. The place is a bit hard to fin...

👍👍 Great place for amature surfers and surf lessons. Not very crowded.