Architecture educational tours in Sri Lanka 10 Nights

  • Duration 11 Days / 10 Nights

  • On arrival at Colombo International Airport, you will meet & greet by Ceylon Expeditions Tour Manager.
  • After discussing the trip plan we will privately transfer you to the Colombo (45 Min drive)
  • Explore Colombo & its suburbs with architectural hot spots including Dutch Hospital / Dutch Museaum / Sri Lanka Parliament (Subject to security approval) / Gallery Café / CASA Colombo Hotel /  Galle Face Hotel (Old Wing) Tintagel Colombo / BMICH / Seema Malakaya & Gangarama Temple / Hilton Hotel Colombo / Independence Square / Cargills Building / Old Parliament / Town Hall / Mount Lavinia Hotel.

  • After breakfast we check-out and leave for Dambulla (4 Hrs).
  • En-root visit Pinnawala Elephnat Orphanage. Enjoy a tea at Ambepussa Rest House which is a classic colonial building belongs to British colonial period. 
    After breakfast from Colombo, we check-out and leave for Cultural triangle (Sigiriya / Dambulla).
  • Visit Heritance Kandalama Hotel which is one of the master piece of Geoffrey Bawa, The world renowned Architect. Then proceed to Ulagalla Walawwa (Uga Escape Luxury Boutique Hotel) Situated within the Cultural Triangle in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Ulagalla was once a regal, ancestral home.
  • Hence today, the sprawling property features a 150- year old mansion, with 20 exceedingly private, ecologically constructed chalets added on and expansively spread out 

  • Visit Polonnaruwa Ancient City (UNESCO World Heritage) / Lunch at Polonnaruwa and afternoon visit Minneiya National Park. Back to hotel before dusk  

  • Transfer to Kandy.
  • En-root visit Dambulla Cave Temple (A UNESCO World Heritage) and leave for Kandy.
  • Explore Spice Garden in Mathale. Enroot visit Ena De Silva Bungalow in Matale .
  • Reach Kandy by 1.00 PM and check-in to Kandy Hotel. 

  • Visit Sacred Tooth Relic Temple of Buddha 
  • Architectural places in Kandy – Queens Hotel / Tooth Relic Temple / Kandy House Boutique Hotel / Mountbatten Bungalow 
  • Visit Kandy Cultural Show (Daily at 6 PM)

  • Today we check-out and transfer to Nuwara Eliya on luxury scenic train (Subject to seat availability) 
  • Nuwara Eliya is full of living British Architecture heritage in Sri Lanka including tea estate bungalows / offices etc. 
  • We will be visiting below places in Nuwara Eliya 
  • Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya 
  • Golf Pavilion 
  • Hill Club
  • Nuwara Eliya other important buildings  
     

  • Optional visit to Horton Plains National Park. Visit Pedro tea Estate & Tea Factory and evening leisure.

  •  Check-out and leave for Bentota (4-5 Hrs) En-root you may enjoy white water rafting at Kitulgala. Lunch at Kitulgala Rest House and leave for Bentota   

  •   Visit Mr Geoffrey Bawa’s residence / Enjoy water sport activities in Bentota / Madu River boat ride.

  • After breakfast we check-out from Bentota and leave for Galle to explore the best preserved Dutch Fort of Galle (UNESCO World Heritage) including Dutch reform church and other important Dutch remains. 
  • Galle Fort is an ideal location to explore the massive Dutch Period buildings including Amangalla boutique Hotel and other buildings inside the Dutch Fort.
  • On completion, travel to Colombo on southern highway do a Colombo sightseeing city tour including most important monuments in Colombo.

Architecture study tours in Sri Lanka provides a unique opportunity for architecture students or architecture enthusiast to explore the most of the architectural places in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is rich with 2000 years history with living archaeological witnesses plus colonial remains and modern era architecture provides a wide array of opportunities for architecture educational tours to learn with living witnesses. Sri Lanka is an ideal location for educational holidays or study tours due to its rich collections of architecturally important buildings island wide. 

 

Main focus of this Architecture study tours is to provide practical + academic insight about Architecture of Sri Lanka – Introduction / History, Evolutions & Colonial impact”. 

 

Geoffrey Bawa architectural educational itinerary also provide a great opportunity to explore the great designs done by world renowned Architect Mr  Geoffrey Bawa including Heritance Kandalama / Hiton Hotel Colombo / Lunuganga estate etc.

 

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