Here is what you need to know about climbing to Sigiriya, the 200-metre-high city fortress in Sri Lanka Here is what you need to know about climbing to Sigiriya, the 200-metre-high city fortress in ...

Sigiriya has been crowned the world’s most welcoming city for 2025 by Booking.com, based on over 360 million of its verified customer reviews. The online travel agency (OTA) named Sigiriya as a ...

A complex masterpiece of irrigation engineering design, Sigiriya's artfully designed water gardens required structural planning way ahead of its time. Orange sand particles twinkled in the sun as a ...

Sigiriya, considered to be one of the most valuable historical monuments in Sri Lanka, has long been renowned as an architectural wonder of urban planning and engineering, and a UNESCO world heritage ...

This imposing rock fortress in central Sri Lanka is a Unesco World Heritage Site with a fascinating history and breathtaking views. Built by Sri Lanka's King Kassapa in the 5th Century, the palace ...

A stunning lost city was discovered on the very top of giant rock - leaving archaeologists absolutely baffled. The ruins of the lost city of Sigiriya in the heart of Sri Lanka have become something of ...

In order to explore one of Sri Lanka's most unique and ancient sites you will have to climb up—way up. Perched atop a rock plateau, 660 feet in the air, are the ruins of the 5th century fortress of ...

An ancient rock fortress that sits atop a stone plateau is a site of both archaeological and historical significance. The site consists of a palace with a massive column of granite roughly 590ft high ...

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has expressed its willingness to restart first aid services at Sigiriya if they are approached by the relevant authorities. Director General of the Sri Lanka Red Cross ...