SIGIRIYA – A DRAMATIC WONDER OF SRI LANKA
2010-01-18If you’re on the lookout for a really dramatic place to take your next holiday, we recommend that you consider Sri Lanka.
This is the home of Sigiriya (Lion’s Rock), the ruins of a once opulent palace and fortress and it truly is one of the most awe-inspiring places on earth.
We were enthralled by its maze of gardens and reservoirs and were left marvelling at the skills of the people who built them in the fifth century – we wouldn’t be able to manage masterpieces like that no matter how many diggers and mowers we hired.
At the foot of the giant piece of magma, there is also the carved stone remains of a lion’s paw which you can pose for photographs next to. It’s so realistic, you’ll be as convinced as us that it’s going to reach out for you.
Sigiriya is one of Sri Lanka’s seven World Heritage Sites and definitely forms part of our own wonders of the world list.
Check it out from a luxurious base in the form of our Vil Uyana Sri Lanka hotel and feel like a king or queen as you survey the paddy fields and forests below.
For more information about Sri Lanka and to book, have a look at www.blacktomato.co.uk or call on 020 7426 9888.
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