Close to the airport with a wide range of hotels for all budgets Negombo offers the perfect gateway beach resort to start or finish your trip in Sri Lanka. Along the coastline traditional catamaran boats make for an amazing sight and still traditional fishing methods can be seen in the Lagoon. There many Catholic churches to discover giving its famous nick name ‘Little Rome”

Things to see and do:

Visit the Negombo fish market the largest in the country

Take a look around the ruins of the old Dutch Fort built in 1678

Take some time to go bird watching in the Negombo Lagoon

Discover the Dutch Canal