Royal Palace of Kandy in Kandy

Absorb the city’s history at Royal Palace of Kandy

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Best time to visit
Dec - May
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5-6 Days
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Rs. 1,980
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About Royal Palace of Kandy in Kandy

Royal Palace of Kandy is one of the most popular places to visit in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is a magnificent structure that will leave you awestruck like never before. Situated near the temple of the tooth, the palace is surrounded by lush greenery which gives it an aura that will make you fall in love with it the first time that you visit it. The palace is visited by many tourists every year and is a great place for a family visit and friends meet. For the people who are history enthusiasts and looking for satiating their curiosity, the palace is a great tourist attraction they must visit once.

History of Royal Palace of Kandy

The Royal palace of Kandy used to be the royal home of the Sinhalese Monarch. It was built firstly by the King Vickramabahu III who was the king of Gampola kingdom. The last king who lived there was Sri Vikrama Rajasinha. It had been divided into several sections that belonged for different purposes in the royal families. Some of the sections are king’s palace, royal audience hall, kings’ harem’s quarters, queen’s bathing pavilion and the queen’s palace. After being burnt in a fire, a huge part of the palace was lost. So, now you can only see the royal court and the temple of the tooth. A part of the palace has been converted into a museum which is called the National Museum of Kandy. The museum offers a glimpse into the artefacts that belonged to the royalties.

Places to visit near Royal Palace of Kandy

The National Museum of Kandy: A part of the Royal Palace of Kandy was converted into a museum and that is called National Museum of Kandy. The structure of the museum is just like the architectural style that was used in the earlier period. The museum showcases the artefacts of the families that lived in the palace and there are as many as 5000 objects in the museum.

Temple of the Tooth: Also known as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, this sacred place is located in the complex of the palace. It is one of the most famous temples of Buddha not only in the country but across the world. Besides seeking blessings at the temple, you can enjoy the beautiful views.

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Avani's 7 days trip to Kandy

The trip was very well planned and the tour guide was really good.

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Alency's 4 days trip to Kandy

Hie. It was my first international trip with my frnd . The trip organised was so well. It was in our comfit zone. Did not find any trouble during the trip with the agency, driver dinuka was a gem of a person given to us by the tours. He helped us in many ways. A memorable trip All the places that was adviced to us was good. I liked Kandy a lot

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Ramyashri's 6 days trip to Kandy

We had our Srilanka trip booked with travel triangle which provided 3 agents who were extremely patient with our itenary requests multiple times with multiple combinations. The Glamour Asia tours Pvt Ltd whose service we availed was extremely good . The booking process right from itenary preparation, initial payment and hotel booking confirmation was given to us in detail.The process of payment at the destination with the agent was easy and seamless. thanks Travel triangle for making the trip memorable and hassle free

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Anusree's 6 days trip to Kandy

I traveled with wego lanka on a solo trip from India. I visited pinnawala, Kandy, nuwara eliya and Bentota. Everything thing was very well arranged and executed.. the guide for my trip was Dulanka . He was very friendly, considerate and helpful. All in all had a wonderful trip thanks to wego lanka. highly recommended if you are travelling to Sri Lanka

Anusree Sadanand Mumbai

Gaikwadpratik's 7 days trip to Kandy

The trip was wonderful - lots of great memories were made. All the arrangements (flights, hotels, cars, cab transfers) went as planned. Kudos to DIRECT LINK TEAM- SRILANKA Everything is memorable

Gaikwadpratik Mumbai

Harmeet's 6 days trip to Kandy

All was good. we had a great trip with travel triangle

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Shrikant's 8 days trip to Kandy

Our vacation to Srilanka was coordinated by Madhu of Steeple Tours. We returned yesterday evening after one week excellent holiday in Sri Lanka. Thank you very much Madhu for all your help and assistance. Our entire trip was very nicely arranged. Thought of sharing few points. 1. All hotels were very good. Very well located and very cosy. 2. Car arrangement was superb. Driver Pasindu is a wonderful person and was very helpful and courteous. Please convey my special thanks to him. 3. Hotel at Bentota and Colombo were exceptionally good and excellent location ... 4. Thank you for informing all hotels about our vegetarian preference. We did not have any issues.

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Charan's 7 days trip to Kandy

We have been TravelTriangeling since last 4 trips abroad. That's because of its vast network of service providers. Srilanka was planned 3 yrs back, but the economic crises there held us from moving on. It happened again and we do carry great memories from this trip. The agency Romano Lanka and its coordinator Mrs Minasha was were very helpful. Though, we gave them though time planning and re-planning again and again,.she didn't budge and planned well. My suggestion to future travellers. Never hold back from tasting authentic Sri Lankan cuisine, they are always best available in very local and not so fancy restaurants. Our village safari was where we tasted the best food. Thanks to the old ladies there for their expertise. It would be very convenient if the travel planners include the entry fees for every visiting places, each and every visiting places mandatorily charge entry fees. Paying every time feels very costly. The season we visited was pre monsoon, but thank god it didn't effect our trip. Thanks to TT and Minasha Cultural dance at Kandy was hair raising. Spice garden, Cave temple, Sigaria rock, Sacred tooth relic and the beaches were just awesome and enchanted.

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Rajakirima's 7 days trip to Kandy

The overall experiences are very good and heart warming. Thank you Travel Triangle and Romanolanka for the awesome trip planned. Romanolanka executive Ms. Minoshaa is very helpful & patiently curated my trip plan as per my need and budget. She also answered to all our doubts and stay connected with us through out the journey. Our trip guide Kasun Maurya is also very helpful and gentle person, he is a guide and great photographer which took a lot of good pictures of us throughout the journey.

RajakiRima Hyderabad

Vanitha's 5 days trip to Kandy

Overall it was decent but most of hotels did not serve buffet and hotel rivendal served very cold and old food for dinner

Rajesh Kuppuswamy Chennai

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