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Sambawalk Says: Aluvihara rock monastery is beside the Kandy-Dambulla road, 3 km north of Matale. The monastery caves are situted among rocks . One of the monastic caves contains horror chamber.
Nilanka Says: Aluvihare is a rock monestery on the Kandy-Dambulla highway. The monestery was established during the 1st century and situated between rocks.You can get to the Monestery by a three wheeler which will cost you about Rs.150/- and take you about 15 mins to get there from the...
Matale Rest House: A Place to stay
Nilanka Says: There are very few decent places in Matale to stay. One of the is the Matale Rest House which managed by a private firm. The rooms and have air conditioning and hot water. They also have TV but there are no english chanels!It is a few minutes from the Town and if you are...
Nilanka Says: Do not make plans to travel in Matale between 1.00pm and 3.00pm and the roads are full of school traffic. Most of the busses are taken up for the transport of school children.
Nilanka Says: The best and cheapest way to get to Matale is to take the intercity train from Colombo to Kandy (Rs.200/- and takes 2 1/2 hours) and then take and intercity air conditioned bus from Kandy to Matale (Rs.25/- and takes 45 mins)
mafi_moya Says: There are regular buses (air con and normal) from Kandy terminating in Matale. The journey takes about an hour and it's a fairly scenic route through the hills. If you're coming from the north, take a bus to Kandy and hop off along the way.
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Do not make plans to travel in Matale between 1.00pm and 3.00pm and the roads are full of school traffic. Most of the busses are taken up for the transport of...
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Q: Can anyone help? When I visited Sri Lanka a couple of years ago, I bought some King Coconut Oil at one of the Royal Spice Gardens...
A: Hi Kerry, I would have thought that this is the sort of thing you could get from an ethnic hairdresser or grocery shop in the UK. Although I live near to loads of...
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Matale is 24kms from Kandy and is en route to Sri Lanka's Ancient Cities. Matale has a lot of spice gardens where visitors can see a variety of Sri Lankan spices.
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Matale (pronounced Martyr-lay) is a small fairly non-descript town north of Kandy, on the fringes of the hill country. While there's not really enough there to make it worth spending the night, it's...
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There is not much in the Matale city inside. Instead you should venture the Aluvihara rock monastery which is 3km north of Matale. A 3 wheeler from Matale costs Rs300 return.
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Matale isn't a big city, but going to Dambulle from Kandy you can stop here and to see one the most important Hindu temple in SriLanka. The pic isn't about the biggest one temple in Matale.
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