Colombo to Galle

Stuffed with many historical places, the small city of Galle is absolutely attractive and tranquil. Galle is a city like no other city in Sri Lanka. You can roam around through the narrow streets that allows you to even forget that you are in Sri Lanka.  It would sound like walking the streets of an ancient city in Europe as major part of old Galle was constructed by the Europeans (Portuguese & Dutch). Portuguese reached here in 1505 and constructed the Galle Fort while Beginning in 1663 when Dutch arrived here, they repaired it and continued developing European style buildings. As marvelous as Galle is, it’s difficult to get throughout the town quickly because of lack of modern-day public transport, but you can still have an enjoyable vacation if you book Taxi Service. Particularly when you are going from Colombo to Galle, booking a specialized tourist taxi service is suggested to avoid waste of time.

Colombo airport to Galle distance is about 160 km while from Colombo city to Galle city is about 140 KM. By taxi it takes around 90 minutes to get Galle from Colombo city.