Attractive 10 places to visit in Colombo. Colombo is not the capital of Sri Lanka.It serves as commercial capital of the Island while Sri Jayewardenepura stays as capital city of Sri Lanka. When tourists visit to Sri Lanka by air then they have to take ground transport to reach Colombo as the City lies on 90 minutes drive away from the Katunayake International Airport. When we visit Colombo what actually we see? Is it easy to explore the city by our self without assistance? Of course, Colombo is an easy going city with so many transportation options available like public busess, tuk tuks, cars, trains, mini buses etc... However, there are 10 attractive things worth visiting when you are in Colombo. 01, Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara This is one of the most popular and sacred temples in Colombo. History of this temple goes far back to 6 th century B.C. According history, The Buddha has visited to Kalaniya and has preached dharma here on his 3 rd visit to Sri L