The town is renowned for the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sigiriya Rock Fortress, a formidable landmark rising 1,200 feet above the landscape. This ancient fortress, which served as a royal capital ...

ICOMOS recommended that this be officially included in the protected area and that the World Heritage Committee be officially notified of the boundaries of the Ancient City of Sigiriya site. ICOMOS ...

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka has been named a Green Destination at the world’s biggest tourism fair – ITB Berlin. The nation won the ...

Sudarshan Seneviratne, explaining its many-layered history. Sigiriya, in addition to being a World Heritage Site, is also one of the very few large secular sites with an unbroken history from 5,000 BC ...

The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite peak standing some 370 m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the ...

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka has been named a Sustainable Destination at the world’s biggest tourism fair – ITB Berlin. The nation won ...

Located in the heart of Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle (northern Matale District), Sigiriya is a UNESCO World Heritage Site famed for its iconic 590-foot-tall rock fortress. Built by King ...

Dr. Taleb Rifai Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) World Tourism Organisation was in Sigiriya this week for a brief tour. Unfortunately he will not be impressed with what he saw Ananda said.

Sri Lanka has won the prestigious Green Destinations Bronze Award for Sigiriya at the ITB travel fair in Germany. Foreign ...