Galle Dutch Fort

 

Galle fort is one of the best places to relaxing your mindset which full of wind and colonial atmosphere. Galle Fort is in the southwest coast of Sri Lanka and it was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese. The Galle Fort is attributed to the Dutch in 1640 and in 17th century, this original stricter was almost entirely destroyed and rebuilt by them. Then it called as a Dutch Fort. The Dutch used the fort as their main base and improved it until capture by the English in 1796. It was constructed by the Dutch with two portcullises with massive walls of granite and coral with 14 bastions which had interesting names such as sun, moon, aurora, star etc. The fort to this day occupies a land area of 130 acres and it has been transformed into a place of history, romance and beauty where travelers are warmly welcomed to dive head first into the exotic stories and be a part of this heritage site.

                                                                                    

   If there is a tour to Sri Lanka, reasonably you must visit the city Galle. A city synonymous with the country’s utterly fascinating colonial era history. Tourist can marvel at and buy antiques at the Historical Mansion Museum. Today, the Galle Fort area is unlike any other place, we have found in Sri Lanka. It is full of boutiques, cafes and hotels begin to restore the white washed Dutch colonial buildings back to their former glory. Mother nature streaks the sky all kind of shades of blue, orange, pink and purple. Watching a sunset from Galle Fort will be one of your favorite experience Sri Lanka. And keep mind to look out the cliff jumpers at flag rock too.

Tourist get attracted to this place specially because of the resources that the nature has endowed to it. And also, there are manspecial tourist places running from the Galle Fort. Mirissa Beach, Marting Wickramasinghe Museum, Habaraduwa Kasba preservative center, Galle International Cricket Stadium, Hikkaduwa coral reefs, Thalpe beach are some of them. It has a beneficial effect on attracting tourists to Galle Fort. 

There are many attractive hotels near this place for the convenience of tourists like fortress, Light House, Koggala Long Beach Hotel, Dasa Villa, Bay Marriot etc. At these places, transactions can be done using both local and foreign currencies. They make local and foreign visitors enjoy the beauty of the nature by providing accommodation facilities, is very attractive way.

We have got the opportunity to visit and enjoy the scenic beauty of those natural objects which possess wonderful and historical routes and are endowed to the motherland by the nature. It is our duty, as visitors, to gift them carefully to the future generations. And also even a very small effort we exert to protect them will co-operate to the process of handing over them to the future generations, in great extent. So, this cordial invitation is for you who are willing to enjoy the beauty of them in such a way that it may not harm other visitors, specially during this COVID-19 season, and leave only your footprints to another visitor like you.  

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