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Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
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““Terrible experienced” I would not recommend even for a one night stay!”

The Royal Lotus

1 of 5 stars
Zai_1983
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19 Dec 2009

We made a reservation on Royal Lotus for two days in a suite room-full board and during the reservation we mentioned that we are celebrating our honeymoon. When we arrived in the hotel room there was...more

“Overpriced and overused”

Polonnaruwa Resthouse

1 of 5 stars
Bardo_boy
Limbo
7 Dec 2009

I really wanted to love being here, perched on the side of the resevoir...but.... one room's sheets were soiled and another's beds were full of dead flies (how did they get there?). My companions...more

“Amazing ruins”
5 of 5 stars
sanuk_9
Derbyshire
21 Nov 2009

This place is huge and the ruins are so amazing and well preserved. It is very atmospheric and the monkeys only add to the ambience though some did look a little fierce ! Look out for the old English...more

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