Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Bentota, Sri Lanka, Asia

Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Bentota, Sri Lanka, Asia

Bentota is one of the towns of Galle District in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka located between 6.42° N latitude and 80.00° E longitude. It is situated about 54 kms from Galle City and about 79 kms from national capital Colombo.

Bentota is one of the best places water sports lovers in the country and also houses numerous world-class hotels as well. Bentota is well known for toddy production and famous Sri Lankan Jeweler Aida.

History of Bentota:

Bentota derives its name from a devil called Bem. Galapatha Viharaya is one of the very ancient temples located in Bentota.

Economy of Bentota:

Tourism plays a major role in the economy of Bentota. Most of the people are working as laborers in resorts, guest houses and hotels of Bentota.

Connectivity to Bentota:

Bentota has its own airport named as Bentota River Airport served by the Sri Lankan Air Taxi with regular flights to Colombo City.

Bentota is also well connected with major cities of the country by railway and the railway station is situated just away from the city centre and the major railway station placed near Bentota is Aluthgama Railway station (2 km).

The luxury buses ply between Bentota and Galle stop at Bentota Town Bus Stand.

Food, Culture and Shopping in Bentota:

Bentota houses numerous Buddhists temples and ancient historical monuments. Bentota Perahera is a Buddhist festival celebrated in the month of December every year with many cultural events during the night time.

Bentota City houses varieties of shops ranging from handicraft, cloth, jewelry, perfume, shoes, digital camera and electronics as well. All the shops offer from low quality to high quality products at reasonable rates.

To eat traditional food of Sri Lanka and different variety dishes of Western countries visit Silk Route Cafe & Restaurant, located in Warahena.

Places to see in Bentota:

Bentota Beach:

Bentota Beach is the most important tourist attraction of Bentota, visited by higher majority of foreign tourists for its stunning beauty. There are numerous resorts and guest houses located near the beach with varieties of Sri Lankan and foreign food to serve the tourists.

Galapatha Viharaya:

Galapatha Viharaya is an ancient temple located in Bentota attracts plenty of devotees from surrounding districts also.

Galle Fort:

Galle Fort was constructed during the 16^th century by Portuguese and was redeveloped by Dutch in 1640.

Dutch Reformed Church:

Dutch Reformed Church was constructed by Dutch Army officer in 1754 is placed near Galle Fort.

Dutch Museum:

Dutch Museum has a large collection of prints, furniture and paintings of Dutch Kingdom is located in Galle.

Other tourist attractions near Bentota include:

Bentota River Airport
Induruwa Beach
Kalutara Temple
Seenigama Temple

Ideal time to visit Bentota:

Between November and March is the best time to visit Bentota, where the weather is wonderful and the sea is safe for swimming.

Where to stay in Bentota?

Bentota is a place of beautiful tourist destination houses plenty of well facilitated hotels and the best hotels in Bentota and Galle City (about 50 kms) are: