Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, came in at No. 1. Booking.com recently released its 13th annual Traveler Review Awards, unveiling the "Most Welcoming Places" worldwide to visit in 2025. Ratings for the list ...

Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and former royal palace, is one of Sri Lanka's most visited and best-known sights, attracting just more than one million visitors in 2019.

Hoping that a similar situation would not occur in Sigiriya, a resident in the area, P.A.T. Perera, said that in the case of the Rangiri Dambulu Raja Maha Viharaya, the state acquired some surrounding ...

Thousands of suicide warriors attacked visitors at Sigiriya, sacrificing their lives to repulse a potential threat to their ‘castle’; the honeybee colonies hanging on the magnificent rock face. The ...

Built in the fifth century, Sri Lanka’s Sigiriya fortress attracted the attention of British archaeologists in the 1800s, who were amazed by its leonine rock art and beautiful frescoes.

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

The Minister said Sigiriya is a tourist attraction which draws some 60 percent tourists who visit Sri Lanka and that 1.8 million tourists are expected to visit Sigiriya within next year.

7 Days in Sigiriya with Prof. Raj Somadeva. The Sigiriya citadel has been a magnet for tourists and locals alike for generations. Many have scaled its heights, ...

It gets its name from a giant lion gateway (above) that the king built about halfway up the climb; ‘Sigiriya’ comes from the Sinhalese word ‘Sihagri’, meaning Lion Rock.. The ruins of Kasyapa’s palace ...