Galle

Galle is in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Galle's old town with its fortifications have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Wikivoyage

Population 93,118 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Sri Lanka

• 110AmbulanceAmbulance
• 110FireFire
• 119PolicePolice

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Sri Lanka

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Dutch Reformed Church (1755) Monument · 780 m
• National Museum Fort Museum · 690 m
• Mr. Dewapura Jayasena - Father of hydroelectricity Memorial · 280 m
• Anagarika Dharmapala Memorial · 280 m
• War Heroes Statue Monument · 330 m
• Memorial Pillar Memorial · 490 m
• The Sun Bastion Archaeological site · 520 m
• The Moon Bastion Archaeological site · 550 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• Dharmapala Park 210 m across 370 m

Getting around

• Galle 190 m
• Galle Public Bus Station 230 m
• 3 Wheelers 1.0 km
• Richmond Hill 2.4 km
• Katugoda 2.7 km
• Piyadigama 3.4 km

More train stations: Unawatuna 4.0 km, Gintota 4.9 km

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