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Nuwara Eliya

Nuwara Eliya is a city in the Hill Country of Sri Lanka. At 1,868 m altitude, the architecture and temperate climate gives it a very different feel from the rest of the country. Wikivoyage

Population 27,500 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Sri Lanka

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

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.

Markets

  • Fruit Market

    1. Monday: 8:00–20:00
    2. Tuesday: 8:00–20:00
    3. Wednesday: 8:00–20:00
    4. Thursday: 8:00–20:00
    5. Friday: 8:00–20:00
    6. Saturday: 8:00–20:00
    7. Sunday: 8:00–20:00

    8:00–20:00

    420 m from the centre

  • Central Market

    No hours mapped

    370 m from the centre

  • Farmer's Sunday Market

    No hours mapped

    1.0 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 7 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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