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| Nuwara Eliya | ||
| province | Central Province | |
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| Residents | approx. 27,500 | |
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| height | 1,868 m | |
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Nuwara Eliya is a city in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.
background
The name Nuwara Eliya is translated as City of light or City of the wide plain. It was founded by the British. It all started around 1830 with a sanatorium to cure tropical diseases, and the British benefited from the pleasant climate with an annual mean of 16 ° C. In 1846 it was the natural scientist Samuel Bakerwho founded the city. A few years later he also founded the island's first brewery, which is now owned by that name Lion Brewery Ceylon to the Carlsberg Group. In the beginning, vegetables were mainly grown in the area around the city, later it was coffee and today it is the center of the Tea cultivation of Sri Lanka.
The city's golf club and horse racing track also date from the time of the British. And the city owes its name to the numerous houses from the colonial era Little England.
getting there
Dynamic cardsBy plane
On the Lake Gregory there is a landing point for seaplanes.
By train
Nuwara Eliya has no direct rail link. The nearest train station is in the town 8 km away Nanu Oya, from there there are train connections to Colombo or after Badulla.
By bus
In the street
The road connections to Kandy and Badulla are very winding.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Gregory LakeThe water of the Nanu Oya river is dammed in the lake, which was created around 1875.
- 2 Queen Victoria Park, created for the 60th anniversary of the throne of the English queen
- 1 Nuwara Eliya Golf Club. The 18-hole course was founded in 1891.
- 3 Racecourse
- 1 Shantipura viewpoint
- 4 Pedro Tea Factory, Tea factory
- 5 St. Xavier's Church
- There are numerous waterfalls around the city, the most famous is probably the one Lovers Leapwhose water is used to brew beer.
- On the street A5 in the direction Badulla is about 8 km southeast of the Hindu temple 6 Seetha Amman Kovil on the left side of the street. The colorful temple is dedicated to the epic of the Ramayana related, a part is also dedicated to the god Hanuman.
- Also at the A5 about 2 km further southeast is the 7 Hakgala Botanical Garden. It has its origins in a plantation for cinchona trees, which were grown for the production of anti-malarial drugs.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Windsor Hotel
- 2 Jetwing St. Andrews
- 3 Ashley Resort
- 4 The Rock
- 5 KingFern Bungalow
- 6 The Grand
- 7 Glenfall Reach
- 8 Unique cottages
health
Practical advice
trips
- The Piriduthalaga towers over the city with its 2,524 m height, it is the highest mountain on the island. However, its summit is a restricted area.
- The Horton Plains National Park is located south of the city, it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Known for the more than 1,000 m high steep slope World's End. The national park is important primarily because of its biodiversity.
- That's southwest of the city Peak Wilderness Conservation Area, it is also part of the world natural heritage. Its highest point is that Adam's Peak. it is 2,234 m high. There is a rock formation on the mountain, it is interpreted as a footprint. Depending on the religion, the author is either Buddha, the god Shiva, the first man Adam or the apostle Thomas.
| Distances (kilometers of road) | |
| Kandy | 77 km |
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| Badulla | 58 km |
| Colombo | 167 km |
| Ratnapura | 140 km |
