In the guides you can find information that Colombo is an uninteresting city that is not worth spending more than one afternoon on. Nothing could be more wrong. Although there are no monuments of the "Cultural Triangle" class here, the Buddhist sanctuaries of Gangaramaya and Seema Malaka, the World Trade Center towers or the largest bazaar on the island in the Petta district are reason enough to stay in the capital of Sri Lanka a little longer. If you want to feel the atmosphere of this place, just rely on your intuition and get lost in the streets of Pettah, Slave Islannds or the Cinnamon Gardens.