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Colombo Lotus Tower — Colombo
Cover photo: Tharoushan Kandarajah (Unsplash)
- District
- Colombo
- Province
- Western
- Best for
- View seekers and photographers; 360-degree city and ocean views from the deck
Book or buy observation-deck tickets at the tower base in Colombo 10; go on a clear late afternoon for sunset. Open daily roughly 9am-10pm with evening light-ups. Foreign adult ticket is around USD 20 (locals far less); queues grow on weekends.
About this place
Book or buy observation-deck tickets at the tower base in Colombo 10; go on a clear late afternoon for sunset. Open daily with evening light-ups. Tickets cost a few dollars for foreigners; queues grow on weekends.
Visitor brief
Good to know before you go
- Go on a clear late afternoon for sunset views; haze ruins the panorama.
- Ticket issuing ends before closing (roughly 9-10pm); weekends and holidays queue longest.
- Foreign adult ticket is around USD 20; keep ID/ticket for the deck and Pixel Bloom zones.
- Allow 1-2 hours for the deck, photos and the tower base exhibits.
- Combine with nearby Pettah and Fort on the same day.
How to travel there
Colombo 10, near Fort/Pettah; tuk-tuk, taxi or train to Colombo Fort then a short ride.
Where to stay
Colombo Fort or Pettah edge; city hotels of all tiers.
Nearby places
Pettah Market and Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque, Galle Face Green, Gangaramaya Temple and Seema Malaka, Colombo Fort clock tower and lighthouse
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