Anuradhapura · Anuradhapura & Mihintale · Sri Lanka
★★★★☆ Museum & culture
No admission charge for anyone. Parking or transport may still cost.
A brilliant white dagoba of 140 BC, 103m high, ringed by a wall of stone elephants. Free and outside the ticketed zone. Best at dusk when it is floodlit and full of pilgrims.
| Adult ticket | Free entry |
|---|---|
| Child ticket | Free entry |
| Typical visit | 45 mins |
| Opening hours | Daily; modest dress, shoes off |
| Indoors or out | Outdoors |
| Region | North Central, Sri Lanka |
| Prices quoted in | LKR |
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