Best Things to Do on a Anuradhapura Sacred City Tour Anuradhapura sacred city tour guide — visit the Sri Maha Bodhi tree, Ruwanwelisaya stupa and ancient monasteries of Sri Lanka's first capital.
Grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree in India, brought to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC and considered one of the oldest documented trees in the world.
A gleaming white dagoba over 100 metres tall, among the largest ancient monuments in the world and still an active place of worship.
Once one of the tallest structures in the ancient world, this brick stupa's ruins still tower over the surrounding monastery grounds.
The sacred city is in Anuradhapura, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, close to Mihintale.
A half or full-day route by bicycle or tuk-tuk covering the sacred city's major stupas, the Bodhi tree and monastery ruins.
