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Places near Puttalam by type
All 225 places by distance →One day from Puttalam
5 stops, one loop, back by 3:35 pm
133 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.
- Leave Puttalam
- Anamaduwa Paramakanda Cave Templecave · 1 hrs
- Thabbowa Wewa View Pointlake · 45 min
- Dutch Reformed Churchchurch · 30 min
- Kalpitti Beachbeach · 1.5 hrs
- St. Anne's National Shrine - Thalawila | church · 30 min
- Back in Puttalam
How to reach Puttalam
By road
Anuradhapura 88 km · Dambulla 115 km · Negombo 116 km. Directions.
By air
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Colombo — about 119 km by road; Jaffna International Airport (JAF), Jaffna — about 246 km by road.
Questions people ask
What are the best places to visit near Puttalam?
St. Anne's National Shrine - Thalawila | (church, about 20 km), Puttalam Beach Park (beach, about 2 km), Dutch Reformed Church (church, about 29 km), Thabbowa Wewa View Point (lake, about 19 km), Colombo Face (attraction, about 1 km), Kalpitiya Dutch Fort (fort, about 29 km).
How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Puttalam?
164 places on Spotwander: 33 buddhist sites, 17 lakes, dams & reservoirs, 20 beaches & coast, 22 mosques & dargahs, 19 other attractions.
Which is the nearest Buddhist site to Puttalam?
Puttalam Buddhist Centre, about 2 km by road; Sri Wishuddharama Viharaya (3 km) is next.
Which is the nearest lake to Puttalam?
Vaan Lake, about 1 km by road; Thabbowa Reservoir Dam (17 km) is next.
What is a good one-day trip from Puttalam?
Start in Puttalam, visit Anamaduwa Paramakanda Cave Temple, then Thabbowa Wewa View Point, then Dutch Reformed Church, then Kalpitti Beach, then St. Anne's National Shrine - Thalawila | , and drive back — about 133 km by road in all.