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Renuka City Hotel 328 Galle Road Colombo 3 Sri Lanka +94-112573598/602 Renukaht@Renukahotel.Com Index NEAR YOUR STAY Renuka City Hotel 328 Galle Road Colombo 3 Sri Lanka +94-112573598/602 [email protected] Index Page no Useful Addresses 1 Hospitals 2 Tourist Attraction in Colombo 3 Other Tourist Attraction in Colombo 4 The Casinos 5 Nightclubs 6 Foreign Missions 7 International Banks 8 Shopping 9 Religious Places 10 1 Useful Addresses Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority No. 80, Galle Road, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka. +94 112426800 / +94 112426900 (Distance from the hotel - 1.1 km) Colombo Central Bus Stand Olcott Mawatha, Pettah, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka. +94 112329606 (Distance from the hotel - 5.1 km) Sri Lanka Railways - Fort railway station Fort railway station, Sri Lanka. +94 112432908 / +94 112434215 (Distance from the hotel - 4.4 km) 2 Hospitals National Hospital of Sri Lanka Durdans Hospital Colombo 10. No. 03 Alfred Place Sri Lanka. Colombo 03 +9411-2691111 / +9411-2693510 Sri Lanka. (Distance - 2.8 km) +9411-2140000 1344 (Short code) (Distance - 1.3 km) Nawaloka Hospital Asiri Central Hospital No. 23, No. 14 Deshamanya H. K Dharmadasa, Norris Canal Rd, Mawatha, Colombo 10 , Colombo 2, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka. +9411-4665500 +9411-5577111 / +9411-5777777 (Distance - 2.7 km) (Distance - 2.0 km) Lanka Hospitals Oasis Hospital No. 578 No:18/A, Elvitigala Mawatha, Muhandiram E.D. Colombo 5, Dabare Mawatha Sri Lanka. Colombo 5, +9411-5430000 Sri Lanka. (Distance - 5.1 km) +9411-5506000 (Distance - 5.7 km) 3 Tourist Attractions in Colombo Independence Memorial Hall Arcade Independence Square Colombo 7. Colombo 7. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka. +9411-28789961 +9471-3456789 (Distance - 3.0 km) (Distance - 3.1 km) Laksala Handicraft Emporium Gangaramaya Temple No. 215 No. 61 Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Sri Jinarathana Rd Colombo 7, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka. +9411-2580579 +9411-2435169 (Distance - 2.3 km) (Distance - 1.8 km) National Museum of Colombo Gem Bureau Colombo Sir Marcus Fernando 255A, Mawatha R.A.De Mel Mawatha, Sri Lanka. Colombo 3, +9411-2695366 Sri Lanka. (Distance - 1.9 km) +9411-5649999 (Distance - 350 m) 4 Other Tourist Attractions in Colombo Clocktower cum Lighthouse (Distance - 3.1 km) Galle Face (Distance - 1.8 km) Dutch Hospital Shopping Precinct (Distance - 3.3 km) Baudhaloka Buddha Image (Avukana) (Distance - 3.6 km) Wolvendaal Church (Distance - 5.7 km) New Kathiresan Kovil (Distance - 4.9 km) Townhall, Colombo (Distance - 2.4 km) Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) - (Distance - 3.9 km) Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre (Distance - 2.4 km) National Art Gallery (Distance - 2.5 km) The Craft Village (Distance - 9.8 km) Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihara (Distance - 13.1 km) Zoological Gardens (Distance - 7.1 km) Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) (Distance - 6.1 km) 5 The Casinos Bellagio Colombo MGM Casino No. 430 No. 4/1 B R. A. De Mel Mawatha Arthur's Pl Colombo Colombo +9475-5886688 +9471-3456789 (Distance - 800 m) (Distance - 800 km) Casino Marina Colombo Bally's Casino No 30, No 34, Marine Drive D.R. Wijewardana Colombo 3. Mawatha, +9411-4219988 Colombo 10, (Distance - 300 m) +9411-2435169 (Distance - 4.8 km) 6 Night Clubs The Margarita Blue (Distance - 2.9 km) The Library (Distance - 2.9 km) Club Amuseum (Distance - 1.7 km) Inn on the Green (Distance - 1.4 km) Kudos (Distance - 3.3 km) Silk (Distance - 3.9 km) Kama Colombo (Distance - 2.5 km) Clancy's (Distance - 4.0 km) 7 Foreign Missions British High Commission Embassy of The United States No. 389 No. 210, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Galle Main Rd, Colombo 7 Colombo 3 +9411-5390639 +9411-2498500 (Distance - 3.7 km) (Distance - 500 m) Australian High Commission Embassy of China No. 21 R G No. 381A Senanayake Mawatha Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7. Colombo 7 +9411-2463200 +9411-2688610 (Distance - 3.0 km) (Distance - 3.7 km) High Commission of India Canadian High Commission No. 36-38, No. 33 A2, 5th Lane, Colombo 3 Colombo 3, +9411-2327587 +9411-5226232 (Distance - 3.1 km) (Distance - 750 m) Embassy of Saudi Arabia Embassy of Japan No. 43, No. 20 R G Horton Place, Senanayake Mawatha, Colombo 7 Colombo 7 +9411-2682087 +9411-2693831 (Distance - 2.7 km) (Distance - 3.1 km) 8 International Banks HSBC Bank Standard Chartered Bank No: 31, No. 111 Sir Ernest de Silva Maya Avenue, Mawatha, Colombo Colombo 3, +9411-4472272 +9411-2501476 (Distance - 1.1 km) (Distance - 4.9 km) Deutsche Bank Habib Bank Limited No 86, No. 70 A2, Anagarika Dharmapala Colombo Mawatha, Colombo 7 +9411-2447062 +9411-2370390 (Distance - 1.1 km) (Distance - 800 km) Indian Bank No. 57 Sir Baron Jayathilaka Mawatha, Colombo +9411-2323403 (Distance - 3.6 km) 9 Shopping Centers Crescat Shopping Mall Majestic City Galle Road, No. 10 Colombo Station Rd, Colombo +9411-2152100 +9411-2508673 (Distance - 1.1 km) (Distance - 2.4 km) Liberty Plaza ODEL R A De Mel Mawatha, No. 5, Colombo Alexandra Place, Colombo +9411-2254811 +9411-4625800 (Distance - 500 m) (Distance - 2.3 km) Cotton Collection Kelly Felder No. 143 No. 345 Anagarika Dharmapala Galle Rd, Mawatha, Colombo 7 Colombo 3 +9411-2307005 +9411-7227000 (Distance - 1.5 km) (Distance - 1.4 km) Nolimit Galle Main Rd, Colombo +9411-2737441 (Distance - 3.9 km) 10 Religous Places Catholic Churches Buddhist Temples St. Mary’s Church Isipathanaramaya Buddhist Temple Gregory’s RD Seema Malaka Fatima Church Gangaramaya Temple St. Philip Neri's Church Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya St. Anthony's Shrine Hindu Kovils Muslim Mosques Sri Kaileswaram Mosquée Jami Ul Alfar Ishwariya Lakshmy Amman Kovil Dewatagaha Mosque Shri Ponnambalawan Red Mosque Kollupitiya Jummah Mosque .
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