Matara

地点:马塔拉位于科伦坡以南160公里处,位于斯里兰卡的南部海岸。

到达马塔拉:可通过科伦坡-加勒-马塔拉的主要汽车公路以及铁路线到达马塔拉。

环境:在马塔拉海滩流入印度洋的尼尔瓦拉恒河将城市分为两个区域:位于河口的老城区和位于主陆地的新城区。六车道的 Mahanama Bridge 将大陆与河口连接起来。

新城区:大陆的新城马塔拉向四面八方蔓延。火车站、银行、商店、板球场和荷兰星堡占据了显眼的位置。

老城区:马塔拉老城区或河口的古老殖民地名为堡垒,是旧休息室、荷兰归正教堂、汽车站、市场和清真寺的所在地。

马塔拉,该地区的交通枢纽:马塔拉是南部省的主要交通枢纽,老城区有组织良好的公交车站。

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拉住宿:马塔拉的首选住宿地点是 Polhena 和 M edawatta 海滩。

Polhena Beach & Medawatta Beach:虽然波尔赫纳海滩提供了很好的浮潜机会,但梅达瓦塔非常适合冲浪。

关于马塔拉区

马塔拉是斯里兰卡南部海岸的一座城市,距离科伦坡 160公里。它是斯里兰卡最大的城市之一。该镇包含许多斯里兰卡的遗迹,斯里兰卡是殖民地的过去,被岛屿分开?蓝河是第三长的河流,尼尔瓦拉恒河(Nilwala Ganga),这是一条美丽而广阔的水域,将旧城区与新城区分开。

在16和18世纪,马塔拉分别由葡萄牙人和荷兰人统治。该地区仍然可以看到文化建筑唐德拉角广受欢迎的塔由荷兰人建造,被认为是斯里兰卡最美丽、最古老的灯塔之一。

南方省简介

斯里兰卡南部省是一个小的地理区域,由加勒马塔拉汉班托塔等地区组成。自给农业和渔业是该地区绝大多数人的主要收入来源。

南部省的重要地标包括亚拉和乌达瓦拉维国家公园的野生动物保护区、圣城卡塔拉伽马以及蒂萨马哈拉马、基林达和加勒等古城。(尽管加勒是一座古城,但在葡萄牙入侵之前,几乎没有任何东西能幸存下来。)在葡萄牙时期,有两位来自迪克威拉的著名僧伽罗诗人安达雷和来自马塔拉区德尼皮蒂亚的加贾曼·诺娜创作关于普通人的诗歌。

About Matara District

Matara is a city on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, 160 km from Colombo. It is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. The town contains many remnants of Sri Lanka is colonial past and is divided by the island?s third longest river, the Nilwala Ganga, Blue River a beautiful, wide expanse of water that splits the old town from the new.

In 16th and 18th centuries Matara was ruled by Portuguese and Dutch respectively. The culture and architecture can be still seen in the area. The popular Light house in point Dondra was built by Dutch and it is considered as one of the most beautiful and oldest light houses in Sri Lanka.

About Southern Province

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region.

Important landmarks of the Southern Province include the wildlife sanctuaries of the Yala and Udawalawe National Parks, the holy city of Kataragama, and the ancient cities of Tissamaharama, Kirinda and Galle. (Although Galle is an ancient city, almost nothing survives from before the Portuguese invasion.) During the Portuguese period there were two famous Sinhalese poets called Andare who was from Dickwella and Gajaman Nona who was from Denipitiya in Matara District, composing poems on common man.

Activities from Matara District