Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa is an important ancient city ruin site, another one of the country's World Heritage Sites. Polonnaruwa was Sri Lanka's second capital city, after Anuradhapura, thriving about a thousand years ago. Gigantic tanks, palaces built on stories and hideouts of ancestors of Sri Lanka would allow you captures worth the walk. The garden-city is completely preserved, although most of the structures are in ruins. There are gardens, palaces, and temples, it's rather compact,