Reading your handbook or having a local guide is always the best way to appreciate an attraction like this. You can make some sense of the scale & purpose of the stones, walls & ruins around you. In the heat & humidity of the day, Its a fairly testing climb up to the 'Lion's Paws' 2/3rds of the way up.... more

We went to Sigirya to see Lion Rock as part of a tour with Upul of Sri Lanka Tailored Tours. He took us to Lion Rock Hotel which was a stones throw from the Rock. This hotel was an excellent buget choice. The rooms are in two villas each with four rooms, two up & two down. The upstair room... more

Well maintained UNESCO world heritage site. I have been suffering from knee pain and the climb was hard work but well worth the effort. The frescos, which you get to by climbing a spiral staircase (the one down is said to be an original from Victoria underground station in London - and it looked rusty enough to be a valid... more

visited in august a site worth seeing but the summit not what i thought after seeing the sites of rome. if you go their with a guide so will still be tortured by locals who start to talk and walk next to you as you approach the start of the steps they follow you even if you tell them to... more

Sigiriya is an archeological site in Central Sri Lanka. It is essetntially the ruins of an ancient palace / fortress complex, built during the reign of King Kasyapa (477 – 495 AD). It is one of the seven World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka and is one of its most popular tourist destinations. The climb to the top - via... more

An hours climb to the top where the view is absolutely stunning. Highly recommended for all travelling to Sri Lanka more

Went to Lion Rock on second day of our holiday, our driver stopped at one of the little shops to purchase our tickets and introduced us to "our guide" who would accoumpany us on the climb. As we started the climb about five men tried to help us, after asking our guide to explain that we were quite capable of... more

ジャングルの中の巨大な岩、この上に王宮を建てて暮らしていたんだから物好きなことと思ってしまう。 フレスコ画、ライオンの... more

Quelle vue, quelle expérience... Montez le Lion Rock le matin très tôt et profitez d'une vue spectaculaire! En plus à... more