Colombo - Sri Lanka - page 160

Sri Lanka's top tea brand has its own posh shops, at Cinnamon Gardens ( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ;Odel, 5 Alexandra Pl, Col 7) , Crescat Boulevard ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 89 Galle
Rd, Crescat Boulevard, Col 3) and Majestic City ( GOOGLE MAP ;Galle Rd, Majestic City, Col 4) .
Vijitha Yapa Bookshop BOOKS
Branches at Crescat Boulevard ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 011 551 0100;89 Galle Rd, Crescat
Boulevard, Col 3) and Unity Plaza ( GOOGLE MAP ; 011 259 6960;Galle Rd, Unity Plaza, Col 4)
stock a comprehensive collection of foreign and local novels, guidebooks and pictorial
tomes on Sri Lanka.
Bazaar SOUVENIRS
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; off Olcott Mawatha, Col 11)
A large collection of stalls just west of Fort station, selling items aimed at tourists. Cheap
prices for Lion beer T-shirts.
Buddhist Book Centre BOOKS
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 268 9786;380 Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Col 7)
Filled with books on Buddhism; about a third of the stock is in English.
DON'T MISS
KALA POLA ART MARKET
Every Sunday morning the broad avenue Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha south of Vi-
haramahadevi Park comes alive with colour as local artists display their works at the Kala
Pola Art Market ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ;Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Col 7; Sunday 8am-
noon). This weekly explosion of colour is an outgrowth of the original market, a huge annu-
al event still held the third Sunday of January when up to 500 artists display their work.
The market is a kaleidoscope of creativity from across the nation and you might just find
a bargain-priced treasure.