Royal Palace Park - Kandy — Attraction in Central Province

Wales Park/Royal Palace Park:

The Royal Palace Park, also known as Wales Park, Wace Park or Rajawasala Park, is a small park on top a small hill in the heart of the Kandy City. This park is overlooking Kandy Lake and most area of town center. This park first established by King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha, the last king of Sri Lanka. Later, it was renamed as Wales Park in honor of the Prince of Wales by the British.

The hill, where the park is currently situated, was known as Castle Hill by the British, as it was the site of the palace of Konappu Bandara, who ruled as Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy from 1590 to 1604.

Herbert Wace, CMG (1851–1906), the Government Agent of the Central Province and acting Colonial Secretary, arranged for this neglected site to be restored, and a park be built there in 1880.

In the park is a Japanese field gun which was captured by the British 14th Army in Burma during World War II and presented to the City of Kandy by Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander – South East...

We were told the entry fee was 100 rupees. But 2 minutes later, the fee increased to 200 rupees. From the reviews below, it is mentioned the locals only pay 30 rupees. The greed of the park security knows no bounds. We were also told we couldn't park in the parking slot in front of the park (nevermind that there is already a tuk tuk parked there), but somewhere at the back along the road. It didn't look like a safe place to park our car without getting it scratched. The staff here hates foreigners (read below for another negative experience by foreigners like us). We decided not to put up with the nonsense and left. The park is so small anyway, with not...

Nice and peaceful (apart from a decorative cannon). There were quite a few couples making out or being affectionate so if you are sensitive to that kind of stuff you might want to avoid this place. However if you are looking for a place to make out with a special one you don't have to look any further. But it's in no way required and you can just chill or read a book or something too. There was also no one trying to sell you anything or trying to get their hands on your money which was really nice hour a change after being downtown, although you have to pay a 100 lkr entrance fee if you are...