Mirissa

Mirissa is in Southern Province. Understand Mirissa is a beautiful little village with a nice beach and two surfing points. One for advanced surfers, and one for intermediate ones. Get in Take bus heading to Matara from Fort in Colombo and ask to get out in Mirissa. A/C costs 370 Rupees. Regular costs 250 Rupees. Depending on when you go, a trip will take between 3.5 and 5 hours. Alternatively, you can take the train from Colombo Fort to Weligama (7 km from Mirissa) and then go by tuk tuk to Mirissa. A 2nd class train ticket costs 220 Rupees. The train schedule is available here. Trips take between 2.5 and 3.5 hours (depending on the train). Get around Mirissa is a small village, you can basically get everywhere by feet. Walking. Cycling. Motorbiking. Tuk Tuk. Available to rent everywhere. See Buddhist temple. Fisherman harbour. Beach. Do Surfing. Bodyboarding. Whale watching. Swimming. Snorkelling. Ayurvedic treatments. Raja & The Whales, Mirissa Harbour, ☎ 0776953452, [1]. Great company, which provides sustainable whale watching in Mirissa.  edit Buy Eat Many different restaurants on the beach. Cheaper but still very tasty options are the Roti shops more inland. Dewmini Roti Shop, ☎ 0715162604. 7am-10pm. Very nice, quiet place to have a drink or taste the delicious fresh rotis. Little inland (follow small road next to internet place on the main street and look out for the signposting).  edit Drink In the beach bars around the beach. Sleep There is accommodation available for each type of traveller. You can find budget places starting from 1.000 Rupees in off season and 1.500 Rupees in season. Villa Sea View. Very nice place run by a local family. Provides the best view in Mirissa. Rooms starting from about 1.000 Rupies off season. 3 minutes off the beach and surf point (very right side on the beach when you watch the sea - up the hill).  edit Contact Get out This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!