Colombo: A City of Lively Opportunities

Did you know that the population in Colombo exceeds almost 780,000 people?! Colombo Sri Lanka is without a doubt the biggest, the richest and most technologically advanced city in the Island. It's packed with shopping malls, star hotels, an international airport, ethnic dining options, Buddhist temples and a world-class national museum, making it unique among other cities in Sri Lanka. Looking at a Colombo map will show you that it is located close to the Indian Ocean right next to the Galle Face Green. The city is packed with places to see that includes the Zoological garden, Gangaramaya temple, Victoria park, Town hall, University of Colombo and even the Colombo port, making it the most important port city in the country. Very few places can match its uniqueness, diversity and colour. The city has an uncanny ability to overwhelm even those who have been living here for years. 

What makes this city so special among other cities in Sri Lanka is the level of amenities it offers to its residents and visitors. The city has the most developed Public Transport system in the island. Buses and train services are widely available at a walking distance, while more comfortable taxi services are available to explore Colombo and its city centre at a more reasonable price. If you are thinking of coming to Sri Lanka's Colombo, be it for an investment, to see it's colonial architecture (while staying in a boutique hotel) or for employment, you will discover a wide variety of properties on offer in the heart of Colombo city. This includes properties for sale in Colombo as well as properties for rent in Colombo with the best deals seen around the southern regions of the city, such as in Wellawatte, Dehiwala and Mount Lavinia. 

The investors will be delighted to know that there are developed lands for sale in Colombo such as commercial lands for sale or commercial lands for rent, for prices that ideally fits within the budget of modern investments, particularly around the Kollupitiya and Bambalapitiya areas. But that's not all. Since the city is seen as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, it also has a wide variety of commercial buildings for sale and commercial buildings for rent. One of the best examples for this is the World Trade Centre, which is in a strategic location, making it a commercial hub in terms of corporate offices. Dozens of new commercial developments similar to the World Trade Centre are already under construction, allowing the purchase or renting of such a property a reality. Nevertheless, what is Colombo zip code? Colombo's zip codes (postal codes) from Colombo 1 to 15, in order is, 00100 - Fort, 00200 - Slave Island, 00300 - Kolpiti, 00400 - Bambalapitiya, 00500 - Pamankada, 00600 - Wellawatte, 00700 - Ward Place, 00800 - Borella, 00900 - Dematagoda, 01000 - Maradana, 01100 - Pettah, 01200 - Hulsdorf, 01300 - Koyahena, 01400 - Grandpass, 01500 - Modara.