Overview
A 5-minute walk from Kandy Lake, the Kandy Municipal Market is a two-story traditional market with fresh fruit, vegetables, and fish on the ground floor and spices, tea, textiles, and gems upstairs. It's the best place to buy Sri Lanka's premium cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves at source prices, and stalls outside serve fresh sugarcane juice. Free admission. In central Kandy, a 5-minute walk from Kandy Lake.
Opening Hours
Mon-Sat 07:00-18:00
Travel Tips
Spices are reasonably priced even without haggling, but buy gems with care. Mornings are liveliest and freshest.
Hotels near Kandy Municipal Market
Hotels and guesthouses in Kandy, Kandy City Centre, Kandy
Other attractions in Kandy
Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa)
Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist site, enshrining a relic tooth of the Buddha. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Royal Botanical Gardens (Peradeniya)
A 60-hectare tropical botanical garden especially renowned for its orchid collection.
Kandy Lake
A man-made lake at the heart of the city, perfect for strolls and quiet reflection.
Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue
A 27 m white Buddha statue overlooking Kandy city.
Kandyan Dance Performance
Sri Lanka's traditional Kandyan dance performed nightly for visitors.
Udawattakele Forest Reserve
A tropical rainforest reserve right behind the Temple of the Tooth.
Embekka Devalaya
A 14th-century Hindu-Buddhist shrine famous for its intricate wood carvings.