If you do want to hire a guide for the day, it should be somewhere around 1000-2000 LKR depending on where you want to go, so it can be useful.
5. Visit The Ratna Prasada Guard Stone
This was once a “jewel palace” that now mostly lies in ruins.
It was originally 7 stories high.
The entrance is the most impressive feature with a beautifully carved Muragala (guardstone), which showcases the Cobra King holding a vase of abundance and a flowering branch.
6. Kuttam Pokuna (Twin Ponds)
7. Moonstone of Abhayagiri Vihara
8. Ruwanwelisaya Stupa
9. Visit the lake Tissa Wewa for sunset
11. Gal Palama (Stone Bridge)
Bridge over Malwathu Oya (Anuradhapura)
Bridge over Halpan Ela (Anuradhapura)
Bridge close to Mahakanadarawa Reservoir (Mihintale)