{"id":32932,"date":"2017-08-16T07:03:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T05:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/jaffna\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T17:12:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:12:24","slug":"jaffna","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/asia\/sri-lanka\/jaffna","title":{"rendered":"Jaffna"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>SRI LANKA&#8217;S FERTILE PENINSULA<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Jaffna<\/strong> has been inaccessible for years because of the civil war. Fortunately, this time is over, now it is a unique, vibrant city in northern <strong>Sri Lanka.<\/strong> A trip to the fertile peninsula offers you a glimpse into a world not affected by tourists. Despite indian influences, the city has created its own unique identity with historical sites such as the <strong>Jaffna Fort,<\/strong>the <strong>Royal Palace<\/strong> and the huge Hindu temple <strong>Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil.<\/strong> \u00a0 In Jaffna you will also find impressive churches, picturesque streets and squares and colonial suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>From Jaffna you have a breathtaking view of the <strong>Jaffna Islands;<\/strong> sparsely populated, white sandy beaches, a shimmering blue sea with palm trees swaying around it. The pristine islands are accessible by boat and by dike from Jaffna. The islands are not only a good alternative for rest seekers, they also offer various possibilities for spotting tropical birds. Are you going to the &#8220;end of the world&#8221;? <em>Where the world can&#8217;t find you&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka&#8217;s fertile peninsula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":27215,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[218],"highlight_category":[602],"continent_category":[217],"class_list":["post-32932","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-sri-lanka","highlight_category-gebied-en","continent_category-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239317,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32932\/revisions\/239317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=32932"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=32932"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=32932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}