Country Info
- Colombo
- Capital
- Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
- Currency
- 19,408,635
- Population
- LK
- Country Code
Sri Lanka Slideshow
Top Hotels in Sri Lanka
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Mount Lavinia Hotel Colombo
486 reviews -
The Pearl Negombo
27 reviews
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Villa Paradise Hikkaduwa
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Tourmaline Hotel Kandy
20 reviews
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Reef Villa & Spa Wadduwa
90 reviews -
King Fern Cottage Nuwara Eliya
88 reviews
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Hotel Country Comfort Inn Ella
20 reviews -
Ratnaloka Tour Inn Kahangama
9 reviews -
Full Moon Garden Hotel Katunayake
31 reviews -
The Oasis Hotel Colombo
5 reviews
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Lunuganga Bentota
14 reviews -
The Sun House Galle
49 reviews
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Villa Araliya Negombo
116 reviews
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Pelwehera Village Resort Dambulla
28 reviews -
Main Reef Hotel And Restaurant Hikkaduwa
6 reviews
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Freedom Lodge Kandy
96 reviews
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Serene Garden Hotel Kandy
67 reviews
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Garden Beach Hotel Kosgoda
9 reviews
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Glendower Hotel Nuwara Eliya
27 reviews
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Hotel Alta Vista Ella
12 reviews
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Walawa Safari Village Uda Walawe National Park
4 reviews
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Horizon Hotel Koggala
1 review
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Centauria Tourist Hotel Embilipitiya
40 reviews
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Riverina Hotel Colombo
189 reviews
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Rampart View Galle
23 reviews
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Windmill Beach Hotel Negombo
7 reviews
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Aditya Hikkaduwa
120 reviews
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Kalla Bongo Lake Resort Hikkaduwa
35 reviews
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Helga's Folly Kandy
113 reviews
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Highest View Kandy
26 reviews
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Kassapa Lions Rock Sigiriya
93 reviews
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Rising Lion Inn Nuwara Eliya
21 reviews
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Royel River Resort Ella
2 reviews
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Insight Ahangama
24 reviews
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Emerald Bay Colombo
82 reviews
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The Waterside Bentota
48 reviews
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Jetwing Seashells Negombo
246 reviews
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Bird Lake Hotel Hikkaduwa
7 reviews
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St Andrew'S Hotel Kandy
257 reviews
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Eva Lanka Hotel Tangalla
25 reviews
Sri Lanka
Travel Blogs from Sri Lanka
The England Cricket Team Exposed
This is a top pick! ... .30 we jumped into a tuk-tuk and headed for the illustrious Lighthouse Hotel 10 minutes north. Designed by Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's most acclaimed architect, The Lighthouse looks like nothing from the outside, but once inside, it oozes stylishness. ...
The beautiful Hill Country
This is a top pick! We headed south east from Kandy to see more of the beautiful hill country in Sri Lanka's interior. We stayed a night in the hill station town of Nuwara Eliya, but unfortunately it was really rainy so we didn't get to go an any walks. Regardless, the town ...
Missing person.....answers to the name "Andy"
This is a top pick! Yesterday evening, after waving goodbye to Ronali and Rodrick, Andy decided to set out on a walk. Andy is the new builder who arrived down to Hambantota last Thursday, so is pretty new to the area. An hour and a half later we realized he hadn't arrived ...
Unawatuna......Voted one of the world best beaches
This is a top pick! ... to a town called Matara, which was about an hour away, once in Matara we changed buses and travelled a further hour along Sri Lankas south coast to the town of Unawatuna. The drive along the coast was both beautiful and upsetting, the beaches are the ...
From tea to Tamil Tigers.
This is a top pick! ... , which you will read about shortly, if you so care to turn the page to the next entry. . . . * "Arrack" is a liquor in Sri Lanka, made from coconut juice, fermented and distilled to about 70 proof, and drunk profusely by the men, generally in ...
Capitulation in Colombo
This is a top pick! ... above that the game only lasted four days instead of the usual five. This is because England were absolutely and thoroughly annihilated by Sri Lanka, handing us our heaviest defeat since 1973. I have to admit that at the end of Day 3 I had enough Lion ...
A relaxing day
This is a top pick! ... for the Sports Day i.e. a man's skirt. If I have to wear a Sari, then he also has to be in traditional Sri Lankan wear. Along the bottom has ducks holding umbrellas - a little reminder of home! This afternoon was spent getting acquainted with ...
Out Of India!
This is a top pick! ... is the home of the Temple of the Tooth, and apparently I have arrived on the first day of the most major festival in Sri Lanka--the Tooth festival. . I wonder what the tooth fairy would give for buddhas tooth. Probably at least 20 bucks. The tooth, from ...
Luxury
This is a top pick! ... a start there were 4 other backpackers on the bus (2 Israeli, 2 Slovenian girls). Having not seen ANY backpackers for the whole time in Sri Lanka this was quite a turnup. There was also an albino Sri Lankan woman at the front of the bus and a guy with 6 ...
In a prison. In Sri Lanka.....
This is a top pick! ... , we thought we would sing the mother of all action songs “if you’re happy and you know it”. In Sri Lanka. In a prison. They absolutely loved this and joined in, as did the gaurds, with all the actions including wiggling their toes and ...
Ancient cities, tea plantations and Ella...
This is a top pick! ... shade them from the sun - another change from India where it is not the done thing to outwardly show affection - we discovered inland Sri Lanka to be more conservative. It was great to be able to walk around the city on pavements not clogged with all ...
The Rock
This is a top pick! We arrive at the Grand Resort (not really how I would describe it - it is not grand and don't resorts have a pool? Maybe the fish pond will do the job!) in Sigiriya. It's 2pm ish now and the sun is cooling off a bit. We have enough time to grab lunch, a ...
The return trip has begun...Team Blog
This is a top pick! ... our internet will be up and running in the next few days so we can be more regular. So until them, Smile Team Sri Lanka Oct08 say farewell!! PS. Apparently if you google "Hambantota photos" some very interesting pictures of our very own Mr ...
we've made our minds up!
This is a top pick! ... ) on Veligandu Island in Rasdhoo Atoll. I am so excited, counting down the hours and cant wait to leave tomorrow. Our last memory of Sri Lanka is that of a dead body being dragged from the middle of Galle Raod. His face was all mashed in, blood was ...
A typical day
This is a top pick! ... ! 9am - 930am - breakfast. Not cornflakes but rice and curry, or noodles or something equally random! A typical Sri Lankan breakfast 930am - 10am - unstructured play. Usually involves them running around, kicking a ball etc ...
Arugam Bay and Kandy (again!)
This is a top pick! ... a bit more attention to the good old Lonely Planet, we would have known that the tourist/surfing/sunshine season for Arugam Bay on Sri Lanka's east coast was well and truly over. Instead, with visions of seaside fun we headed all the way over there to ...
Sing-a-long fun
This is a top pick! Today in Preschool the children were mainly practicing for their sports day next week. Some games include finding the other half of a piece of fruit they are given, counting out toys and putting them in the bags and giving a doll some medicine without ...
Safari
This is a top pick! Yesterday 8 of us headed of for our first Yala experience. The jeep driver was great, although at times on the way there, we were holding on for dear life! But sure that's all part of the fun! A stretch of Yala borders the beach so it was ...
123,123
This is a top pick! Yesterday saw another death defying jeep ride - 10mins of clinging for dear life (ok I'm exaggerating a little!). This time it was to a temple on top of a mountain, on the way to Kataragama. The scenery was amazing - you felt that if you reached up you ...
Shakespare, salt and Sunday school
This is a top pick! First of all I can't believe I've just typed in the 31/08/07 in the date field. I don't know where August has gone to and it also means I only have 1 complete month left - but to be fair I'm here for nearly all of October as well so it's all good. The ...
Simply Sigiria
This is a top pick! True to their country’s reputation, Ania and Begosia came to Sri Lanka armed with a large bottle of Vodka. A swig every now and then will keep Montezuma’s Revenge at bay, is what they kept telling me. It seemed to work, although we were all a ...
Post-Tsunami Panic
This is a top pick! ... As we left Tangalle, we felt as though we had hit another wall. It was frustrating to know the need for help was widespread in Sri Lanka, and we felt disappointed at a personal level not to have found a niche in Tangalle. We agreed when we came to Sri ...
It's the old communications problem again...!!
This is a top pick! ... of chicken pizza, hot dogs or bread rolls covered in sugar. Pretty standard I think you'll agree. Having been dropped outside Sri Lanka’s answer to Harrods by Heshan, we soon discovered that it does not open until 9.50am…..again as we are in ...
Crying, cricket and cake!
This is a top pick! ... afternoon, and as expected quite emotional! It was then into the van for the long drive to Colombo to watch England play Sri Lanka at cricket on Saturday. I knew nothing about cricket and thought I would be bored within the hour. However it was ...
Everything can change within 5 minutes
This is a top pick! ... school was closed today as a precaution, but no children turned up anyway. I have to say there is a great sense of camaraderie amongst Sri Lankan's - I think it must have been a taster of what it was like during the war last night! They look out for each ...
Never mind the Ikea, feel the eco
This is a top pick! ... wusses. That night we would tackle Adam's Peak, known by the locals as Sri Pada (Illustrious Footprint), the second highest mountain in Sri Lanka, so we grabbed a few hours sleep. 17/12 It would be suicide to take on the 7,500 feet that is ...
Kataragama - Sacred Sri Lankan Town
This is a top pick! ... itself. The Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and sometimes even Christian all worship here together - its one of the most sacred sites in Sri Lanka along with the Temple of the Tooth which we already visited in Kandy. We stayed for about an hour, smelling the ...
Flowers and Butterflies
This is a top pick! ... and bemused Sri Lankan looks. Needless to say we will never be asked to perform this song again! We finished the evening off with delicious watalapan, a traditional Sri Lanka dessert with is basically eggs, sugar and butter but tastes absolutely ...
Kandy
This is a top pick! ... one tenth of the price we paid for the taxi, bound for Kandy. My first impressions of local transport in Sri Lanka were similar to Central America, cramped and crowded. Leg room was non-existent, especially with my backpack between my ...
The long and bumpy road
This is a top pick! ... ! Anyway he came back 30mins later with a van so that was good! It is a completely different side to the parts of Sri Lanka that I have seen so far, which have all been by the coast. As we went inland and drove further and further above sea ...