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Wide beaches, warm seas, and a slower pace.

Golden beaches, historic forts and laid-back coastal towns

Where misty mountains and tea estates shape Sri Lanka’s highlands

Sri Lanka’s sacred city in the hills

Ancient cities, sacred temples, and the heart of Sri Lanka’s history.

Sri Lanka’s cultural crossroads — history, food, and modern city life.

Sigiriya has it all — a history full of intrigue, astonishing frescoes of bare-breasted maidens painted 15 centuries ago, a wall covered in graffiti that is more than 1,000 years old and, to top it all, Asia’s oldest surviving landscape

Polonnaruwa was established as the capital after Anuradhapura had been invaded in the late 10th century. Under King Parakramabu, who ruled in the late 11th century, Polonnaruwa became a magnificent walled city. He built the vast reservoir and ordered the