Places to go in Sri Lanka: Guardian UK readers’ travel tips | Pledge Holidays Travel Blog

PLACES TO GO IN SRI LANKA: GUARDIAN UK READERS’ TRAVEL TIPS Have tea, dinner or cocktails in Helga’s Folly, a fabulously spooky gothic mansion in the midst of jungle flora with to-die-for views of the historic city of Kandy. *** To get a real feel of Sri Lanka, spend a day at the cricket in Galle if there’s a match on. There are plenty of distractions as you sit on the grassy banks overlooking the old fort and watch the waves rolling in from the Indian Ocean while soaking up the sun. *** I spent an exhilarating day in Yala National Park, a pristine 130,000-hectare wilderness on the south-eastern tip of Sri Lanka. The landscape here feels alien: a flat expanse of twisted, bleached-white trees and hunched rock formations that evoke images of a prehistoric time. *** Sri Lanka’s celebrated architect, Geoffrey Bawa, coined a tropical modernism style based on Sri Lanka’s multi-ethnic traditional and colonial influences. Click below for more #SriLanka #HelgasFolly #YalaNationalPark #GeoffreyBawa #Bawa
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