Top 10 smaller luxury boutique hotels in Sri Lanka
PART 1 – Smaller Luxury Boutique Hotels in Sri Lanka ‘Boutique’, to us, used to mean small, intimate and personal – a term now increasingly misused in the same way that ‘luxury’ has been to capture a developing market. Some definitions include hotels of up to a hundred rooms but for us the Sri Lankan limit of fifty is more in keeping with realistic expectations of providing the highest standards of care and attention. We’ve...
Cherrie’s Sri Lanka personal packing list
For the most part in Sri Lanka you’ll be in quite hospitable environments with all modern conveniences. The only areas you need to be aware of any variations to normal are really where climate (higher places such as Nuwara Eliya hill station), forest (Udawalawe and Yale national parks) or whale watching introduce something out of the ordinary. As with most travel it’s down to comfort and common sense. Be aware of the environment...
Sri Lanka – day by day
Read about our daily travels through this wonderful country as we discover the west coast and previously untouched north Each day, or whenever we had internet access, we’ve brought you our observations, ideas and comments as we travelled over a couple of weeks. Day 1 Waking at 4am is never a good way to start a journey, especially if you’ve been up late the night before at a friend’s party – but in...
The exotic treasure that’s Sri Lanka
You might ask why you should go to Sri Lanka if you’ve already been to India…or even if you haven’t – well in our opinion it’s all the best bits of India condensed into a smaller space! Whilst the turmoil of civil war and tsunami inevitably have obviously left their marks, the Sri Lankan people and government are determined to put it behind them and fully embrace the notion of luxury hospitality as a means to realise their full...
