Sri Lanka
Shoreditch meets Sri Lanka: Why Sri Lanka's south coast is the creative hotspot to know about for 2024
A new wave of creativity has followed the surfers and yogis to the reef breaks, coconut plantations and Buddhist monasteries of Sri Lanka's south coast
By Chandrahas Choudhury
The best hotels in Sri Lanka
From hideouts under jungle canopies to sprawling ultra-luxe spots, these are the prettiest places to call home
By Harriet Compston and Kate Lough
The Best Hotels and Resorts in Asia: The Gold List 2024
Our global editors – based in seven cities across three continents – share their favourite places to stay and ships to sail.
By CNT Editors
10 cheapest nicest places to visit in Asia
Make the most of your next international trip with a stronger currency in hand
By Ria Gupta
The best villas in Sri Lanka
For the best stay in Sri Lanka, take over one of these sprawling houses set within the most beautiful surrounds
By Harriet Compston
Harding Boutique Hotel, Ahangama, Sri Lanka hotel review
A tropical modernist hideaway that helped put a south-Sri Lankan fishing village on the map for clued-in surfers and sun-seekers
By Chris Schalkx
A local's guide to Colombo, Sri Lanka
Designer Annika Fernando on where to eat and shop in the Sri Lankan capital
By Sarah Khan
Islands
A restaurant critic's search for the best food in Sri Lanka
Leading restaurant critic Fay Maschler, who has a deep passion for the flavours of Sri Lanka, returns to its shores to track down the dishes that have created so much buzz closer to home in the past few years
By Fay Maschler
Places To Stay
PALM hotel review, Sri Lanka
A hotel review of PALM, Sri Lanka, a community-minded South Asian opening with a slick upcycling purpose...
By Emma Boyle
Inspiration
The best places in Sri Lanka according to an expert
For our latest issue, a special edition with the theme of Under One Sky, we asked our favourite globetrotters 21 questions in order to shine a light on businesses big and small
By James Jayasundera
Inspiration
3 travel destinations to support when we can
The worldwide destinations that need our support from Australia to the Amazon
By Fiona Kerr
Islands
Sri Lanka's hottest new hangouts
Amongst the hills and shores of buzzing Sri Lanka, these smart new boltholes are bringing a cool modern vibe to traditional tea plantations, with barefoot-hip interiors, the most incredible palm-littered views and truly excellent foodie experiences
By E Jane Dickson
Inspiration
This Sri Lankan beach town is the latest nomad hotspot
On Sri Lanka’s south coast, a once scrappy beach village is now the off-grid headquarters of a new wave of multi-tasking, surf-loving entrepreneurs from all over the globe
By Fiona Kerr
Sri Lanka
Win a six-night holiday to Sri Lanka
We’re giving away a six-night trip to Sri Lanka, including stays at the Ozo Colombo and Amari Galle hotels, plus return flights from the UK. This competition is now closed
Places To Stay
Sri Lanka's new beachfront safari camp
A quite extraordinary new safari camp, Wild Coast Tented Lodge, has opened on a beach in Yala National Park, with leopards to one side and the ocean on the other
By Issy von Simson
Beaches
Sri Lanka's serene south coast
With all the buzz around the north and east opening up for the first time, Sri Lanka is hotter than ever. We skip the crowds and return instead to the classic south, which is quietly churning out a tide of hits
By Fiona Kerr