Nuwara Eliya

Nuwara Eliya

Often referred to as ‘Little England’, this genteel highland community does have a rose-tinted, vaguely British-country-village feel to it, with its colonial-era bungalows, Tudor-style hotels, well-tended hedgerows and pretty gardens. Indeed, Nuwara Eliya was once was the favoured cool-climate escape for the hard-working and hard-drinking English and Scottish pioneers of Sri Lanka’s tea industry. A recent construction boom has blighted the scene to a degree, and the dusty and bustling centre is a thoroughly Sri Lankan urban tangle, but Nuwara Eliya still makes a fine base for a few days' relaxation. The verdant surrounding countryside of tea plantations, carefully tended vegetable plots and craggy hills is highly scenic. Treat yourself to a night in one of Nuwara Eliya’s colonial hotels, play a round of golf or a few frames of billiards, and soak up the town’s unique bygone heritage.

must visit places

Attractions

Tea estates

Galway's Land

Lake Gregory

Packages

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Lanka Break

KANDY 1N • NUWARA ELIYA 1N • COLOMBO 1N
Explore three most visited tourist destinations in Sri Lanka within a short span of time. 'Lanka Break' is ideal for one looking for a weekend getaway that is not too far. Experience beyond.

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