Rough Guides
Rough Guides Walks and Tours Sri Lanka: Top 12 Itineraries for Your Trip
Rough Guides Walks and Tours Sri Lanka: Top 12 Itineraries for Your Trip
ISBN: 9781835290613
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This compact, pocket-sized Sri Lanka travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination's highlights and really get a flavour of the place. It includes ready-made walking and driving itineraries, with detailed directions, that allow you to organise your visit to Sri Lanka without losing time planning. It's sustainably printed to ensure environmental responsibility.
This Sri Lanka pocket guidebook covers: Colombo Fort and Pettah, Modern Colombo, Kelani Valley Rail Journey, Mount Lavinia and Dehiwala Zoo, Negombo via the Wetlands, Road to Kandy, Hill Country, Haputale, Ella and Bandarawela, Dambulla, Sigiriya and Anuradhapura, Minneriya and Polonnaruwa, Galle Fort, Yala National Park.
Inside this Sri Lanka travel book, you will find:
- 12 ready-made walks and tours - easy-to-follow walking and driving trip plans featuring the best places to visit, as well as what to do and where to eat along the way
- Itinerary details - each walk or tour starts with pointers on the time taken, distance covered and how to connect with other itineraries in the book
- Things not to miss in Sri Lanka - ancient temples, wildlife, beaches, botanical gardens, colonial architecture, hottest curries, mountain views, tea trekking
- Curated recommendations of places - main attractions, off-the-beaten-track adventures, child-friendly family activities, chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas
- Insider recommendations - tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money and find the best local spots
- Historical and cultural insights - thematic articles highlight Sri Lanka's unique life and culture
- Unique hotel, restaurant and nightlife listings - curated details of where to stay, eat and go out, whatever your interest, for a range of budgets
- Practical information - how to get there, how to get around and an A-Z of essential details
- Meticulous mapping - practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered sights relating to major points of interest and places to eat or drink in the main itinerary text
- Free download of the eBook - available after purchase of the printed guidebook Sri Lanka
- Fully updated post-COVID-19
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