Hotspots, new stays, honest tips and tour plans for Sri Lanka, starting where we know best — Matara, Weligama, Mirissa and Tangalle.
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Beach
Families and floaters; famously shallow turquoise bay
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Tea lovers and families; working factory tour with tasting over the plantations
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Bargain hunters and photographers; fabrics, spices, electronics and the Red Mosque
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Snorkellers and divers; coral reef, turtles and reef sharks
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Families and elephant watchers; world's largest captive-Asian-elephant herd
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Families skipping the orphanage crowds; open-plan zoo beside the river
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Lighthouse and land's-end chasers; Sri Lanka's northernmost point
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Snorkellers and families; reef-sheltered swimming with turtles
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Architecture fans; admire the finest stone carving in the Quadrangle
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