ART, DESIGN & CULINARY DESTINATIONS

Taste, texture, craft and architecture beyond the obvious route.

This category supports the food, design and creative side of the itinerary portfolio.
The places Sri Lanka is almost never explored through – its food culture, its design heritage and the extraordinary architectural legacy of Geoffrey Bawa. The foundation of the Artisan & Discovery Series.

successive colonial layers readable in one afternoon walk with the right guide. Boutique hotels, independent bookshops, galleries and a historic Reformed Church from 1755 inside 17th-century coral-stone ramparts.

Accommodation Suggestions : 

  • Amangalla
  • Fort Bazaar
  • The Fort Printers
  • Final choice should be confirmed against travel dates, budget and preferred style.

In Our Tours : 

Featured in Tours 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Day Tour 9.

The cinnamon, cardamom, pepper, cloves and nutmeg growing area between Kandy and Dambulla. A specialist spice atelier experience gives significantly more depth than a standard garden visit.

Accommodation Suggestions : 

  • Jim’s Farm Villas
  • Aarunya Nature Resort
  • Santani Wellness Kandy
  • Final choice should be confirmed against travel dates, budget and preferred style.

In Our Tours : 

Tours 1, 4, 6, 7 and 11 pass through Matale.

Where Geoffrey Bawa shaped his garden estate Lunuganga into one of the most extraordinary tropical landscape designs in the travel world. Lunuganga requires advance booking.

Accommodation Suggestions : 

  • Taj Bentota Resort & Spa
  • Club Villa
  • The Villa Bentota by KK Collection
  • Final choice should be confirmed against travel dates, budget and preferred style.

In Our Tours : 

Tours 2, 4, 11 and 12 include Bentota. Lunuganga requires advance booking.

Geoffrey Bawa built most of his life’s work here. The best Sri Lankan street food in its most authentic form. The island’s gallery and design scene is concentrated here, and worth a full day rather than a transit corridor.

Accommodation Suggestions : 

  • Uga Residence
  • Paradise Road Tintagel
  • Galle Face Hotel
  • Final choice should be confirmed against travel dates, budget and preferred style.

In Our Tours : 

Featured in Tours 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12.