White sand beaches, a vast and complex history, gorgeous mountains and delicious food: Sri Lanka truly does have it all. Once ravaged by war, it is now a thriving and vibrant country that rewards the ...

Sri Lanka is an enigma. A little bit of India, a splash of the Maldives and a hint of Bali, the country retains a distinct personality all its own, discernible only in its startlingly diverse corners.

For the longest time, Colombo was swerved by holidaymakers flying into Sri Lanka for their two-week jaunt. Cast off as a waste of time, a frenetic city, with not much to see or do, a place only to be ...

The Northern Line is an 8-hour journey from Jaffna in the north of the island to the capital Colombo, on a line that was ...

The island nation of Sri Lanka is now open to tourists from all countries. Sri Lanka Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunga made the official announcement during a press conference on Thursday, ...

HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. Bomb blasts can happen ...

Zinara Rathnayake is a writer based in India and Sri Lanka with bylines in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, Atlas Obscura, and others. Her work largely focuses on travel, food, and culture, among others.

Floating just below the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka is a stunningly verdant island cloaked in jungles. Roads lace their ...