Red Dot’s cultural and colonial itinerary
offers you these highlights in an itinerary that takes you deep
back into history: These are just a few of the highlights on
offer:
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Marvel at the ruined cities of Polonnuruwa and Anaradhapura. * Climb
the old royal rock fortress of Mount Sigiriya. *
Travel by train through stunning highlands scenery. *
Explore the history and beliefs of Buddhism. *
Visit ancient caves in the hill country. *
Escape the main tourist drag to visit the likes of Yapahuwa,
Mihintale and
Kataragama. *
Enhance the historic feel by staying in colonial hotels.
Want to lighten your colonial itinerary with a spot of beach,
activity pursuits or more time in Colombo? Just ask us.
First and foremost, Red
Dot's cultural itinerary is designed to uncover lesser-known,
but still entrancing, remains of Sri Lanka's cultural past -
sites ignored in the click-and-go madness of mass-market coach
parties.
We invite you to explore the past still further by offering
you the chance to enter a colonial timewarp. If you choose,
you can stay at hotels built in old colonial style, where service
is polite and unhurried, and grandfather clocks may still tick
in dark-wooden corridors. Take a journey to the hill country
by train and experience the wonderful scenery in a more relaxed
fashion. You might even allow yourself a dash of eccentricity
and request instead that we let you travel in that enduring
symbol of post-war Britain: the Morris Minor. If we can still
find one not reduced to scrap.
If that is not quite your style, then why not immerse yourself
in both past and present? As the lost capitals tell, Sri Lanka's
rich history has not been without its troubles and the recent
past has been no different.
As you step back in time, you may also want to reflect on the
religious influences that have shaped this wonderful country.
Over dinner, on the first night, we invite you to gain a basic
understanding of Buddhism. Later you have a chance to experience
the ayurvedic massage, and treatments, that has been practiced
in Sri Lanka for centuries.
And if you want to lighten your colonial itinerary with a spot
of beach, activity pursuits, more time in Colombo – in
fact, just about anything that takes your fancy -- just ask
us
Intrigued? Then why not click below for full details of our
Cultural and Colonial
Itinerary.
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