Rough Guides Walks and Tours Sri Lanka: Top 12 Itineraries for Your Trip: Travel Guide with eBook

by Rough Guides, Gavin Thomas

Overview

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.

In 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 it with other itineraries in the book
• Best walks and tours in Sri Lanka for ancient temples, animal lovers, beaches, botanical gardens, colonial architecture, hottest curries, mountain views, tea trekking
• Curated recommendations of places – the walks and tours feature all the main attractions and off-the-beaten-track adventures, as well as child-friendly family activities and 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 features 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
• Handy mapping – practical maps for each walk and tour, with clearly numbered sights
• Free download of the eBook – available after the purchase of the printed guidebook
• Coverage includes: Colombo Fort and Pettah, Modern Colombo, Negombo via the Wetlands, Kandy and around, Hill Country, Haputale and Ella, Sigiriya and Anuradhapura, Minneriya and Polonnaruwa, Galle Fort, Tangalla, Yala National Park, Arugam Bay to Kumana

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781835290613
Publisher:	Apa Publications
Publication date:	02/18/2025
Series:	Rough Guides Walks and Tours
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Rough Guides are written by expert authors who are passionate about both writing and travel. They have detailed knowledge of the areas they write about—having either traveled extensively or lived there—and their expertise shines through on every page. It's priceless information, delivered with wit and insight, providing the down-to-earth, honest read that is the hallmark of Rough Guides.

Gavin Thomas has spent much of his life trying to be somewhere else and has now visited over sixty countries around the world, from Argentina to New Zealand, his enthusiasm for abroad undimmed despite various life-threatening on-the-road encounters including being chased by wild elephants in Kerala, being shot by bandits in Mexico, and being forced to eat dangerously large quantities of airline catering. Author credits include the Rough Guides to Sri Lanka, Dubai, Oman, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia and Rajasthan.