{"id":10049,"date":"2016-12-12T17:22:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/?p=10049"},"modified":"2020-12-03T15:48:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:48:02","slug":"eleanors-insider-sri-lanka-travel-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/eleanors-insider-sri-lanka-travel-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleanor’s insider Sri Lanka travel tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eleanor represents some of Sri Lanka’s best boutique hotels: full of character, history and beautiful antiques. Here she shares her top insider tips for any travel enthusiast wanting to visit the country. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Having lived in Sri Lanka<\/a> for over a year I think one of the main insights I came back to the UK with was that Sri Lanka is a fantastic place to visit most of the year round and not just in the traditional \u2018high season<\/a>\u2019 between December and March.   I think most tourists are missing a trick because outside of the traditional \u2018high season\u2019 the country is blissfully quiet of tourist crowds and rooms are much easier to secure at even the most popular hotels.<\/p>\n

The hill and tea country can be sublime between May and August and for the last two years I\u2019ve been on the south coast<\/a> in September and the weather has been excellent \u2013 we\u2019ve only ever had a few short heavy bursts of rain and certainly not every day.  I\u2019m lucky enough to represent some of the most outstanding boutique hotels in Sri Lanka<\/a> and over the UK’s summer and autumn months these hotel often promote incredible offers which make them great value, especially for more budget conscious travellers.  For those with healthier budgets, these months are a great time to treat yourself and upgrade to some of the amazing top level rooms and suites.<\/p>\n

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Another of my top tips would be to enjoy a day or two in Colombo<\/a> before you leave. So many travellers seem to skip Colombo and I would encourage them to reconsider this.  Sri Lanka\u2019s vibrant capital has really changed over the last few years and there is so much to do and see.   There are superb restaurants, shops, and galleries and one of my favourite mornings was spent taking a walking tour with Mark Forbes<\/a>, a superb young guide who offers walking tours of Colombo\u2019s Fort and Pettah areas.  Mark is such an engaging speaker and has a real talent for bringing the past to life.  I\u2019ll also never forget the incredible Jaffna crab lunch we enjoyed with him in Pettah at the end of the tour \u2013 sitting with locals, eating with our hands and blowing our taste buds away!<\/p>\n

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Eleanor represents some top notch boutique hotels in Sri Lanka, including: Kandy House<\/a>, The Wallawwa<\/a>, Maniumpathy<\/a>, Fort Bazaar<\/a>, Why House<\/a>, TRI<\/a>, Bougainvillea Retreat<\/a>, Taylors Hill<\/a>, Living Heritage <\/a>Koslanda<\/a>, Noel Rodrigo’s Leopard Safaris Yala National Park<\/a>, Kahandha Kanda <\/a>and The Last House<\/a>. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For tailor-made suggestions weaving together some of these properties with some fantastic experiences to get under the skin of Sri Lanka, do call <\/strong>020 3468 9584 or request a call back here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Eleanor represents some of Sri Lanka’s best boutique hotels; full of character, history and beautiful antiques. She is now based in the country, popping over to the UK to promote the destination and her wonderful properties. Here she shares her top insider tips for any travel enthusiast wanting to visit the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":10050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1316,1261],"class_list":["post-10049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guest-contributors","category-sri-lanka"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":3359,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10049"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}