Galle Fort, a Unesco World Heritage site on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, is a beautiful and well preserved gateway to the country’s colonial past and cultural richness. Built by the ...

Galle Fort, on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was established first by the Portuguese in 1588, then heavily fortified by the Dutch in the 17th century beginning in 1649.

And there are few better venues in Sri Lanka in which to display art that not only survives, but also thrives, than Galle Fort. The Galle peninsula was an important trading hub, ruled by the ...

From historic fort walls to turtle encounters, discover why this beautiful coastal city makes the perfect base for families ...

ON a soft-dawn morning, I found myself ankle-deep in the briny embrace of the Indian Ocean, cameras in hand, along the defiantly picturesque Galle coastline in Sri Lanka. Here, the stilt fishermen ...