Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, ...

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, which favours spinners, has been a lucky venue for the national team and Sri Lanka has won a majority of matches played there since 1998. COLOMBO: England could be the last team to take on ...

The little-known coastal town of Galle is almost a Sri Lankan secret. It takes about a two-hour drive from Colombo to reach this port city that was built by the Portuguese in the 16th century when ...

A boutique inside Galle Fort, in Sri Lanka. Photo: Zinara Rathnayake The trail will take in hotels, Dutch-era mansions and residential homes hosting exhibitions by local and international artists ...

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 ...

Galle’s tryst with colonial powers began with the Portuguese who constructed the iconic Galle Fort in 1588. The Dutch edged the Portuguese out in the 17th century and made ... Galle, Sri Lanka.

Read the Galle Fort Hotel, Sri Lanka hotel review on Telegraph Travel. See great photos, full ratings, facilities, expert advice and book the best hotel deals. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Its Old Fort, built by the Dutch in 1663, and the coastline's pristine beaches, have long attracted tourists. Tsunami effects. When the tsunami struck the city on 26 December 2004, it washed away ...

The Galle Literary Festival 2024 in Sri Lanka showcases the country's recovery after its economic crisis, ... as one does around Galle Fort, ... and fortified by the Dutch in the 17 th ...