Kick off your flip flops, wade through the water with the waves splashing against you. Climb a jagged little mound and catch the sunset and 360-degree views of the Indian Ocean and a pristine beach.

At Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport, a car awaits to drive us to our seaside destination. Now, depending on the kind of traveller you are, there are other ways of doing this. The train ...

Ambika Muttoo sings the praises of Villa Vista in Mirissa, Sri Lanka. It will make you want to go and never leave Is it truly possible for the sky to splinter into so many colours? Perched on the ...

IT WAS SIX A.M. when the procession of headlights began to pierce the predawn darkness at the dockyard. Bleary-eyed tourists from all along Sri Lanka’s south coast were arriving at the harbor in ...

Time Out Dubai spends Christmas in Sri Lanka. Find out about things to do in Sri Lanka, and Mirissa. Flights from Sharjah to Colombo are daily If you prefer a sandy white Christmas to a snowy one, ...

Back to Mirissa beach: Sri Lanka tuk-tuk challenge What do you get when you put 70 foreigners in charge of 25 tuk-tuks? Charles Starmer-Smith finds out as he leads Team Telegraph on a wild and ...

If you’re a beach baby, the island nation of Sri Lanka offers you plenty of choice in terms of beach breaks If you’re a beach baby, the island nation of Sri Lanka offers you plenty of choice in terms ...