Sri Lanka’s Sigiriya has been crowned the world’s most welcoming city for 2025 by Booking.com, based on over 360 million of ...

The ant-march of tourists up the “Lion Rock” – home to the remnants of a 5th century palace built by a Sri Lankan king with a penchant for patricide – was proof that, two years after political unrest ...

Sri Lanka is set to reach three million tourists by 2025, as the island bounces back from its economic crisis, aiming to boost revenue and showcase its vibrant ...

In the centre of the island, the imposing Sigiriya Rock juts out of forest-filled plains – climb the 1,200 steps to its summit to explore the remains of an ancient palace. Nearby is Polonnaruwa ...

Hastily avoiding the grasping hands of a mischievous macaque, I hauled myself up a final set of rock-hewn steps, emerging on to the flat brow of Sigiriya, the striking 180-metre-tall volcanic plug ...

Sri Lanka’s Sigiriya has been crowned the world’s most welcoming city for 2025 by Booking.com, based on over 360 million of ...

Tracing the steps of ancient traders along the corridors known ... each more breathtaking than the last. Among them is Sigiriya, a lion-shaped rock fortress built in the late 5th century atop a ...