This is quite possibly the nicest park space in Colombo, if you can get past the sometimes defensive security guards. The Mount Lavinia Children’s Park

We’ve listed Silani Flora, but there are many flower shops on Dean’s Road, near the ODEL roundabout. While these flower shops traditionally serve funerals (indeed,

Hansa Coffee is a wonderful little cafe for coffee, tea, brownies, sandwiches, and original Hansa chocolate. We love their cosy interior and all the chocolatey options they’ve got

Colombo is home to rather a lot of sports clubs. Covering a wide range of sports – rowing, swimming, yachting, rugby, cricket, gol- and a

Paan Paan is a new bread shop off Duplication Road. They make good bread. If that seems like a simple review, it is, but finding

Ministry of Crab is a high-end restaurant on Dutch Hospital premises that specializes in crab cuisine – the food is just plain mouth-watering and the service

by Daniel Alphonsus Fort, the heart of Colombo (which thanks to a bypass in the form of the Dutch Hospital is now happening again) also

Colombo’s greatest asset is the fact that it is absolutely a city by the sea. Wherever you go the sea is just minutes away and