Sri Lanka: The Bradt Travel Guide [Paperback]

Royston Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Country guide | Publication Date: September 1, 2002

Famed for its sandy beaches and fine teas, Sri Lanka offers so much more. A complete range of coastal resorts are covered for the tourist looking to unwind, with a variety of activities and attractions that will tempt visitors to explore the interior of the island. Suggestions on places to visit include the following: temples and shrines, the elephant orphanage at Pinnawela, botanical and zoological gardens, and a pilgrimage to the top of Adam¿s Peak by night to watch the sunrise over Sri Lanka. Niche interests are well catered for, ranging from vintage motorcar rallying and steam rail travel to cricket tours and Buddhist monastery meditation courses.
At last, the definitive travel guide to this island by travel writer in residence, Royston Ellis provides personal recommendations for accommodations, restaurants, and bars for all tastes.

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From the Back Cover

Sri Lanka; serendipity: the two have long been considered synonymous. Discover beaches lapped by the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean. Sample short eats, or dine in five-star elegance. Take a train up through tea-clad hills. See elephants in the wild, in decorative finery, even in their own orphanage. Appreciate the achievements of ancient civilizations. The opportunities for a visit of fulfillment are endless.In Sri Lanka: The Bradt Travel Guide, long-time resident Royston Ellis plays host to visitors to his adopted country. Full of insider's tips and personal recommendations, this guide will lead you to those chance discoveries that make a holiday memorable.This guide includes information on where to stay and eat, from luxury hotels to traditional resthouses; local transport, including the best train trips on the island; national parks and natural history; diving, watersports, river rafting, trekking and other activities; culture, entertainment and island festivals in detail. (5 1/4 x 8 1/2, 288 pages, color photos, maps, illustrations, charts)

About the Author

Royston Ellis is a travel writer and biographer with a specialist knowledge of the Indian Ocean islands. He contributes regularly to airline magazines and has lived in Sri Lanka for over 20 years. He is also author of Bradt¿s Maldives and Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 1st edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841620211
• ISBN-13: 978-1841620213
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,669,970 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

ROYSTON ELLIS is a British-born author of some 50 published books who has lived in Sri Lanka since 1980 where he writes in a century-old cottage overlooking the Indian Ocean. His first book, a sequence of poems called Jiving To Gyp, was published by Scorpion Press in 1959, when he was 18. Until 1961 he performed his poems on stage and TV to rock music (Rocketry) backed by The Shadows, Jimmy Page and a group that later became famous as The Beatles (whom he named). After living in the Channel Islands and the Canary Islands he moved to Dominica in 1966 where, as Richard Tresillian, he wrote the best-selling Bondmaster series of historical novels. He specialises now in books with Indian Ocean settings, including the Bradt guides to Mauritius, Maldives and Sri Lanka. (www.roystonellis.com)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars if you love the beach this is the book for you..., March 10, 2006

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This review is from: Sri Lanka, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide (Paperback)

This travel book was a bit disappointing, I bought this book because it was the most recently published book on travel in Sri Lanka. It is a great book if you plan to only go to the beach and Colombo. It has very little information on the interior of the country. For a more well rounded book I would get the lonely planet guide instead.