And then there’s Galle, the cricket stadium with its own fort. It’s the afternoon before ... Suddenly, paying to get into this postcard-perfect, postage-stamp sized ground seems the most ...

Colonial architecture, especially martial, is its leitmotif: Portuguese and Dutch forts and British colonial buildings make it a postcard ... fort is totally Instagrammable. Holding Fort: The ...

With a heavy heart and a last backward glance at the majestic ramparts of the Galle Fort and the blue expanse of the Indian Ocean beyond, the Bangladesh media contingent in Sri Lanka bade farewell ...

At the heart of Galle, Sri Lanka's fourth largest city, is the old Dutch quarter quite simply known as the Fort, and one that holds pretty much everything that there is to see in Galle.

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 ...

and turns Galle Fort into a “living canvas”. The trail will take in hotels, Dutch-era mansions and residential homes hosting exhibitions by local and international artists, workshops and ...

“No other place in the whole island represents the trouser-wearing, cricket-watching modern Sri Lankan like Galle Fort,” says tour guide Shanjei Perumal, founder of Galle Fort Walks. Perumal ...