Cities, forts, tea country, railways, hotels and civic buildings — pick the route through Old Ceylon that catches you.
Colombo, Kandy and the trading towns whose streets still carry the names of merchants, governors and forgotten clubs.
Portuguese, Dutch and British walls that once defended the cinnamon trade — Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
Nuwara Eliya, Hatton, Haputale — bungalows, planter clubs and the cool air the British called a second Scotland.
The line from Colombo to Badulla was an act of empire, an act of engineering, and one of the most beautiful train rides on earth.
Queen's, Galle Face, Mount Lavinia, the Hill Club — the hotels where Old Ceylon stopped to write a postcard.
Dutch Reformed churches, Anglican spires, the General Post Office — the quiet civic furniture of a colonial century.
