Colombo has been the Sri Lankan elephant in the room for many years (OK, so not literally. We’ve seen many elephants in Sri Lanka but fortunately never in the room). Most tour operators have never really got under the skin of the Sri Lanka capital, so still wouldn’t recommend it. However (and you heard it here first) Colombo is getting hot. Seriously hot. And we aren’t talking just about the weather.
Colombo has been transformed in the years since the end of the civil war. We think that as Asia capital cities go, it is one of the cleanest (obviously nothing can compete with Singapore), traffic is still manageable (just about) and it has a new energy that few others can match.