
5 Colombo Swimming Pools
The key to the appeal of the Mount Lavinia pool is that the lovely poolside terrace is surrounded, on three sides, by the Indian Ocean.

The key to the appeal of the Mount Lavinia pool is that the lovely poolside terrace is surrounded, on three sides, by the Indian Ocean.

This interesting temple in vibrant Kotahena is a unique blend of Thai, colonial and local architecture. It’s also the oldest Buddhist temple in Colombo. Founded

Another month another haircut. To complete our exploration of mid range barbers in the vicinity of Havelock Town (we’ve covered La Passion and Sleek) for

Klassy is one of the better pastry shops to go to in Colombo. The savouries are pretty good and we liked their cheese tarts and

It’s called the swimming club, so this ought to be a good place for a swim – and it is. The pool isn’t going to

Revisit (Savan) Spent an afternoon here last week and wanted to reiterate what a lovely place this is. At the end of Marine drive its

Of Colombo’s 5 star hotel pools we are partial to the one at Cinnamon Lakeside. It’s probably the most recently refurbished of the big hotel

With its ancient coffee grinding equipment, fragrant sacks of substandard local coffee and scant business, I’m not sure how this place still survives. I suppose
The Floor By O! has been around for a while now, we’ve been there before and we find ourselves going back more. With very reasonable

NOTE: The Galle Face Pool is now closed to non-hotel guests. Sadness. Well you really can’t do one without the other – the Mount Lavinia