Welcome to Paris! With help from our local gurus plus the talented team at The Peaks, here are our top tips on everything from driver recommendations and tour guides to cafes and shopping suggestions.
The Peaks Approved Cafes & Restaurants
p. +94771804020 Open daily Best for: The most famous restaurant in Ella! This place is perfect for Sri Lankan and Western food.
Open daily from 12pm – 8pm Best for: a tiny log hut that doesn’t look like much but serves a mean rice and curry with all the trimmings.
p. +94572050676 Open daily from 12pm – 9.30pm Best for: Asian fusion food.
p. + 94 572 051 110 Open daily 8am – 9.30pm Best for: great coffee and breakfast dishes.
p. +94574933945 Open daily Best for: authentic dining experience with tea!
p. +94 11 234 2722 e. reservations@ministryofcrab.com Open daily from 12–3:30PM, 5–11PM Best for: sensational seafood! Try out the crab stuffed Avocado
p. +94 077 741 7417 Open 24hrs a day! Best for: kotthu (rotti sliced up with cheese and other fillings and fried)
p. +94 77 544 4844 Open daily from 4pm – 1am. Best for: grilled meats and rice dishes
p. +94 11-273 2190 e. bubabeachclub@gmail.com Open daily from 9am – 1am Best for: beach side dining in the city.
p. +94 (0) 11 2 302 449 e. reservations@monsooncolombo.com Open daily from 12pm – 11pm Best for: authentic Thai cuisine and veggie options
The Peaks Approved Spas
p. +94 (0) 57 2050050 e. info@resort98acres.com Open daily from 9am – 9pm Best for: herbal spa treatments
p. +94 76 619 7917 Open daily from 9am – 9pm Best for: Acupuncture and Shiatsu
p. +94 112 680 800 Open daily from 9am – 9pm Best for: Ayurvedic treatments and spa products
p. +94112696498 e. info@kemaralife.com Open daily from 9am – 9pm Best for: treatments using natural products
The Peaks Approved Shops
This fair-trade tea shop (selling leaves rather than cups of tea) helps local tea-estate children. It donates 5% of all money made to community projects. It sells an array of local teas and infusions.
p. +94 77 020 8642 Openn daily from 10am – 6pm Best for: organic and artisan food market.
Go to Jewel Arena for local gems (look out for sapphires)
On Galle Road in Bambalapitiya is a favourite in Colombo. Barefoot’s main production consists of handwoven silk and cotton clothing made in classic Sri Lankan styles with some interesting twists
Visit The Design Collective for contemporary clothing
Shop Paradise Road for locally produced homeware products
The Peaks Approved Activities
Visit a local tea factory and sit on Lipton’s Seat
Swim at Diyaluma Falls, 2nd highest waterfall in Sri Lanka.
Walk along the rails of the Nine Arch Bridge. With a small 30 minute walk through the woods, you will reach a piece of beautiful architecture hidden between lush green tea fields.
Visit the Gangaramaya temple. Located next to Beira Lake, Gangaramaya temple is a Buddhist temple and actually one of the oldest and most important temples of Colombo.e.
Take a seaside walk down Galle Face Green then watch an epic sunset from Ce La Vie!
Admire the Red Mosque, a gorgeous building and one of the oldest mosques in Colombo.
Hike to Viharamahadevi Park
The Peaks Approved Drivers/Tour Guides
Roll Tours
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