Sri Lanka’s most improbable destination: a British hill station at 1,868 metres with Tudor architecture, rose gardens, a racecourse, and a climate that makes fireplaces sensible even in April. The surrounding tea estates produce some of the world’s finest high-grown Ceylon teas, and a planter-led estate walk followed by a curated tasting session is one of the island’s most informative and genuinely sensory experiences. The colonial character is entirely authentic and entirely unlike anything else in Sri Lanka.