🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇮🇹 Italy
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea, value for money and nature. Italy leads on cities and getting around.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $165 in Italy.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇮🇹 Italy
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $70A normal day$165
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London2h 35m to Rome
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaGood
- Not the drawCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundFast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advance
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidThe middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shut
Pick by what you want
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
🇮🇹 Choose Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Italy guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.