🇵🇹 Portugal or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on cities and getting around. Sri Lanka leads on the sea, food and nature.
A normal day costs about $125 in Portugal and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇵🇹 Portugal🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $125A normal day$70
- 2h 45m to LisbonNonstop from London11h to Colombo
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine countryGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- The Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in priceWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
Pick by what you want
🇵🇹 Choose Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Portugal guide →Full Sri Lanka guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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