🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇹🇷 Türkiye
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 11 votes.
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea and nature. Türkiye leads on cities and getting around.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $90 in Türkiye.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇹🇷 Türkiye
- Dec to MarBest monthsApr to May, Sep to Oct
- $70A normal day$90
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London4h to Istanbul
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Not the drawCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both good
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidIstanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidays
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 Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
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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.