Trincomalee: The splendour of the East

Blessed with splendid beaches and breathtaking sites Trincomalee is renowned in legend and history. A tropical city on the east coast, Trincomalee is blessed with one of the finest natural harbours in the world.

The Portuguese, the Dutch, and the English, each held it in turn, and many a sea fight was staged off the cliffs of Trincomalee. Of all harbours in the East, it can be said that it is largely today as nature endowed it.

Trincomalee also boasts of the "Sacred Hill of the Three Temples." Trincomalee and its environs are sacred to the Buddhists as well as to the Hindus.