Perched at nearly 2,000 metres above sea level, Nuwara Eliya carries the peculiar, charming atmosphere of a British hill station transported to a tropical island – Tudor architecture, rose gardens, a Victorian-era gentlemen’s club, and a racecourse all coexisting with rolling tea estate landscapes and the cool, clean air of Sri Lanka’s highest city. The surrounding tea country is extraordinarily beautiful – terraced plantations stretching to every horizon, misty ridge-line dawns, and the world-class Ceylon tea produced within sight of the town make Nuwara Eliya one of the most distinctive and atmospheric destinations on the island.