SRI LANKA SIZZLES
The Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, is bursting with new-build hotels – Shangri-La, Sheraton, ITC and Hyatt among them – but small and stylish lodgings continue to be Sri Lanka’s strong suit. New to the island is the 30-villa Water Garden Sigiriya, designed by Bawa protégé Channa Baswatte near the ancient Sigiriya rock fortress (watergardensigiriya.com). Just south of Galle at Habaraduwa, the exclusive KK Beach Resort has just six suites with sweeping Indian Ocean views (kkbeach.com). And in the high country, three converted tea planters’ bungalows will open later this year near Kandy, Ella and Nuwara Eliya (teardrop-hotels.com).