Praised as the Garden City of Asia, Nuwara Eliya is a famous summer resort and important black tea plantation place.
Nuwara Eliya is located in the mountains of Sri Lanka, southeast of Kandy and is known as the Garden City of Asia. Nuwara Eliya is located in the central mountainous area, 180 kilometers away from Colombo. As the year-round temperature is 4-16℃, it is a summer resort in Sri Lanka. Nuwara Eliya is rich in natural resources with lots of famous hills, gorges and waterfalls. This is a summer resort in Sri Lanka where tourists can enjoy the pleasant climate and beautiful scenery. What are the best places to visit in Nuwara Eliya? Gregory's Lake, Queen Victoria Park, Yala National Park, Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Hanuman Temple and Horton Plains National Park are the highlights in Nuwara Eliya. Nuwara Eliya is also an important plantation place of Sri Lankan tea and the birthplace of Ceylon black tea. Since Nuwara Eliya was once colonized by the British, it has many British-style buildings. Hence, it gets the title of "Little England".