FORT BAZAAR, GALLE FORT

Here’s a flash of freshness for the fort, with red wrought-iron chairs against duck-egg-blue tiles on the roadside terrace of Church Street Social, which serves Sri Lankan hoppers with cashew nut and pea curry for breakfast and Mediterranean and North African fare in the evening(kingfish carpaccio; rich Moroccan lambtagine). Interiors at this hotel also take a mix-and-match approach, with mid-century-modern furniture, Moorish touches and locally printed textiles.