Tour of Trincomalee

Located in the North East, Trincomalee is the region's largest city and has a long colonial history; changing hands repeatedly among the Portuguese, the Dutch, the French and the British, in a series of side-shows to the European wars of the 17th and 18th centuries. It finally fell to the British in 1795 and became one of the British Empire's most important ports in Asia. In more recent times it was affected by the 30 years of Civil War, of which there are still signs today.