Since ancient times, Sri Lanka, has been internationally renowned for its spices, especially in the days of the Silk Road, where spices play a much greater role in prezervatsii food. When the Dutch captured Ceylon, they tried to grow them in plantations near the coast. One of these plantations were Cinnamon Gardens Colombo (Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo 07).

  Although plantations in Colombo no longer exists, the name and left. Now the cinnamon, cloves, pepper, vanilla, cardamom and other spices are grown in small private farms in Kegalla District, Mavanelly, Kandy and Matale, where the climate is humid and cool.

  The bulk of production is exported. Spices are used not only in food, but in medicine and in cosmetics. Across the country, scattered "spice gardens" in which tourists can see how to grow spices, listen to a short story about their use, well, and, of course, buy.