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Located in Galle, the Galle Fort Hotel boasts luxurious surroundings and accommodations. All rooms are comfortably designed and feature free Wi-Fi, air conditioning, hairdryers, mosquito nets, and ceiling fans. Guests can visit the on-site restaurant and enjoy delicious meals. For a true Sri Lanka experience, the hotel management organizes personalized excursions and tours of the town's most beautiful and iconic destinations.

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Banyan Camp is an off the grid, eco-retreat in deep rural Sri Lanka. The area around Banyan Camp is sparsely populated, rugged country. The closest neighbors are birds, butterflies, elephants, buffalo and so on. Temples and historical sites dot the vicinity while mountains, rivers, waterfalls, fields and plains come together to create a natural backdrop that is unspoiled and fascinating

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Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya offers guests a luxurious stay in Nuwara Eliya. The hotel boasts a selection of elegantly designed rooms and suites, all equipped with Wi-Fi, hairdryers, tea/coffee-making facilities, and minibars. After a relaxing night, guests can start the morning with a delicious breakfast served on-site. Other services and facilities include a garden, a gym, a kids’ play area, a restaurant, laundry services, a spa, and an indoor heated swimming pool.

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Barnes Hall Grand Thai Grand Indian Magnolia Tea Lounge Coffee Bar

Barnes Hall offers buffet style service with an array of international cuisine. With live cooking stations, action counters and exciting theme nights, the historic restaurant offers an ideal setting with live music for relaxation and dancing. A delicious range of tropical fruit and vegetable juices await guests at the Barnes Hall, while the Sommelier is at hand to guide guests through the wide selection of wine from around the world.

The Grand Thai is situated on the lower ground floor, offering authentic regional delicacies of Thailand. The specialty restaurant offers pre-dinner drinks that include a vast selection of wines from around the world.

Just a short distance away from the main hotel building, is the Grand Indian. The popular venue offers a variety of authentic Indian cuisine, prepared by a celebrity chef who hails from North India. The a la carte menu comprises of a variety of both southern and northern Indian cuisine. The popular vegetarian dishes, the variety of naan and the vast selection of tandoori dishes, are all presented In a totally Indian atmosphere.

Magnolia is a 24 hour restaurant situated at the lobby level, offering a selection of far-eastern and European cuisine from it’s show kitchen, including burgers and an assortment of sandwiches. Magnolia also offers a selection of mouth watering sweets, from the dessert trolley.

Enjoy a collection of teas that celebrate the individuality and taste of tea from the estates around Sri Lanka. The Tea Lounge at the Grand, with a unique style of High Tea, complete with English scones, samosas and sushi, will appeal to everyone.

The Coffee Bar at the Grand is a tastefully designed little cafe with an array of specialty coffees including cappuccinos, lattes and frappes, complemented by delectable mouthwatering pastries, sandwiches, pizzas and cakes.

Formerly the home of an aristocratic Sri Lankan family, The Kandy House is a magnificent manor house turned boutique hotel with nine individually designed rooms. Located in Kandy’s tranquil outskirts, the hotel rests within exotic gardens home to an idyllic jungle swimming pool.

The hotel’s architecture is stunning; the chic interiors and one-of-a-kind antiques perfectly complement the elegant arches, pillared verandas, hardwood floors and central courtyard. Rooms feature four-poster beds, garden views and contemporary bathrooms yet are blissfully devoid of TVs and phones.

Guests tuck into Asian fusion cuisine and Sri Lankan curries on the rear veranda, which overlooks an emerald lawn shaded by tall creeper-draped trees teeming with butterflies and birds. Visible beyond the lawn is the jungle pool and an ambalama, which overlook a serene paddy valley.

The hotel offers Ayurvedic massages and private yoga sessions, and although Kandy’s sights may be reached in 20 minutes, there is plenty to do in the local area, from rural bicycle rides to strolls to the village’s ancient muralled temple.

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The Kandy House Front view

The Kandy House House and gardens

The Kandy House Black Rajah Ultra Room

The Kandy House Red Spot Duke veranda

The Kandy House Spa Ambalama

The Kandy House Swimming pool

Red Spot Duke Peacock Royal Indian Admiral Black Rajah Sunbeam Cornelian Monkey Puzzle Pioneer Lime Butterfly

The Red Spot Duke is a spacious double room, opening onto a wide veranda, equipped with a four-poster king-size bed, private corridor for dining, large cupboards and other antique furniture. The luxurious bathroom features a bath, separate twin showers, WC, and twin vanities.

The Peacock Royal is a spacious double room, opening onto a wide veranda, equipped with a four-poster king-size bed, private corridor for dining, large cupboards and other antique furniture. The luxurious bathroom features a bath, separate twin showers, WC, and twin vanities.

The Indian Admiral is a spacious double room on the upper floor with views of luscious green paddy fields and the infinity pool. The accommodation features a four-poster king-size bed, private balcony for dining, a sofa, a large cupboard and other antique furniture. The luxurious bathroom is equipped with an old-fashioned cast-iron bathtub as well as a separate shower, WC, and twin vanities.

The Black Rajah is a distinctive double room with arched doors opening onto an outdoor veranda, with an octagonal stone bath feature. The guest room is equipped with a four-poster king-size bed, separate shower, WC, twin vanities, an outdoor veranda for dining, a sofa, large cupboard and other antique furniture with a double swing-hammock in a secret garden nearby.

The Sunbeam is a double bedroom on the upper floor with a view over the stunning jungle-fringed infinity pool. The guest room features a four-poster king-size bed, a cupboard, antique furniture, a luxurious bathroom with a cast-iron bathtub as well as separate shower, WC, and twin vanities.

The Cornelian is a double room on the upper floor with views of the jungle, and features a four-poster king-size bed, access to a veranda, cupboards, antique furniture, as well as a luxurious bathroom with a bath, separate shower, WC, and twin vanities.

Monkey Puzzle is a twin room with arched doors leading to a small outdoor veranda, equipped with two queen-sized beds, cupboards, a sofa, antique furniture, as well as a luxurious bathroom with a shower, WC, and twin vanities. The room adjoins the Black Rajah room and is ideal for families travelling with teenagers.

The Pioneer is a twin room overlooking a private garden with a swing hammock and dining area. The guest room features two four-poster queen-sized beds, a cupboard, sofa, antique furniture, a luxurious bathroom with a shower, WC, and twin vanities.

The Lime Butterfly is on the upper floor with access from the inner courtyard. The guest room features a four-poster king-size bed with a mosquito net, a cupboard, antique furniture, and a luxurious bathroom with an old-fashioned cast-iron bathtub, a separate shower, WC and double-basins.

Property Facilities

Communal Dining, Library, Pool

Room Facilities

Bath, Lounge Area, Mosquito Nets, Shower, Verandah

Culture & Heritage Worship & Architecture Wild Life & Nature Outdoor Active

Guests can enjoy many cultural and heritage tours the area has to offer including the Botanical Peradeniya Gardens, the University of Paradeniya, the British Garrison Cemetery where a guide will bring history to life through stories, the Kandyan Arts Association’s renowned Cultural Show for dance and drumming, and the Ceylon Tea Museum.

Guests can visit The Temple of the Tooth to view ceremonies presided over by resident monks and wander to the Devales Shrines, discover the glass murals in the serene hill-top Trinity College Chapel, or venture a little further to the Dambulla Caves and Temple that date back to the first century BC.

Guests can choose from a variety of wildlife and nature experiences including ambling around Udawattakelle Sanctuary, 270 acres filled with flora and forest birds, porcupines and monkeys, hike or bike The Knuckles Range, with peaks of 1500m and varieties of wildlife in its midst, or wash some elephants at the Pinnawella Elephant Orphanage.

Guests can organise a round of Golf at the world class Victoria Golf Course, 12 miles from Kandy with the Knuckles range as a backdrop, catch a game at Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium, recently renamed to commemorate Sri Lanka’s famous bowler, cycle around the countryside, or take a walk through the local village and lush paddy fields and have chat with a chief monk in the local temple.

The Galle Face Hotel enjoys an enviable position within the business district of Colombo and is the only hotel to stand adjacent to the beach.

For generations, guests have come back again and again, seduced by the nostalgic charm of the rooms in the hotel. Distinctive comforts with subtle embellishments make your stay at the Galle Face Hotel an experience to look forward to. Upgrade to one of the Studio Rooms, Junior Suites or Suites and enjoy the unrivaled experience of the Long Room, a private lounge with elegant personal service.

The Galle Face Hotel takes pleasure in presenting some of Colombo’s finest cuisines in unique locations throughout the hotel whether elegant afternoon teas at The Veranda or an innovative modern menu at the 1864. A specially mixed Pimms cup on the Chequerboard or a spectacular seafood experience at Sea Spray.

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