Luxury Hotels in Sri Lanka

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Malabar Hill sits 4 kilometres inland from Weligama on Sri Lanka’s south coast, on a hillside with views across wetlands, paddy fields and, in the distance, the Indian Ocean. The property has 14 private villas, each with its own saltwater...

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98 Acres Resort and Spa sits on the former Southerland Tea Estate in Ella, a working tea plantation of 98 acres with views across Little Adam’s Peak and the Ella Gap. The resort has over 46 chalets built largely from...

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Gal Oya Lodge sits on the edge of Gal Oya National Park in eastern Sri Lanka, one of the least visited and most rewarding parts of the island. The park surrounds the Senanayake Samudraya Lake, Sri Lanka’s largest inland body...

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Rock Villa is a 170-year-old Walauwa, a Sri Lankan ancestral heritage house, set within 2.5 acres of tropical gardens and mangroves on a stretch of coastline in Bentota, part of the Nyne Hotels collection. The building was formerly the holiday...

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Uga Ulagalla sits within 58 acres of working paddy fields, orchards and gardens in the heart of Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle, built around a 150-year-old mansion that once served as the home of the local village chieftain. The property is...

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Glenross Living sits in the Kalutara Highlands near Neboda, on a former tea plantation surrounded by 90 acres of cinnamon, rubber and rainforest on the edges of the Sinharaja UNESCO World Heritage Site. The main house dates from the nineteenth...

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Ceylon Tea Trails is Sri Lanka’s first tea bungalow resort and a Relais & Châteaux property, made up of five restored colonial-era tea planters’ bungalows set across the Bogawantalawa Valley, known as the Golden Valley of Tea, at 1,250 metres...

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Tintagel Colombo is a ten-suite boutique hotel in Cinnamon Gardens, one of Colombo’s most established residential neighbourhoods, set in a colonial mansion that served as the private home of three of Sri Lanka’s political leaders. It is now run by...

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The Kandy House is a walauwa, a Sri Lankan ancestral manor, built in 1804 and set in six acres of gardens in the hills outside Kandy. The building has been restored into a nine-room boutique hotel, with the courtyard at...

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Goatfell is a four-bedroom tea bungalow on the Concordia Estate in Kandapola, at 2,000 metres above sea level in Sri Lanka’s Hill Country. The building dates from the early twentieth century and served as the estate superintendent’s residence before Teardrop...

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Kirana, meaning “ray of light,” is a four-bedroom beachfront villa on Sri Lanka’s southwestern coast near Bentota, designed by architect Channa Daswatte and run by the team behind Santani Wellness. The villa sits directly on a quiet stretch of beach...

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Nine Skies is a five-bedroom, all-inclusive tea bungalow on a working estate above Demodara, part of the Teardrop Hotels collection. The building sits within view of the Demodera Loop, one of the most photographed railway engineering feats in Sri Lanka,...

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Santani Wellness Resort sits on a former tea estate in the central hills of Sri Lanka, around 1.5 hours from Kandy, on 48 acres overlooking the Hunnasgiriya and Knuckles Mountain ranges. The architecture is built around silence and connection with...

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Uga Chena Huts sits on Sri Lanka’s deep south coast, bordered on one side by Yala National Park and on the other by the Indian Ocean. The name comes from “chena,” the word for the small jungle clearings farmed by...

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Water Garden Sigiriya sits within the Cultural Triangle, one of the most historically rich parts of Sri Lanka, with the ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya visible from the grounds. The resort takes its name from the waterways, lakes and ponds...

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Why House is a ten-room boutique hotel set in a three-acre walled garden in Mihiripenna, a small village on Sri Lanka’s south coast around 10 kilometres from Galle. It is owned and run by Henrietta, who is usually on hand...