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Galle Fort Hotel
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From $160 |
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12 Rooms |
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Welcome |
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yes |
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A magestic renovated merchant’s house converted into a luxury boutique hotel. |
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The Dutch House
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From $350 |
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4 Rooms |
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(12 yrs +) |
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yes |
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A highly exclusive country house with only 4 exquisite designed suites ensures complete privacy. |
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The Sun House
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From $175 |
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7 Rooms |
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(12 yrs +) |
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yes |
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The ample verandahs of this 1860’s colonial house offer stunning views of Galle harbor. |
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The Fort Printers
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From $120 |
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5 Rooms |
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Welcome |
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yes |
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A18th century villa in Galle Fort. Offers 5 elegant suites, excellent cuisine. |
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Palm Villa
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From $350 |
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3 Rooms |
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Welcome |
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yes |
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Restored with exquisite style, this authentic old house in the Galle Fort is a haven of serenity. |
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The Fort House Villa
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From $120 |
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4 Rooms |
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Welcome |
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yes |
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Charming old Dutch house. Very comfortable and spectacular views over the Dutch Fort ramparts. |
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Ambassadors Villa
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From $400 |
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5 Rooms |
| Kids :
Welcome |
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yes |
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A spacious and stylishly refurbished villa in the Galle Fort with a wonderful pool. |
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Amangalla
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From $300 |
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29 Rooms |
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Welcome |
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yes |
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An unforgettably classic colonial hotel in the heart of Galle Fort. Beautiful rooms and a fabulous spa. |
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41 Lighthouse
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From $150 |
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3 Rooms |
| Kids :
Welcome |
| Pool :
yes |
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‘Forty One’ - located at the heart of historic Galle Fort - is a large private three-bedroomed villa. |
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The Courtyard
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From $60 |
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5 Rooms |
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Welcome |
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yes |
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Located in the heart of historic Galle Fort close to famous landmarks, intimate boutiques and a range of restaurants. |
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Old Galle is a UNESCO world heritage site.The Galle Fort itself is still a living monument with a bustling community within the great ramparts, massive bastions, pepper pot towers, while narrow streets display its Dutch heritage with beckoning pillared verandas and fretwork facades. Walking around is best so you can peep through frangipani filled courtyards at houses, galleries or shops selling antiques, spices, pictures, nouveau-boule and hand-woven sarongs. Boutique hotels in Galle incongruously cheek by jowl with postage-stamp size cafes, so you are never far from a perfect sun-downer. Pondicherri meets Cadaques!
But step outside the Citadel, and a different city with a different agenda is the ‘New Galle’ tussling with bustle, noise and chaotic traffic coming in every direction. Keep a hanky close for exhaust fumes or a whiff of Old Delhi can get very much in yer face! Especially at the Dutch Market where fruit and vegetable sellers hawk their wares or the Fish Market where today’s catch is chilling. After the mayhem of the day be sure that wherever there is the greatest view, a veritable gem of architecture secretly sits, glamorous and illusive as an old movie star, meticulously restored from 300-year old merchant’s villa, with cobbled courtyards now transformed into glistening sea-water pools.
The early traders got blown into Serendib’s ancient port by the Trade Winds which acted as shuttle service for Roman, Greek, Arab and Chinese who came and saw and conquered prizes of ‘gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks’. Today’s traveller can use those very same winds to kite-surf. Or deep sea fish, dive, trek to rainforests, see Buddhist temples, explore eco-villages which makes time stand still, promenade on stone ramparts 20 meters thick and let history and legend seep into his bones in “one of the worlds last authentic island destinations”.
Try not to get blown away! |
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| The weather in
Galle Fort & Town |
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Sunshine |
Temperature |
Rainfall |
Humidity |
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11 hrs |
23 °C min 32 °C max |
210mm |
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| Travel times from
Galle Fort & Town |
| Destination |
Road/Rail |
Air |
| Colombo |
3 1/2 Hrs |
40 Mins |
| Kandy |
6 1/2 Hrs |
65 Mins |
| Tea Country |
6 1/2 Hrs |
50 Mins |
| Sinharaja |
3 Hrs |
- |
| Bentota |
1 1/2 Hrs |
10 Mins |
| Weligama |
1 Hrs |
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| Cultural Triangle |
9 1/2 Hrs |
80 Mins |
| Tangalla |
2 Hrs |
20 Mins |
| Yala |
4 Hrs |
45 Mins |
| Uda Walawe |
4 1/2 Hrs |
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| Wilpattu |
8 1/2 Hrs |
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