Hotel
Galle Face Hotel
Galle Face Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The 1864 grand hotel on Colombo's sea front, restored to 2015, with 156 rooms in two wings and a terrace on the Indian Ocean.
Why we recommend it
Most journeys in Sri Lanka begin or end with a night in Colombo, and this is the one hotel in the city with a history and a sea view to match. The terrace at sunset is a Colombo ritual.
It is a natural first stop on a route through the buildings of Geoffrey Bawa, whose town house is nearby.
Location
At the southern end of Galle Face Green, on the sea front of Colombo.
