Sri Lanka Hotel Guide

Nuwara Eliya rooms are numerous: high range rooms, middle range rooms, budget range rooms and home stay. Yet In view of the large numbers of local tourists in April, at the peak of main hill country holiday season, Nuwara Eliya being vibrant with festivities, the rooms could hardly be secured unless  room reservations are made in advance.

Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka Holidays

Nuwara Eliya located at the foot of Pidurutalgala Kanda (Mount Pedro), the highest mountain of Sri Lanka [2555 meters] is Sri Lanka’s premier hill country health retreat. Nuwara Eliya [altitude:1800 meters] of salubrious climate, at a distance of 180km from Colombo in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka is where the finest Black tea, the world’s finest Orange Pekoe is produced: Ceylon Tea. In the city center are Windsor Hotel and the Grand Hotel. Grand Hotel was formerly the hill country residence of then governor of British Ceylon. Hotel Glendowner and Hill Club Hotel too are located on Grand Hotel road. The Victoria Park rich in birdlife, 18-hole Nuwara Eliya Golf Course, Race Course, Gregory’s Lake and Jetwing St. Andrews Hotel, a restored and renovated Victorian bungalow are all within few minutes’ walk from the city center.

Nuwara Eliya, Central Highlands, Sri Lanka Holidays

Nuwara Eliya, the main zone of Sri Lanka’s Black tea growing region, is also a major agricultural zone: vegetables [potato, radishes, turnips, cabbage, leeks etc.] usually associated with temperate Europe are extensively grown in terrace cultivations over the lower hills, while the higher hills are encompassed by seamless tea plantations. The home gardens, meadows and avenues are enriched with abundance of fruits such as alligator pear, pomegranate and made colorful with plants with blooming flowers-roses, carnations and daisies.
Nuwara Eliya, discovered in the wilderness by a party of British colonial hunters in 1819 and developed into a hill country sanatorium by Sir Edward Barnes, then governor of British Ceylon (1824-1831), with its hint of an English resort towns of the 1950s, is today an agricultural district. Though most of the foreign tourists of Sri Lanka Holidays pitch up in beach holiday resorts in the south western and southern coast, or enjoy in touring holidays with no more than a couple of days in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lankans love to vacation in Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, especially in Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Diyatalwa, Ella, Hatton, Haputale, Ohiya,Talawekele each varying in character.

Nuwara Eliya is the most convenient base to make tours to the nature World Heritage Site of Sri Lanka Holidays Horton Plains National Park, 20km south of it. The open grassy montane forest is home to deer and sambur that are frequently seen grazing around. The 4 km trek across the grassland interspersed with flowing streams open up the World’s End: a sheer precipice with 900m drop, which enable, on a clear day, to see as far as the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The return trek passes the scenic Baker Falls.
Nature lovers are attracted to Galway Land situated at mere 1.5km away from the city center is a sanctuary of barking deer and small mammals. Hakgala Botanical Gardens at an elevation of 1707 meters above the sea level attracts all tourists at Nuwara Eliya.

The Hill Club Nuwara Eliya, Central Highlands

Nuwara Eliya High Range Rooms in the city
Grand Hotel
Windsor Hotel
Jetwing St. Andrews, No. 10, St. Andrew’s Drive
Alpine Hotel Nuwara Eliya, No. 4, Haddon Hill Road
Galway Forest Lodge, 89, Upper Lake Road
Hotel Glendower Hotel, 5, Grand Hotel Road
The Hill Club, 29, Grand hotel Road

St. Andrews Hotel, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Nuwara Eliya Mid Range Hotels
Glenfall Resort, 3, Glenfall Road, Nuwara Eliya
Hotel Tanosa, 81/3, Unique View Road
The Rock, 60, Unique View Road Road

Nuwara Eliya Budget Range Hotels
Ashley Resorts, 88/3 Unique View, Nuwara Eliya
Deepaloka Rest, 308, Bambare Kale
Glenfall Inn, 33/3 Glenfall Road
Green Garden Hotel 16 A, Unique View Road
Haddon Hill Hotel, 24/3 Haddon Hill Road
Hotel Eden Hill, 1 , Badulla Road
Mount Wave Serendib Hotel, 15, Unique View Road
Sampath Rest, 8 A, Wedderburn Road, Nuwara Eliya
Sansa Holiday Resort, 62, 62km post, Kandy Road
Sprout Hill Bungalow, 26, Unique View Road
Hotel Sunhill, 18, Unique View Road
Tip Top Guest House-Holiday Bungalow, 32/2 Church Rd
Hotel Silver Falls, 23, Nanuoya Road, Windy Corner, Balck Pool, Nuwara Eliya

Nuwara Eliya High Range Rooms in the surrounding areas
Heritance Tea Factory, Kandapola
Cranford Villa, 542, Kahagolla, Diyatalawa
Jetwing Warwick Gardens, Ambewela

Jetwing Warwick Gardens, Ambewela, Sri Lanka Holidays

Cranford Villa, Diyatalawa, Sri Lanka Holidays

Nuwara Eliya Budget Range Hotels in the surrounding area
Acacia Ohiya, Ohiya

Location
Mountain Heavens Hotel, Ella is located just 500 meters south of Ella junction at Ella-Wellawaya (A23) main road. Ella is reached by railway line from Colombo as well as from main motor roads (205km from Colombo). Ella can be reached from the Colonial sanitariums of Nuwara Eliya (56km), Haputale (20km), Badulla (24km) and Bandarawela (8 km) too.

Ella Railway Station, Central Highlands, Sri Lanka

A view of Ella from Mountain Heavens Hotel

A view of Ella from Mountain Heavens

A view of Ella from Mountain Heavens

Mountain Heavens Hotel

Mountain Heavens Hotel

Mountain Heavens Hotel

Setting
The setting at Mountain Heavens Hotel, Ella cannot get any better: to make it short, the hotel overlooks the famous Ella gap of paradise village of Ella of Central Highlands of  Sri Lanka. An opening in the surrounding mountains affords a long view from the supreme vantage point of mountainous Ella village to see as far as the southern coast of Sri Lanka. On a clear day devoid of mist, you would even see the beacon of the light house at Kirinda of southern coast.

Every breath you take
Everything about Ella is scintillating fresh: Every breath you take, every move you make, every step you take, every night you stay at Sri Lanka Holidays Ella. The air, the greenery, the waterfalls and streams, woods, plants and flowers, everything is fresh as if the world was created last night. Everything served at Mountain Heavens Hotel, Ella is fresh; fresh flowers, fresh vegetable, fresh fruits and freshly brewed Ceylon Tea straight from the nearby factory. Ella is your ultimate sanctuary; Mountain Heavens Hotel at Ella is your villa for value in terms of time, motion and money. The hotel’s hospitality and your delights aren’t still narrated.

Excursions
Mountain Heavens Hotel, Ella organizes and guides you all nature lovers to numerous Sri Lanka Holidays attractions surrounding Ella: little Adam’s Peak, Ravana falls, Ravana caves, Dunhinda falls and Bambaragama falls. Still more, Mountain Heavens Hotel is pleased to guide all you culture lovers to Dova temple, Bogoda wooden bridge and temples and shrines surrounding Ella.

Accomodation
All rooms are tastefully furnished and provided with hot and cold running water.

Restaurant
The cosy and comfortable restaurant and bar at Mountain Heavens Hotel is the perfect place for all of you to wine and dine while enjoying panoramic views of far and wide scenery presented by Ella Gap. Fresh fruits, fresh from the gardens at the village of Ella complements the Western, Oriental and Sinhalese dishes served at the restaurant.

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Club Victoria Range Holiday Resort, Kandy

Location Club Victoria Range Holiday Resort is located at the lovely Kandyan village of  Digana by Ambakote Road off Kandy– Mahiyangana Dagoba Road that begins at Thennekumbura Bridge over the River Mahaweli.

Setting
The resort is set in the premises of the 62 acre mixed plantation is Victoria Range Bungalows overlooking picturesque Hantane and Knuckles mountain Range opens up breathtaking views of the misty mountains, and lush green forests.

Accommodation
Club Victoria Range Resort consists of two bunglows each with 3 elegantly furnished rooms.

Facilities
Club Victoria Range Resort features a swimming pool, gym, tennis court, squash court and open air restaurant.

Excursions
The resort is perfectly located for one day excursions to Sri Dalada Maligawa HolyTemple of the Tooth, Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Victoria Dam and Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage of Sri Lanka Holidays.

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Location:  Mahaweli Reach (5 star) is located 115 km away from Colombo in the Royal City of Kandy, gateway to the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka.

Setting: Sri Lanka Holidays Mahaweli Reach Hotel is located on the banks of River Mahaweli that loops around the city of Kandy.

Accommodation: 115 tastefully decorated A/C rooms & 2 suits with breathtaking views of River Mahaweli, the largest river of the island or fine views of hotel garden.

Architecture: Mahaweli Reach is constructed in colonial tradition of architecture.

Ambience: Sri Lanka Holidays Mahaweli Reach is a modern hotel which maintains the old world charm and hospitality. The river, large pool & warm pastel colors of the rooms crease a tranquil ambience.

Restaurant: Set on a terrace, the restaurant overlooking the Mahaweli serves exquisite food.