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This enchanting 1804 manor house-turned-boutique hotel, originally built by Kandy's last Chief Minister, offers nine uniquely decorated rooms blending colonial charm with bohemian elegance, surrounded by wildlife-rich gardens, a jungle-fringed pool, and an open-air restaurant serving exquisite personalised dining experiences.
This nine-bedroom former manor house is one of Sri Lanka’s original boutique hotels, dating back to 1804. It was built by the last Chief Minister of Kandy. From the front, it looks like a modest single storey villa with a series of nine gentle arches and a low-slung pitched roof, yet as you walk through the building, it splits into two floors around a central open-to-the sky courtyard. The natural jungle-edged setting and six-acre gardens teem with wildlife. An over 12s policy makes this a popular hotel with honeymooners and couples.
The rooms blend classic colonial style with boho-chic, and are air-conditioned but have no televisions, minibars or phones. All the rooms are unique in their own way, decorated with antiques, vintage prints, wood carvings and jewel-hued silks. The higher category rooms have their own private terrace.
The vast swimming pool has a lost in the jungle feel, tucked into the lower garden and edged by thick vegetation.
The restaurant is open to the outdoors, on a terrace located at the back of the house overlooking the croquet lawn. Food is superb and meals are personalised affairs with daily changing suggestion menus for dinner.
The ratings reflect the comfort, facilities, and amenities you can expect.
The Colonial style and décor of Kandy House.
The excellent cuisine.
Their vast pool.
Close location to Kandy.
Book an Ultra Suite as they are larger, come with a personal butler and guests have their own private terrace.
Book at least two dinners at Kandy House – food is sensational.
Most guests use the hotel as a base for visiting Kandy, however the vibrant, tropical, palm-shaded garden, alive with chattering birds means that you could spend hours rotating between your sun lounger and the pool!
Pre book an Ayurvedic massage which is available in the traditional open-sided ambalama structure overlooking grazing buffalo and paddy fields.
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