Boutique hotels in Sri Lanka have come of age and offer a superlative guest experience across a variety of styles of stay, from safari lodges and glamping Sri Lanka style, to tea plantations, heritage houses and beach resorts, there are luxury boutique hotels Sri Lanka style to suit every taste and every budget. Newly returned to the luxury travel map, Sri Lanka has long been overlooked and flown over by many Asia bound travellers.
But happily with the end of the civil war in 2009 Sri Lanka has readied itself for visitors, with many locals and hoteliers developing heritage properties, boutique hotels and resorts along with travel experiences that showcase the rich variety of Sri Lanka’s wildlife, geography and culture.
Sri Lanka is now one of Asia’s ‘must see’ destinations. From glamping and soft adventure to lazy stays at Sri Lanka boutique beach resorts or natural wonders on Sri Lanka wildlife holidays, with a Secret Retreats boutique hotel stay, there is a world of experiences awaiting the visitor in Sri Lanka that will please and fascinate even the most seasoned traveller.
Hotels in Sri Lanka:
Hotels in Colombo and West Coast
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Hotels in Colombo and West Coast
Hotels in Kandy
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Hotels in Kandy
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Hotels in National Parks
Hotels in National Parks
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A rich culture built on 1,000s of years of history, and best explored from your Sri Lanka tea plantation hotel with a cup of refreshing tea on hand
Written history for Sri Lanka goes back over 3,000years with the many different peoples that have called Sri Lanka home enriching the cultural experience for visitors to Sri Lanka today. The Sinhalese, travelling here from Bengal, established a home in Sri Lanka in the 6th century B.C., and have given Sri Lanka its official language of Sinhala and still make up the largest ethnic group today with approximately 70% of the population of Sinhalese descent. European nations were quick to spot the advantages of Sri Lanka too, with first the Portuguese in the 16th C, then the Dutch, and finally the British establishing colonies on the island. Then, in 1815, the British drew Sri Lanka, or Ceylon as it was then known to us, into the British empire where it remained until independence was agreed, over a pot of tea no doubt, just after the second world war in 1948.Tea has long been synonymous with both the British and Ceylon and offers the visitor a great way to explore the island with a stay in a Sri Lanka tea plantation hotel. Tea was introduced to Ceylon by the British in 1824 when the first tea bush, imported from China, was planted in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Kandy. Tea remains today one of Sri Lanka’s most important exports and can be enjoyed in all the best small luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.