Galle Fort Hotel Location

Galle Fort Hotel is located in Church Street, within the famous Fort in Galle, which is a seaport city in the Southern Province approximately 116km away from Colombo. The city is the regional transportation hub while guests can take the Colombo-Galle main road or the southern Railway. Galle also has a main bus terminal where commuters have the opportunity to travel to the North, further south and also the central province.

Garden Rooms - There are three Garden Rooms that are air-conditioned and includes a modern king size four-poster bed, luxurious white cotton sheets and a canopied mosquito net. These rooms are comfortably set for two guests. Beyond double French doors, guests will find a tiny private garden and wall fountain, while the poolside veranda provides a comfortable daybed overlooking the hotel courtyard and garden. The Gallery bathroom consists of a shower, Grohe taps and Italian fittings.

Loft Suites - These double storey fully air-conditioned suites are more like small villas and include a romantic loft bedroom overlooking the garden and pool from the antique four poster bed. The suite consists of an elegant and comfortably furnished with antique almaris, long cushioned settees and a round and antique dining table. A large veranda which is furnished in colonial style furniture has views of the garden, pool and grand colonnade. A six metre atrium rises above the staircases opened onto a light filled inner courtyard framed with fan palms and a panel of ancient tiles.

The Porcelain Suite - This suite is fully air-conditioned and has a twenty foot ceiling and its own separate dressing/bathroom. The towering bedroom walls feature porcelain decor imported by the Chinese to Galle. The suite also includes an antique four poster bed and cabinet. The monumental Dutch windows and shutters open onto a spectacular columned walkway which frames the courtyard, garden and swimming pool.

The Admiral Cheng Ho Suite - In commemoration of the visit of Admiral Cheng Ho to Galle in 1406, this spacious double storey suite has a 36 foot ceiling and is adorned with Chinese and South East Asian antique fittings. The suite has accommodation on two levels comprising of a double bed upstairs and an antique Chinese opium bed downstairs. There are two air-conditioners. The two storey outdoor bathroom has 36 foot columns and a huge elevated waterfall shower. A Chippendale-style staircase leads to a screen made from rare antique columns providing privacy from the living area below.

Library Suite - This fully air-conditioned oversized suite has two king size four poster beds and a large separate bathroom with an open shower. This suite is perfect for small families and individuals who request a king size bed each. The cosy sitting area opens up as a balcony onto the archway of the main building. The suite also features a chest and almirah made from the rarest 'tiger' satinwood and 'king' ebony.

Mews Suite - The Mews Suite is found hidden through a huge double storey archway and behind solid wooden Jaffna gates. It's a private mini villa that includes an air-conditioned cubby house for kids. Built and redesigned to welcome small families to the hotel. The kids can spend time upstairs in their own cubby mezzanine consisting of a low-slung king sized bed while the parents have their own private bedroom and en-suite downstairs leading on to a frangipani-filled courtyard garden with a daybed and an open granite shower.

Grand Apartment 1 & 2 - This majestically proportioned apartment occupies the entire top floor of the old wing and has two fully air-conditioned king sized bedrooms, each leading off to their own attached bathrooms and oversized showers. There is a private full length veranda while the suite boasts of being the largest in Sri Lanka. Original shuttered windows, twelve-inch teak floorboards, and fifteen-foot lime-washed ceilings are part of an original design by the Comte de Mauny who was an Edwardian 'faux noble'. It is possible to rent just one of the apartment’s suites and share the living room and veranda.

Galle Fort Hotel Facilities

The cuisine at Galle Fort Hotel has excelled and satisfied customers’ right throughout. The menus are prepared using the best local seafood, fruit and vegetables as the basis for creative Asian classics. The food and service at the hotel exceeds guests’ expectations. The hotel dishes up some of the best non-Sri Lankan cooking as well as a gourmet 9 course Sri Lankan Curry Tiffin. The desserts are always mouth-watering. There is an atmospheric bar where you can enjoy drinks.

Galle Fort Hotel Excursions

Galle Fort Hotel organizes many tours for the convenience of its guests which includes visits to the Galle Fort, Colombo, Negombo, Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, the cultural triangle, Rathgama Beach, Unawatuna Beach, the Yala wildlife park and the lowland tea country. There are so many iconic Sri Lankan experiences within twenty minutes of the hotel, you can choose to spend your days releasing sea turtles on the Habaraduwa Beach, climb to the top of the Yata Gala Temple with its spectacular boulder setting and resident monkeys or walking the ruins of the 17th century Dutch Fort at sunset and then visit a Moorish family jeweller to see newly cut sapphires and order custom-made jewellery.