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Buckingham PlacevsThe Kandy House
Both properties are highly recommended by expert writers. Overall, Buckingham Place is the choice of most reviewers compared to The Kandy House. Buckingham Place scores 83 with recommendations from 3 publications including The Telegraph, Lonely Planet and Oyster.
Buckingham Place
Oyster
The Telegraph
Lonely Planet
Wellawathugoda Road, Tangalle 82200, Sri Lanka
From $239/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
OysterUpscale
"The gorgeous, upscale Buckingham Place boutique resort is a peaceful, secluded retreat with Rekawa Beach access and within a wildlife sanctuary." Full review
The Telegraph9.0
"Buckingham Place really puts its guests first. Hospitality is warm, unfussy and genuine; and the hotel’s first-class facilities include amply spacious rooms." Full review
Lonely Planet "This gated compound holds a very secluded luxe resort set back from the beach on a slim sandbar." Full review
The Kandy House
Condé Nast Traveler Lonely Planet
Mr & Mrs Smith
Amunugama, Kandy, Sri Lanka
From $18/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Condé Nast Traveler "Take note, visitors are filling the guestbook with wistful regrets they had not allocated an extra day to unwind by the palm fringed swimming pool overlooking rice terraces." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Thanks to masses of exotic tropical flora, the air you breathe at this divine boutique hotel, which was once the family home of a Kandyan chief, literally tastes perfumed." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith "In the lush outskirts of Kandy, a former aristocrat’s manor has regained its place of prestige as the Kandy House hotel, a 200-year-old palazzo with all the pleasures of the 21st century." Full review
